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Phase I study of Effect of Cannabis in progression of cancer

Phase 1 study of safety and feasibility of Ayurvedic oral cannabis preparation and its effect on intratumoral genetic mutation in the peri-operative period in hepatobiliary, pancreatic cancers, breast cancers and oral squamous cell carcinoma

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/03/050674
Enrollment
48
Registered
2023-03-14
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-04-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C23- Malignant neoplasm of gallbladder

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Tata Memorial Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Histopathologically proven or clinic-radiologically diagnosed patients of liver, bile duct, gall bladder and pancreatic cancers. 2. Age > 18 and 3. Operable cancers planned to undergo upfront curative surgery 4. Patient fit for surgery (ASA Grade I / II) 5. Patient Voluntarily willing to give consent for study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Planned for any other pre or peri-operative intervention such as neoadjuvant chemotherapy or targeted therapy or radiation 2. Presence of medical disease such as pulmonary, renal, liver, gastro-intestinal disease which may interfere with any study specific procedure (deranged renal parameters > 1.5 times normal range or deranged liver function tests such as > 2.5 times raised liver enzymes) 3. History of substance abuse (including cannabis-related products) or alcohol abuse 4. Personal history of psychiatric disease or Significant family history of psychiatric disease 5. Pregnancy and/or lactation 6. Patients currently (within last 14 days before consenting) on other CNS depressants such as alcohol, barbiturates, benozodiazapines (like diazepam, alprazolam etc) 7. Patients on other medications which will likely have a drug interaction with cannabis- such as clozapine, duloxetine, naproxen, cyclobenzaprine, olanzapine, haloperidol, and chlorpromazine, macrolides, calcium channel blockers, benzodiazepines, cyclosporine, sildenafil (and other PDE5 inhibitors), antihistamines, haloperidol, antiretrovirals 8. Any other illness or abnormal laboratory investigations which the investigator considers as making the patients ineligible for the study 9. Any patient with positive HIV, HBsAg, HCV status.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Assess maximum tolerated dose at the dose limiting toxicity in hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancerTimepoint: Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, before beginning the surgery , at the end of surgery, post operation day 1, post operation day 2, post operation day 3, post operation day 14.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1.To establish a pharmacokinetic profile of oral cannabis preparation 2.To study the PK and SE profile for continuation into phase 2 and 3 study 3.Biomarker analysis- Effect of oral cannabis on transcriptomic profiling of the tumour Timepoint: Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, before beginning the surgery , at the end of surgery, post operation day 1, post operation day 2, post operation day 3, post operation day 14.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Mayanak Tripathi

MPMMCC HBCH Varanasi

durgatosh@gmail.com9968722018

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026