Status:

RECRUITING

Improvement of Quality of Life by Cannabinoids in Oncologic Patients

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein

Collaborating Sponsors:

Avextra Pharma GmbH

SocraMetrics GmbH

Conditions:

Medical Oncology

Palliative Care

Eligibility:

All Genders

25+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The goal is to explore whether the application of cannabis extract Avextra 10/10 solution is suitable to contribute to an improvement in the symptom burden and well-being of oncological palliative car...

Detailed Description

170 oncological patients in palliative treatment will be randomized 1:1 to an THC:CBD-interventional arm and an placebo-arm. At the timepoints baseline, 12±2 days, 18±3 days, four weeks and eight week...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ≥25 years old and legally competent
  • Palliative oncological therapy
  • ECOG status 1, 2 or 3, incapacitated for work
  • ESAS TSDS \> or equals 16
  • Nutritional Risk Screening \> or equals 3
  • Pain numerical rating scale \> or equals 4
  • informed consent
  • for WOCBP:
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Reliable contraception (Pearl Index \< 1%)

Exclusion

  • nausea \> or equals grade 3 (CTCAE) or vomiting \> or equals grade 2 (CTCAE) in the preceding week
  • Inability to understand and complete the questionnaires
  • Cannabis use in the last 6 weeks
  • Alcohol addiction
  • Pregnancy/lactation
  • Contraindications or intolerance to the study medication (esp. psychosis)
  • Simultaneous participation in other clinical studies (sumulataneous participation in non-interventional studies (i.e. biomarker-studies, registries) is allowed, if the study-aim does not interfere with measures of the second study)
  • Any other condition as judged by the investigator, e.g. non-compliance

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 8 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 30 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

170 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06097533

Start Date

April 8 2024

End Date

November 30 2026

Last Update

October 26 2024

Active Locations (4)

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Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum Universitäres Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH)

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 20246

2

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 24105

3

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 24105

4

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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