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CBD for Breast Cancer Primary Tumors
Led by Medical University of South Carolina · Updated on 2026-04-09
84
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
144 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is a randomized placebo controlled partially blinded window of opportunity trial. A maximum of 84 patients with invasive breast cancer will be enrolled. Patients will be randomized 2:2:1:1 to either CBD low dose, CBD high dose, matching low dose placebo, or matching high dose placebo using permuted block randomization with random block sizes of 6 or 12. The time window between CBD or placebo initiation and surgery will be between 5 and 56 days.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
CBD for Breast Cancer Primary Tumors
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients able to consent for surgery
- Histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer (stages I, II, or III) with Ki67 proliferation rate ≥ 10%
- Women 18 years or older at time of consent
- Women of child-bearing potential must use approved birth control and have a negative pregnancy test before registration
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Adequate blood and organ function based on recent laboratory tests
- Ability and capacity to comply with study and follow-up procedures
- Scheduled surgery between 5 and 56 days from planned start of study treatment
You will not qualify if you...
- Receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy or endocrine therapy
- Known allergy to sesame or compounds similar to CBD or placebo
- Employment requiring THC drug testing (e.g., South Carolina State employees)
- Taking drugs metabolized by cytochrome p450 including warfarin, amiodarone, levothyroxine, clobazam, lamotrigine, valproate, prednisolone, hydrocortisone, clarithromycin, itraconazole, erythromycin, fluconazole, clopidogrel, rifampin, sulfamethoxazole, opioids, and certain antiepileptics
- Routine use of recreational or medicinal marijuana or CBD products (>4 times in last 30 days) or illicit drug use
- Concurrent use of over-the-counter CBD oil, Marinol®, Delta-8 THC, or cannabis
- History of epilepsy, recurrent seizures, or unexplained seizures within past 6 months
- Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease within past 6 months
- Psychiatric illness or symptoms preventing study participation or surgery
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Use of blood thinners at registration (warfarin, rivaroxaban, clopidogrel, apixaban)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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