RECRUITINGPhase 2INTERVENTIONAL
A Pilot Study on the Effect of Cannabis Oil in Untreatable Liver Cancer Patients
A Phase 2a Study on the Anti-tumoral Effect of Cannabis Oil (THC 10% / CBD 5%) in Patients With Advanced Untreatable Hepatocellular Carcinoma
About This Trial
to study the anti-tumor effect of cannabis oil (THC10% / CBD5%) in untreatable HCC patients based on mRECIST and RECIST criteria
Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)
Who May Qualify:
- Age =\>18 yrs
- Histologically proven hepatocellular carcinoma
- Non-cirrhosis or Child Pugh A cirrhosis
- Hepatic encephalopathy grade 0 or 1
- Multidisciplinary treatment (MDT)-advised best supportive care for untreatable advanced HCC or patients unable to undergo or declining treatment for advanced HCC.
- Minimal life expectancy of 3 months
- Willing and able to attend follow-up examinations
- Willing to stop active traffic participation or controlling machinery during the study period if applicable
- Signed willing to sign a consent form
- Language: Dutch or English
Who Should NOT Join This Trial:
- Child Pugh B or C cirrhosis
- Hepatic encephalopathy grade 2 or more
- Previous systemic treatment for HCC
- Mental conditions rendering the subject incapable to understand the nature, scope and consequences of the trial
- Use of medicinal cannabis for other purposes
- Contra-indications for medicinal cannabis oil:
- Patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction or clinically significant cardiac dysfunction within the last 12 months or have had a cardiac disorder that, in the opinion of the investigator would have put the participant at risk of a clinically significant arrhythmia or myocardial infarction.
- Patients with known psychotic disorders
- Female patients who are pregnant or lactating
- Patients (men or women) intending to start a family
- Hypersensitivity to cannabinoids or any of the excipients of the cannabis oil
Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.
Original Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Age =\>18 yrs
* Histologically proven hepatocellular carcinoma
* Non-cirrhosis or Child Pugh A cirrhosis
* Hepatic encephalopathy grade 0 or 1
* Multidisciplinary treatment (MDT)-advised best supportive care for untreatable advanced HCC or patients unable to undergo or declining treatment for advanced HCC.
* Minimal life expectancy of 3 months
* Willing and able to attend follow-up examinations
* Willing to stop active traffic participation or controlling machinery during the study period if applicable
* Signed informed consent
* Language: Dutch or English
Exclusion Criteria:
* Child Pugh B or C cirrhosis
* Hepatic encephalopathy grade 2 or more
* Previous systemic treatment for HCC
* Mental conditions rendering the subject incapable to understand the nature, scope and consequences of the trial
* Use of medicinal cannabis for other purposes
* Contra-indications for medicinal cannabis oil:
* Patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction or clinically significant cardiac dysfunction within the last 12 months or have had a cardiac disorder that, in the opinion of the investigator would have put the participant at risk of a clinically significant arrhythmia or myocardial infarction.
* Patients with known psychotic disorders
* Female patients who are pregnant or lactating
* Patients (men or women) intending to start a family
* Hypersensitivity to cannabinoids or any of the excipients of the cannabis oil
Treatments Being Tested
DRUG
Medical Cannabis
Medical cannabis oil three times daily
Locations (1)
University Medical Center Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands