Clinical trial · Interventional
Long Term Safety of Sativex Oromucosal Spray (Sativex®; Nabiximols) as Adjunctive Therapy in Patients With Uncontrolled Persistent Chronic Cancer Related Pain
A Multicenter, Non-comparative, Open-label Extension Study to Assess the Long Term Safety of Sativex® Oromucosal Spray (Sativex®; Nabiximols) as Adjunctive Therapy in Patients With Uncontrolled Persistent Chronic Cancer Related Pain
NCT01337089CI-TRIAL-00065554completedPhase 3Results postedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This was a six-month open-label extension (OLE) study to evaluate the safety of long-term nabiximols (Sativex®) therapy when used as an adjunctive treatment in participants with advanced cancer. The study provided continued availability of nabiximols to participants who completed a preceding Phase 3 study and new (de novo) participants.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nabiximols | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Non-comparative, open-label Nabiximols
- description
- Nabiximols was self-administered by participants as a 100 microliter (μL) oromucosal spray, in the morning and evening, up to a maximum of 10 sprays per day for 6 months. Nabiximols oromucosal spray contained delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (27 milligrams \[mg\]/milliliter \[mL\]):cannabidiol (CBD) (25 mg/mL), in ethanol:propylene glycol (50:50) excipients, with peppermint oil (0.05%) flavoring. Each 100 μL actuation delivered 2.7 mg THC and 2.5 mg CBD.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Nabiximols
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Percent Of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events
- timeFrame
- Baseline, Day 183
- description
- Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) were coded according to the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) dictionary version 17.0. A TEAE is defined as an adverse event with an onset after the start of study drug treatment. The percent of participants who experienced one or more TEAEs is reported.
Secondary outcomes (4)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant had completed the parent study within the last seven days * Willing and able to give written informed consent * Willing and able to comply with all study requirements Exclusion Criteria: * The participant was using cannabis or cannabinoid based medications, other than the parent study investigational medicinal product (IMP), and was unwilling to abstain for the duration of the study * Any history or immediate family history of schizophrenia, other psychotic illness, severe personality disorder or other significant psychiatric disorder other than depression associated with their underlying condition * Any known or suspected history of a substance abuse/dependence disorder (including opiate abuse/dependence prior to the diagnosis of cancer), current heavy alcohol consumption (more than 60 grams \[g\] of pure alcohol per day for men, and more than 40 g of pure alcohol per day for women), current use of an illicit drug or current non-prescribed use of any prescription drug * Had poorly controlled epilepsy or recurrent seizures (for example, one or more seizure during the last year) * Had experienced myocardial infarction or clinically significant cardiac dysfunction within the last 12 months or 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 * Had significantly impaired renal function * Had significantly impaired hepatic function at the "end of treatment" visit of the parent study * Female participants of child-bearing potential and male participants whose partner was of child-bearing potential, unless willing to ensure that they or their partner used effective contraception, for example, oral contraception, double barrier, intra-uterine device, during the study and for 3 months thereafter (however, a male condom should not have been used in conjunction with a female condom as this may not have proven effective)
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