Medical cannabis offers hope for opioid reduction in chronic pain patients
NCT ID NCT07194928
First seen Jun 27, 2026 ยท Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether medical cannabis can help people with chronic pain reduce their use of opioid painkillers. 29 patients who wanted to lower their opioid dose but couldn't afford medical cannabis were given access to it. Over 5 months, doctors tracked their pain levels and opioid use to see if cannabis could be a safe alternative.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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29 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Chronic pain patient on long term opioids who failed to wean off in the past. Patients have no contraindication to medical cannabis and qualify to try as an alternative to opioids.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient who are on chronic opioids medication for pain and have failed to wean off in past. * These patients also have diagnoses that makes them eligible for medical marijuana and are willing to try it as an alternative to opioids and cost prohibited from trialing in the past Exclusion Criteria: * History of Schizophrenia * Acute psychiatric disorder * Licensed to carry firearm * Federal job that excludes them from receiving medical marijuana.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19146, United States
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