Could a cannabis oil ease chemo nerve damage?
NCT ID NCT07016971
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study is testing whether a commercially available CBG/CBD oil is safe and can help reduce nerve pain, numbness, and tingling caused by platinum-based chemotherapy. Twelve adults with gastrointestinal cancers who have completed chemotherapy will take the oil under the tongue twice daily for 12 weeks. Researchers will track side effects, how well participants stick with the treatment, and any changes in their nerve symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- CBG/CBD oil (a hemp extract taken under the tongue)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new way to manage nerve pain and numbness caused by chemotherapy, without strong side effects.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-phase study with only 12 people, so results may not apply widely. The oil is a dietary supplement, not a regulated drug, and its effects are not yet proven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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21 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: * Adults aged 21 years or older. * Patients with grade 1 or greater CIPN symptoms, such as neuropathic pain, paresthesia, or muscle weakness, persisting for more than 2 weeks as defined by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5. * Patients who have completed platinum-based chemotherapy for colorectal carcinoma, biliary tract carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, or small intestinal carcinoma within the past 2 years. * Patients currently taking any treatment for CIPN must discontinue such treatments at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment. * Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP): negative urine or serum pregnancy test. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required (A pregnancy teste will be performed during screening (up to 28 days before treatment and repeated within 7 days prior to study drug initiation to confirm baseline status and minimize risk of unrecognized pregnancy). * Agreement by females and males of childbearing potential to use an effective method of birth control or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through at least 1 months after the last dose of protocol therapy. Childbearing potential defined as not being surgically sterilized (men and women) or have not been free from menses for \> 1 year (women only). * Patients from Penn State Health. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under the age of 21 years. * Patients with a history of preexisting neuropathy prior to chemotherapy. * Pregnant and nursing women. * Patients with hypertension that, in the investigator's judgement, is uncontrolled despite the use of anti-hypertensives, or with hypotension (systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure \<60 mmHg). * History of or active arterial thromboembolic event (e.g. stroke, myocardial infarction). * Patients who have used an investigational drug within 30 days prior to the screening visit or are currently participating in another interventional investigational study. * Patients who have liver function tests AST/ALT \> 3 times above the upper limits of normal (ULN) in the past year. * Patients who have suicidal ideation or uncontrolled depression within the past year. * Patients with known sensitivity to any components of CBG/CBD hemp extract. * Patients with known sensitivity to coconut oil. * Patients currently receiving active systemic anti-cancer therapies, including but not limited to chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy (e.g., tyrosine kinase inhibitors, anti-HER2 therapy), or any other ongoing systemic treatment intended to control or reduce tumor burden. * Current use of moderate or strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 or CYP2C19. * Current use of sensitive CYP2C19 substrates with narrow therapeutic indices (e.g., diazepam, clobazam), unless the subject's primary physician agrees to adjust the dose and provide close therapeutic monitoring. * Current use of valproate or other medications known to significantly increase the risk of liver enzyme elevations when co-administered with cannabidiol. * Current use of medications that are primarily metabolized by CYP1A2 (e.g., theophylline) or CYP2B6 (e.g., bupropion, efavirenz) that cannot be safely monitored or dose-adjusted per the discretion of the study investigator. Occasional or dietary caffeine intake is permitted. * Current use of medications that are substrates of UGT1A9 (e.g., diflunisal, propofol, fenofibrate), UGT2B7 (e.g., gemfibrozil, lamotrigine, morphine, lorazepam), CYP2C8, or CYP2C9 (e.g., phenytoin) that cannot be safely monitored or dose-adjusted per the discretion of the study investigator. * Current use of other known hepatotoxic drugs unless the potential risk has been evaluated and deemed acceptable by the study investigator.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Penn State Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGHershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States
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