Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02388217
The Effect of Cannabis on Pain and Related Quality Of Life Outcomes In Chronic Pain: A Prospective Open-Label Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 400 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The objective of the current study is to prospectively assess the effect of cannabis on pain and functional outcomes in a large group of patients with chronic pain.
Detailed description
This is a prospective, observational, open-label study carried out at the ambulatory pain clinic of Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center Pain Relief Unit. Study population: Patients suffering from chronic pain that has not been relieved with other analgesic medications, who are eligible for treatment with medical cannabis (cigarettes, oil or cookies) following approval of Israeli Ministry of health.The patients will receive a prescription to be dispensed at pre-approved cannabis distribution points by a certified provider. In this study, the efficacy of the cannabis treatment on pain and related quality of life (QoL) outcomes will be assessed by administering the S-TOPS questionnaire (Haroutiunian, Pain 2012), and the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) before the treatment (baseline), and on expected follow-up visits at approximately 6 and 12 months.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-03-01
- Completion
- 2020-11-01
- First posted
- 2015-03-13
- Last updated
- 2022-03-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02388217. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.