Safety and Efficacy of Inhaled Cannabis For the Uncontrolled Pain Relief in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Status unconfirmed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Cancer Pain, Quality of Life, Pain, Acute, Cannabis Use

In brief

This phase 2 multicenter clinical trial assess the safety and efficacy of inhaled PPP001 to relieve the pain in 78 advanced cancer patients with uncontrolled symptoms. This is a 4-week treatment period study followed by an open label period of 1 year.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT04042545
Run by: Tetra Bio-Pharma
People needed: 78
Starts: 2020-07-30
Expected to finish: 2022-09-01
Last updated by the study team: 2021-09-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Written informed consent,
Adult male and female patients at least 18 years of age,
Subject agreed to follow the protocol,
Advanced cancer for which there is no known curative therapy as per investigator's judgement,
Patients experiencing at least 2 symptoms related to cancer > 4 on ESAS-r-CS NRS including pain symptom,
Life expectancy six weeks or longer with PPS > 50% and PaP Score Group A (30-day survival probability >70%),
The patient is able to perform deep inhalations with FEV1 more than 60%,
Ability to read and respond to questions in English,
A female volunteer must meet one of the following criteria:
If of childbearing potential - agrees to use one of the accepted contraceptive regimens from at least 28 days prior to the first drug administration, during the study and for at least 60 days after the last dose, If of non-childbearing potential - should be surgically sterile or in a menopausal state,
A male volunteer with sexual partners who are pregnant, possibly pregnant, or who could become pregnant must be surgically sterile or agrees to use one of the accepted contraceptive regimens from first drug administration until 3 months after the last drug administration.

Where it is running

Scottsdale Research Institute — Cave Creek, Arizona, United States (enrolling)

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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