CBD 100 mg/mL Oral Solution
DrugDaily dose 1000mg, taken as 500mg (5ml) b.i.d for 6 weeks. For participants with a weight lower than 50 kg, the dose is to be adjusted to 20 mg/kg/day divided over 2 intakes of 10 mg/kg/day, for a period of 6 weeks
NCT Number: NCT06778564
The purpose of this study is:
* To investigate whether the response to antipsychotic treatment can be enhanced by adding cannabidiol (CBD) to the existing treatment, compared to placebo, in participants with a first episode of psychosis, who have had a suboptimal or no response to their first antipsychotic treatment. * To confirm the safety of CBD in people with psychosis.
The study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-centre, clinical trial. Individuals with a diagnosis of first-episode psychosis, who have had a suboptimal or no response to their first antipsychotic treatment will be recruited. These participants are randomised to treatment with CBD oral solution 500mg twice daily, or a matching placebo for 6 weeks, as an adjunct to their existing antipsychotic treatment. By using a battery of clinical outcome assessments, the trial will also assess several biomarkers to determine if they can be used to predict clinical outcomes and response to treatment with CBD. Biomarkers are being assessed as an exploratory outcome measure. Participants will be invited to provide blood and stool samples, and may be asked to complete neuroimaging assessments at certain eligible sites.
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All sexes
Interventional
Phase 3
MedUni Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
There is inadequate information on the effects of cannabidiol on the foetus in humans. Participants of childbearing potential* should use a highly effective method of contraception** for the duration of the trial and for 3 months after the last time the trial intervention was used.
*A person is considered of childbearing potential, i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause.
** Methods that can achieve a failure rate of less than 1% per year when used consistently and correctly are considered as highly effective birth control methods. Such methods include: 1) combined (oestrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral; intravaginal; transdermal); 2) progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral; injectable; implantable); 3) intrauterine device (IUD); 4) intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS); 5) bilateral tubal occlusion; 6) vasectomised partner; 7) sexual abstinence (abstinence should only be used as a contraceptive method if it is in line with the participants' usual and preferred lifestyle).
Periodic abstinence (calendar, symptothermal, post-ovulation methods) is not an acceptable method of contraception. The participant agrees to use an acceptable method of contraception* for the duration of the study and for 3 months after any study drug administration, unless surgically sterile or postmenopausal (no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause).
The age range for eligibility has been applied as this corresponds to the usual age range for first episode psychosis; individual cases outside of this age range may have a different aetiology and/or prognosis which could impact on the study outcomes.
Exclusion criteria
Daily dose 1000mg, taken as 500mg (5ml) b.i.d for 6 weeks. For participants with a weight lower than 50 kg, the dose is to be adjusted to 20 mg/kg/day divided over 2 intakes of 10 mg/kg/day, for a period of 6 weeks
5ml b.i.d for 6 weeks; For participants with a weight lower than 50 kg, the dose is to be adjusted to 20 mg/kg/day divided over 2 intakes of 10 mg/kg/day, for a period of 6 weeks
Time frame: 6 weeks
Change in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score from baseline to 6 weeks. The minimum value is 1 and the maximum value is 7 for each item of the scale.
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks and 58weeks
Change in scores on the PANSS positive, negative and general symptom subscales from baseline to 6 weeks and 58 weeks (if participants consent to the optional 12 months long-term follow-up period).
Time frame: 6 weeks and 58weeks
Symptomatic remission after 6 weeks and 58 weeks (if participants consent to the optional 12 months long-term follow-up period as measured using the PANSS, defined using Andreasen (2005) remission criteria.
Andreasen, N. C., Carpenter, W. T., Jr, Kane, J. M., Lasser, R. A., Marder, S. R., & Weinberger, D. R. (2005). Remission in schizophrenia: proposed criteria and rationale for consensus. The American journal of psychiatry, 162(3), 441-449. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.3.441
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks and 58weeks
Change in overall clinical impression, assessed through Clinical Global Impression of Improvement and Severity (CGI-I/S) scales from baseline to 6 weeks and 58 weeks (if participant consent to the optional 12 months long-term follow-up period).
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks and 58weeks
Change in functioning, assessed through Social and Occupational Function Scale (SOFAS) from baseline to 6 weeks and 58 weeks (if participants consent to the optional 12 months long-term follow-up period).
Score range 1-100, the higher score means the better function
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks and 58weeks
Change in functioning, assessed through Functional Remission of General Schizophrenia scale (FROGS) from baseline to 6 weeks and 58 weeks (if participants consent to the optional 12 months long-term follow-up period).
Scale range for each item: Do not do=1; Do partially=2; Do a significant part=3; Do almost all the activity=4; Do perfectly =5. The higher score means better functioning.
