CBD for Breast Cancer Primary Tumors
A Phase 1a "Window Trial" of Cannabidiol (CBD) For Breast Cancer Primary Tumors
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This study tests low and high doses of CBD against a placebo, a treatment with no active drug. It is for women age 18 or older with stage I, II, or III invasive breast cancer. Participants take CBD or placebo for 5 to 56 days before surgery, with treatment chosen by chance.
This is a randomized placebo controlled partially blinded window of opportunity trial. A maximum of 84 patients with invasive breast cancer will be enrolled. Patients will be randomized 2:2:1:1 to either CBD low dose, CBD high dose, matching low dose placebo, or matching high dose placebo using permuted block randomization with random block sizes of 6 or 12. The time window between CBD or placebo initiation and surgery will be between 5 and 56 days.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- You are a woman age 18 or older.
- You can give consent for surgery.
- A tissue test confirms stage I, II, or III invasive breast cancer, which has grown into nearby breast tissue. Your Ki67 score, a measure of cancer cell growth, is at least 10%.
- If you can become pregnant, you agree to use approved birth control and have a negative pregnancy test before joining.
- You are fully active or can do light work, even if hard physical activity is limited.
- Blood tests within 14 days before joining meet the study’s limits for blood cell counts, protein levels, and liver and kidney function.
- You say you can follow the study and follow-up steps.
- Your surgery is planned for 5 to 56 days after starting the study treatment.
Who can't join
- You are getting chemotherapy or hormone treatment before surgery, or you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- You have a sesame allergy—the study product contains sesame oil—or have had an allergic reaction to something similar to CBD or the placebo.
- You work for the state of South Carolina, or your job requires THC drug testing.
- You take medicines covered by the study’s drug restrictions, including certain heart, thyroid, seizure, steroid, antibiotic, or antifungal medicines, any opioids, or blood thinners. The study team must check your medicines.
- You used marijuana products, including CBD oil, Marinol, Delta-8 THC, or cannabis, more than 4 times in the past 30 days; currently use these products; or report illegal drug use.
- You have epilepsy or repeated seizures, or had an unexplained seizure in the past 6 months.
- You have uncontrolled heart or blood vessel disease, defined here as a heart attack, stroke, mini-stroke, or need for a heart artery stent in the past 6 months.
- You have a mental health condition or symptoms that would keep you from finishing study steps or having surgery.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who are able to consent for surgery. 2. Histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer (stages I, II, or III) with Ki67 proliferation rate greater than or equal to 10%. 3. Women 18 years of age or older at time of consent. 4. Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) must agree to use an approved form of birth control and to have a negative pregnancy test result before registration. WOCBP is defined as any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone surgical sterilization (hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy) or who is not postmenopausal. Menopause is defined clinically as 12 consecutive months of amenorrhea in a woman over 45 in the absence of other biological or physiological causes. 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. 6. Adequate hematologic and end organ function, defined by the following laboratory results obtained within 14 days prior to registration: 1. ANC ≥ 1.5 × 109/L 2. Platelet count ≥ 100 × 109/L 3. Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL 4. Albumin ≥ 2.5 g/dL 5. Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × the upper limit of normal (ULN) 6. AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 × ULN 7. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN or creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 40 mL/min on the basis of measured CrCl from a 24-hour urine collection or Cockcroft-Gault\* glomerular filtration rate estimation: (140-age) × (weight in kg) × (0.85 if female) 72 × (serum creatinine in mg/dL) * The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (Levey et al. 2006) and the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (Levey et al. 2009) formulas for estimation of glomerular filtration rate are also acceptable. 7. Self declared ability and capacity to comply with the study and follow-up procedures. 8. Subjects must be scheduled for surgery no less than 5 days from the planned start of day 1 and no more than 56 days from the planned start of day 1. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy or neoadjuvant endocrine therapy. 2. Known allergy to sesame. Please note the study product contains sesame oil. 3. South Carolina State employees or anyone whose work requires THC drug testing. 4. Patients taking drugs metabolized by cytochrome p450 including warfarin, amiodarone, levothyroxine, clobazam, lamotrigine, valproate, prednisolone, hydrocortisone, clarithromycin, itraconazole, erythromycin, fluconazole, clopidogrel, rifampin, sulfamethoxazole, any opioids, and antiepileptic medications including carbamazapine, phenytoin, and valproic acid. 5. Self reported routine use of recreational or medicinal marijuana products, including over-the-counter CBD oil, Marinol®, Delta-8 THC, or cannabis (defined as \> 4 times over last 30 days) or illicit drug use including opioids, cocaine, amphetamines, PCP, LSD. 6. Self reported concurrent use of over-the-counter CBD oil, Marinol®, Delta-8 THC, or cannabis. 7. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to CBD or placebo. 8. Underlying history of epilepsy/ recurrent seizure disorder or unexplained seizure within past 6 months. 9. Patients with uncontrolled cardiovascular disease defined by myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischemic attack, or need for coronary stent placement within past six months. 10. Patients with a medical history of psychiatric illness or psychiatric symptoms that would prevent them from completing study procedures or would disqualify them from surgical intervention (e.g., untreated schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or suicide ideation/attempt resulting in psychiatric hospitalization within the last 30 days). 11. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. 12. Use of blood thinners at the time of registration (warfarin, rivaroxaban, clopidogrel, and apixaban) .
Study sites (1)
SC
- Medical University of South Carolina · Charleston, SC 29425HCC Clinical Trials Office · Study contact · 843-792-9321 · hcc-clinical-trials@musc.eduMore trials in Charleston