Evaluation of the Use of Cannabis Oil in Patients With Fibromyalgia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 65
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Pain relief
研究概览
简要总结
Recently, medical cannabis has been shown to be effective in chronic pain conditions such as osteoarthritis, neuropathic pain, and other chronic non-cancer pain.
A study showed that fibromyalgia patients who use cannabis report significant improvement in pain symptoms and quality of life. Patients reported a 50% reduction in pain, and many also reported improvements in sleep and overall well-being. Further research found that the use of medical cannabis among patients with fibromyalgia led to significant improvements in pain, sleep quality, and overall quality of life. This study emphasized that adverse effects were generally mild and tolerable. Furthermore, the systematic review by Fitz et al. concluded that cannabis may be effective in treating fibromyalgia, with preliminary evidence indicating improvements in pain and sleep disturbances. However, it also highlighted the need for further randomized controlled trials to confirm these findings and determine how the cannabinoid system interacts with the pain pathway.
Considering that medical cannabis is effective in treating a variety of symptoms, including pain, cachexia and wasting, sleep disorders, severe or persistent muscle spasms, reduced fatigue in multiple sclerosis, chemotherapy-induced nausea, convulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other conditions in palliative and end-of-life care; with this study, given the premises of the effects of medical cannabis, the aim is to analyze its use also in chronic pain as the main symptom of fibromyalgia syndrome.
详细描述
Fibromyalgia syndrome, also known simply as "fibromyalgia," is a central sensitization syndrome characterized by dysfunction of the neurocircuits responsible for the perception, transmission, and processing of nociceptive afferents, with pain predominantly manifested in the musculoskeletal system.
The link between pathophysiology and treatment is still very weak, and significant efforts are still needed to offer patients treatment targeted at the biological causes of the disease.
To date, the treatment of fibromyalgia is aimed at reducing the main symptoms and must be individualized and multidisciplinary, involving both non-pharmacological measures and, in most patients, drug therapy.
Cannabinoids or cannabinols are chemicals that share the ability to interact with cannabinoid receptors and can be of three types: endocannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoids, and phytocannabinoids.The Company Therapeutic Handbook (PTA) from the hospital pharmacy of the AOU "SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo" in Alessandria provides for the use of cannabis oil from September 2022. Considering that medical cannabis is effective in treating multiple symptoms, including pain, cachexia and wasting, sleep disorders, severe or persistent muscle spasms, and others, this study aims to analyze its use in chronic pain as the main symptom of fibromyalgia syndrome.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •written informed consent;
- •age ≥ 21 years;
- •diagnosis of FM according to the 2016 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) diagnostic criteria;
- •failure of previous therapies.
排除标准
- •psychiatric disorders,
- •history of drug or alcohol addiction,
- •fatty liver disease or severe liver disease,
- •severe cardiopulmonary disease,
- •severe renal failure,
- •pregnancy or breastfeeding.
结局指标
主要结局
Pain relief
时间窗: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Scale Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRS) for pain assessment from 0 (no pain) to 10 (maximum pain)
次要结局
- Number of adverse events(Through study completion, an average of 1 year)
- Severity of adverse events(Through study completion, an average of 1 year)
- Adherence to therapy(Every day through study completion, an average of 1 year)