Treatment of Patients Suffering from Tumour Cachexia with Dronabinol (tetrahydrocannabinol) or PlaceboComparison of individually optimised dosages in a double blind, randomised parallel design - Dronabinol for tumour cachexia

Department of Medicine I, Clinical Dep. f. Oncology, University Hospital,0 sites74 target enrollmentOctober 30, 2007

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Not specified
Sponsor: Department of Medicine I, Clinical Dep. f. Oncology, University Hospital,
Enrollment: 74
Status: Active, not recruiting
Last Updated: 14 years ago

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

October 30, 2007

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

14 years ago

Study Type

Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Sex

All

Sponsor

Department of Medicine I, Clinical Dep. f. Oncology, University Hospital,

•Patients with tumour cachexia as patients with a loss of 3% or more of body weight during a period of up to 8 weeks preceding inclusion and fulfilling all in\- and exclusion criteria
•Patients with the following diagnosis according to ICD\-10 are eligible: N. Bronchi, C 34\.9, no CNS metastases
•Are the trial subjects under 18? no
•Number of subjects for this age range:
•F.1\.2 Adults (18\-64 years) yes
•F.1\.2\.1 Number of subjects for this age range
•F.1\.3 Elderly (\>\=65 years) yes
•F.1\.3\.1 Number of subjects for this age range

•life expectancy \< 2 months
•subjects who are not available over a period of at least 8 weeks,
•suspected ileus or other intestinal disorders including gastritis or bowel dysfunction
•pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer
•any known abuse of marijuana or a history of abuse of marijuana
•serious concomitant medical illness/concomitant disease(s) which would preclude the patient from participating (e.g., serious psychiatric illness that would interfere with obtaining informed consent etc.),
•participation in an experimental trial within the last 4 weeks
•subjects where no written informed consent is received
•female subjects of child bearing potential in which a pregnancy has not been ruled out by appropriate tests (fertile women must practice adequate contraception throughout the course of the study);