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks and 58weeks
Change in functioning, assessed through Global Functioning Social and Role scales (GF:S, GF:R) from baseline to 6 weeks and 58 weeks (if participants consent to the optional 12 months long-term follow-up period).
Scale range 1-100;
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks
Change in cognitive functioning as assessed through the PsyCog battery from baseline to 6 weeks.
PsyCog comprises four tests that were chosen from the larger CANTAB battery to assess the key cognitive deficits associated with psychosis, including::
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks and 58weeks
Change in quality of life, assessed using the EQ-5D three-level version (EQ-5D-3L) from baseline to 6 weeks and 58 weeks (if participants consent to the optional 12 months long-term follow-up period). It includes five dimensions-MOBILITY, SELF-CARE, USUAL ACTIVITIES, PAIN /DISCOMFORT and ANXIETY / DEPRESSION. Each dimension has three levels: no problems, some problems, extreme problems (labelled1-3). The respondent is asked to indicate his / her health state by checking the box against the most appropriate statement in each of the five dimensions.
The EQ VAS records the respondent's self-rated health on a vertical VAS where the endpoints are labelled 'The best health you can imagine' and 'The worst health you can imagine'. This information can be used as a quantitative measure of health outcome as judged by the individual respondents.
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks and 58weeks
Change in quality of life, assessed using the World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) from baseline to 6 weeks and 58 weeks (if participants consent to the optional 12 months long-term follow-up period).
The WHOQOL-BREF is a 26-item instrument consisting of four domains: physical health (7 items), psychological health (6 items), social relationships (3 items), and environmental health (8 items); it also contains QOL and general health items. Each individual item of the WHOQOL-BREF is scored from 1 to 5 on a response scale, which is stipulated as a five-point ordinal scale.
Time frame: 6 weeks
Acceptability of CBD treatment, measured through all-cause discontinuation over 6 weeks
Time frame: 6 weeks and 30 days post treatment
Incidence of adverse events, measured through Glasgow Antipsychotic Side-effect Scale (GASS) over 6 weeks. Spontaneous adverse event reporting is until 30 days after the study intervention has been discontinued.
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks
Measure the severity of anxiety symptoms via Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) from baseline to 6weeks.
Each item is scored on a scale of 0 (not present) to 4 (severe), with a total score range of 0-56, where <17 indicates mild severity, 18-24 mild to moderate severity and 25-30 moderate to severe.
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks
Measure the severity of anxiety symptoms via the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) from baseline to 6weeks.
It consists of five items that measure the frequency and severity of anxiety, as well as level of avoidance, work/school/home interference, and social interference associated with anxiety. Respondents select among five different response options for each item, which are coded 0-4 and summed to obtain a total score. Score range is 0-20. The lower score is better in symptoms.
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks
Measure the depression in schizophrenia without overlap with negative symptoms and extrapyramidal symptoms by using the Calgary Depression Scale for schizophrenia (CDSS) from baseline to 6weeks.
it includes 9 items in the scale. All ratings of the items are defined according to operational criteria from 0-3. The CDSS depression score is obtained by adding each of the item scores. Score range is 0-27, which is the lower score is better.
Time frame: baseline and 6 weeks
Measure the neuroimaging (Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) from baseline to 6 weeks if participant consents to it.
The Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan includes:
T1 - brain structure T2 FLAIR - brain structure / clinical reporting Neuromelanin sensitive MRI - neuromelanin content of substantial nigra (proxy of dopamine activity) Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the anterior cingulate cortex - metabolites e.g. glutamate Resting state fMRI - bold activation during "rest" or free mind wandering
Time frame: baseline and 6 weeks
Measure the microbiome samples from baseline to 6 weeks if participant consents to it.
The gut-microbiome (the microorganisms e.g. bacteria, normally found in participant's gut) is likely to be at play in determining whether participant respond or experience side effects from CBD.
Two tubes of stool samples to be collected at two time points(baseline and week 6) if participant consent to it.
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks
Measure the blood samples for central lab assessment including (Epi)genetics, proteomics, inflammation, metabolomics, Redox markers from baseline to 6 weeks if participant consents to it.
Time frame: from baseline to 6 weeks and 58weeks
Change in overall patient impression, assessed through Patient Global Impression of Improvement and Severity (PGI-I/S) scales from baseline to 6 weeks and 58 weeks (if participant consents to the optional 12 months long-term follow-up period) The Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) is a single question asking the patient to rate how their psychotic symptoms is now compared to the previous study visit on a scale of 1. very much better to 7. very much worse. The lower score is better in symptoms' improvement.
The Patient Global Impression of Severity (PGI-S) is a single question asking the patient to rate how their psychotic symptoms is now on a scale of 1. not present to 7. very severe. The lower score is better in symptoms.
Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.
University of Oxford
Other
Augmentation With Cannabidiol in First Episode Psychosis: a Double-blind, Randomised Controlled Trial
Acronym: STEP-ENHANCE
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