Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT00046709
Marijuana for Cancer Pain
Marijuana in Combination With Opioids for Cancer Pain: A Pilot Study
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- Phase 1 / Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 16 (planned)
- Sponsor
- Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To find out if it is safe and effective to use smoked marijuana in combination with opioids to treat cancer pain. The study will evaluate whether smoked marijuana, when used with opioids, will have an effect on pain relief, and to see if marijuana reduces the side effects of opioids, which include nausea and/or vomiting.
Detailed description
To take part in this study, you must have ongoing cancer pain which is currently being treated with opioids. If you meet all the eligibility criteria you will be admitted to the General Clinical Research Center at San Francisco General Hospital for 9 days. The treatment consists of smoking one marijuana cigarette 3 times a day.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Smoked Marijuana |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2002-09-01
- Completion
- 2004-10-01
- First posted
- 2002-10-02
- Last updated
- 2013-10-10
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00046709. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.