Complementary Options for Symptom Management In Cancer (COSMIC): Assessing Benefits and Harms of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Use Among a Cohort of Cancer Patients Treated in Community Oncology Clinics (WF-2304)

Overview

This is a multi-site clinical study enrolling 2000 newly diagnosed patients with breast, colorectal, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or non-small cell lung cancer, who are planning to receive one or more systemic cancer directed therapies with chemotherapy and/or (immune checkpoint inhibitors) ICIs.

  • Adults aged 18 years or older with one of the following newly diagnosed cancers: breast cancer, colorectal cancer, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Planned treatment with systemic chemotherapy (single or multi-agent, includes targeted therapy) and/or immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy (targeting PD-1, PD-L1 or CTLA-4). If unable to engage participant before treatment starts, enrollment is allowed up to the start of Cycle 2 treatment.
  • Participants must be able to comprehend English or Spanish (for survey completion).
  • Participants must have a working email address and be must be willing to complete surveys online. This can be completed at home, in the clinic or other location.
  • Completion of the confidential Self-Reported Screening Survey and receipt of a screening result – eligible for enrollment.
  • Optional Sub-study (available at select sites only):
  • Must be willing to participate in both the main study and the sub-study at the Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center (WF CCC) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
  • Must be receiving treatment at the WF CCC and VCU.
  • Must be diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Must be receiving paclitaxel as part of their chemotherapy in conjunction with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICIs) PD-1, PD-L1 or CTLA-4.
  • Must be enrolled and complete baseline survey before cycle 1 begins

  • Patient Exclusion Criteria:
  • Currently enrolled in an interventional supportive treatment trial to manage cancer symptoms.
  • Participants with known pregnancy.
  • Optional Substudy (available at select sites only):
  • Participants with chronic or ongoing steroid or immunomodulatory agents (i.e., prednisone, dexamethasone, etanercept, infliximab, etc.). The use of glucocorticoids as pre-medications for chemotherapy treatment is allowed.
  • Participants with a history of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C.

Sponsor(s)

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Learn More

To learn more, visit ClinicalTrials.Gov

Location

St. Francis Cancer Center
104 Innovation Dr.
Greenville, SC 29607