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CTRI Number  CTRI/2023/03/050674 [Registered on: 14/03/2023] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 14/03/2023
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Ayurveda 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Phase I study of Effect of Cannabis in progression of cancer 
Scientific Title of Study   Phase 1 study of safety and feasibility of Ayurvedic oral cannabis preparation and its effect on intratumoral genetic mutation in the peri-operative period in hepatobiliary, pancreatic cancers, breast cancers and oral squamous cell carcinoma 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
Protocol No. 11000037  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Durgatosh Pandey 
Designation  Dy director 
Affiliation  MPMMCC HBCH Varanasi 
Address  OPD 1029 Mahamana Pandit Madan mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre,Sundar Bagiya, Varanasi Uttar pradesh
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital Varanasi
Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH
221005
India 
Phone  9968722018  
Fax  -  
Email  durgatosh@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Durgatosh Pandey 
Designation  Dy director 
Affiliation  MPMMCC HBCH Varanasi 
Address  OPD 1029 Mahamana Pandit Madan mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre,Sundar Bagiya, Varanasi Uttar pradesh
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital Varanasi
Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH
221005
India 
Phone  9968722018  
Fax  -  
Email  durgatosh@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Mayanak Tripathi 
Designation  Associate Professor surgical oncology 
Affiliation  MPMMCC HBCH Varanasi 
Address  OPD 1045 Mahamana Pandit Madan mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre,Sundar Bagiya, Varanasi Uttar pradesh
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital Varanasi
Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH
221005
India 
Phone  8059420490  
Fax  -  
Email  drmayanktripathi1@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
TRAC Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Tata Memorial Hospital 
Address  Dr. E.borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, 4000012 
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
Not Applicable  Not Applicable 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Durgatosh Pandey   MPMMCC  OPD NO. 21, Ground Floor, Department of Surgical Oncology, DNT Block, Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre
Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH 
9968722018
-
durgatosh@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee, MPMMCC & HBCH, Varanasi  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition:C23||Malignant neoplasm of gallbladder. Ayurveda Condition: Cancers of gall bladder and hepatobiliary system, Oral and Breast ,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
snoIntervention/ComparatorTypeDrug-TypeProcedure NameDetails
1Intervention ArmDrugOther than Classical(1) Medicine Name: tetrahydrocannabinol (thc) and cannabidiol (cbd) , Reference: NA, Route: Oral, Dosage Form: Gutika/Vati/Ghana Vati/Tablets, Dose: 300(mg), Frequency: od, Bhaishajya Kal: , Duration: , anupAna/sahapAna: No, Additional Information:
(2) Medicine Name: 5 Days, Reference: NA, Route: NA, Dosage Form: Gutika/Vati/Ghana Vati/Tablets, Dose: (), Frequency: , Bhaishajya Kal: , Duration: , anupAna/sahapAna: No, Additional Information:
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Histopathologically proven or clinic-radiologically diagnosed patients of liver, bile
duct, gall bladder and pancreatic cancers.
2. Age > 18 and < 65
3. Operable cancers planned to undergo upfront curative surgery
4. Patient fit for surgery (ASA Grade I / II)
5. Patient Voluntarily willing to give consent for study 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Planned for any other pre or peri-operative intervention such as neoadjuvant
chemotherapy or targeted therapy or radiation
2. Presence of medical disease such as pulmonary, renal, liver, gastro-intestinal disease
which may interfere with any study specific procedure (deranged renal parameters >
1.5 times normal range or deranged liver function tests such as > 2.5 times raised liver
enzymes)
3. History of substance abuse (including cannabis-related products) or alcohol abuse
4. Personal history of psychiatric disease or Significant family history of psychiatric
disease
5. Pregnancy and/or lactation
6. Patients currently (within last 14 days before consenting) on other CNS depressants
such as alcohol, barbiturates, benozodiazapines (like diazepam, alprazolam etc)
7. Patients on other medications which will likely have a drug interaction with cannabis-
such as clozapine, duloxetine, naproxen, cyclobenzaprine, olanzapine, haloperidol,
and chlorpromazine, macrolides, calcium channel blockers, benzodiazepines,
cyclosporine, sildenafil (and other PDE5 inhibitors), antihistamines, haloperidol,
antiretrovirals
8. Any other illness or abnormal laboratory investigations which the investigator
considers as making the patients ineligible for the study
9. Any patient with positive HIV, HBsAg, HCV status. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Assess maximum tolerated dose at the dose limiting toxicity in hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer   Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, before beginning the surgery , at the end of surgery, post operation day 1, post operation day 2, post operation day 3, post operation day 14. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1.To establish a pharmacokinetic profile of oral cannabis preparation
2.To study the PK and SE profile for continuation into phase 2 and 3 study
3.Biomarker analysis- Effect of oral cannabis on transcriptomic profiling of the tumour

 
Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, before beginning the surgery , at the end of surgery, post operation day 1, post operation day 2, post operation day 3, post operation day 14. 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="48"
Sample Size from India="48" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 1 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/03/2023 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  15/03/2023 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   Not Applicable 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   This is a phase 1 trial aimed at seing effect of cannabis on tumor cells and also to calculate a safe dose of cannabis. recuriment for trial has not start at ane we planned to start recurment from 1 /OCT/ 2021. 
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