Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Steroid-sparing Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) Patients

Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Clinical Trial

Official title: A Phase 2a Placebo-controlled, Open-label, Single Center Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Cannabidiol (CBD) as a Steroid-sparing Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) Patients

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Each patient will commence the study with a one month run-in period in which he/she will be administered individual patient Standard of Care :anti-histamines and steroids as needed plus placebo (olive oil). After the run-in period, doses of CBD will be incresed during the first six weeks of the study. At the conclusion of the six weeks CBD dose escalation segment of the study, if the 300 mg CBD dose level is deemed safe for two weeks with standard of care doses of anti-histamines, patients will continue receiving 300 mg CBD with Anti-histamines as needed for an additional follow-up period of three month. Each patient will serve as his/her own control.

Clinical Trial Description

Each patient will commence the study with a one month run-in period in which he/she will be administered individual patient Standard of Care :anti-histamines and steroids as needed plus placebo (olive oil). At the end of the one month run-in period, all trial subjects will continue on individual Standard of Care plus increasing doses of CBD during the first six weeks of the study. Dosage of CBD will start at 25 mg twice daily and will be increased once every 14 days, if no side effects are observed, to 50 mg twice a day, 100 mg twice a day and finally to 150 mg twice a day CBD respectively. Treatment will be given with food. At the conclusion of the six weeks CBD dose escalation segment of the study, if the 300 mg CBD dose level is deemed safe for two weeks with standard of care doses of anti-histamines, patients will continue receiving 300 mg CBD with Anti-histamines as needed for an additional follow-up period of three months. In the case of flare, the patient will be treated with higher dose of Anti-histamines and Steroides if needed in addition to CBD. Once the flare has been brought under control, then another attempt will be made to discontinue the steroids and continue treating with CBD + Anti-histamines only. Each patient will serve as his/her own control. Laboratory studies will be carried out at the beginning of the study (baseline), and then on a monthly basis until the end of the study. Adverse events will be continuously assessed throughout the study ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
• Chronic Urticaria
• Urticaria

• NCT number: NCT04439955
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Stero Biotechs Ltd.
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: February 1, 2020
• Completion date: July 30, 2021