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

Locations

Gibbs Cancer Center
2759 Hwy 14 South
Greer, SC 29650


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