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A Phase 2 pilot study to test the effectiveness of Ayurvedic oral cannabis medication administered orally in oral cavity cancer.

Phase 2 pilot study to test the efficacy of Ayurvedic oral cannabis preparation in the peri-operative period in oral cavity squamous cell cancer. - Nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/07/055915
Enrollment
48
Registered
2023-07-31
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-08-21

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: C069- Malignant neoplasm of mouth, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Capsule of cannabinoid compounds: The Ayurvedic preparation will be provided by Sai Phytoceuticals Pvt Ltd in their AYUSH and WHO approved GMP facility. The investigational product is

Sponsors

Tata Memorial Centre
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Histopathologically proven patients of oral cavity SCC, all stages (non-metastatic) 2.Operable cancers planned to undergo upfront curative surgery 3.Patient fit for surgery (ASA Grade I / II) 4.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
To determine the effect (Bio marker analysis) of cannabis with 3 different proportions of THC: CBD on the transcriptomic profiling of tumour. Timepoint: 1.A baseline tumour tissue biopsy predose 2.Tumour tissue samples will be collected just before, midway through & at the end of the surgical procedure

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1.To establish a pharmacokinetic profile of ayurvedic oral cannabis preparation 2. QoL of these patients Timepoint: 1.Preoperative day 1 & on day 5 before cannabinoid dosing, after 30 min, 1 hr, 2 hr, 4 hr, & 8 hr after dosing 2. On a day of surgery-before and after surgery 3.Post operative period- post operate day 1, day 2, day 3 and day 14

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Shivakumar Thiagarajan

Tata Memorial Centre

drshiva78in@gmail.com09846572399

Outcome results

None listed

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