Spain: Clinical studies with Sativex
Starting this autumn about 600 patients will be enrolled in clinical studies to treat different diseases with the cannabis extract Sativex. The patients who suffer from cancer, neurological disorders or AIDS will be included in the studies by six Catalan hospitals who participate in this program.
It is intended to include 65 patients with neuropathic pain due to multiple sclerosis, 65 patients with spasticity due to MS, 130 patients with other neurological disorders, 40 patients with AIDS who suffer from appetite loss, and 60 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. If the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting proves to be effective it is intended to treat another 240 patients with Sativex, which will be imported from Canada.
Source: www.cannabis-med.org
(El País of 28 July 2005)
