Without knowing how the company intends to run the trial, I believe it's impossible to say how long it will take. Personally, I believe if the trial was small, say 50 or fewer patients, and if it were being done in at least a few sites, it could be done in under a year, if the period of observation was 6 months or less. On the other hand, if it's larger, only being done in one or two trial sights, and if patients are to be observed for a year or more, the trial would obviously take longer.
Personally, I believe that if the psoriasis cream were tried in even just ten people, in less than two months an observation could be made that efficacy was being clearly seen, or it isn't. If it was clearly being seen, and it was completely legal to initiate sales of the drug in legal cannabis stores, I would make it available. Of course this is just me, govt. agencies aren't likely to design such a trial. The thing is, if the trial is unblinded, even if the complete trial involved many more people and a much greater duration, as long as results were clear I don't know that they couldn't market the product. On the other hand if blinded, they wouldn't know how the trial was going until it was unblinded.
I'm of the belief that benefits from cannabis can be demonstrated in areas like psoriasis, fibromyalgia, autism, PTSD, etc rather quickly and if clearly demonstrated in clinical trials could be marketed where legal without completion of the trials or govt. approvals where it's legal without it. On the other hand, use in diseases like MM or other cancers, if it's truly intended to fight the cancer, would require full drug approval trials. Finally, something else that ought to be considered in cancer and many other diseases is quality of life and I suspect that cannabis based products can improve quality, even if they don't improve longevity directly.
I actually believe that with cancer and other disease weight loss generally referred to as cachexia often becomes a problem and ultimately may weaken patients to the point that the succumb to a variety of diseases, often pneumonia. It's my understanding that cannabis improves appetite, but I cannot say it's a proven fact.
Frankly, I lost a lot of weight when I was in the hospital, unfortunately I've put it all back on. I believe that weight loss in the hospital shouldn't be attributed to the disease, in fact, if they marketed it as a weight loss product, they'd make a fortune. I'm speaking of course about Hospital Food. People can't help but losing weight on the Hospital Food diet. Overcooked meats, vegitables, etc served on a tray while you're laying in bed just isn't conducive of dining. I frankly hoped it would change when new guidelines were introduced that said meat didn't have to be cooked to extra well done to be okay to serve in a hospital, but no one told the chefs to change. While this was intended for some levity, I do believe that both cannabis, and better food would greatly reduce unwanted weight loss in hospitals.
Gary
Personally, I believe that if the psoriasis cream were tried in even just ten people, in less than two months an observation could be made that efficacy was being clearly seen, or it isn't. If it was clearly being seen, and it was completely legal to initiate sales of the drug in legal cannabis stores, I would make it available. Of course this is just me, govt. agencies aren't likely to design such a trial. The thing is, if the trial is unblinded, even if the complete trial involved many more people and a much greater duration, as long as results were clear I don't know that they couldn't market the product. On the other hand if blinded, they wouldn't know how the trial was going until it was unblinded.
I'm of the belief that benefits from cannabis can be demonstrated in areas like psoriasis, fibromyalgia, autism, PTSD, etc rather quickly and if clearly demonstrated in clinical trials could be marketed where legal without completion of the trials or govt. approvals where it's legal without it. On the other hand, use in diseases like MM or other cancers, if it's truly intended to fight the cancer, would require full drug approval trials. Finally, something else that ought to be considered in cancer and many other diseases is quality of life and I suspect that cannabis based products can improve quality, even if they don't improve longevity directly.
I actually believe that with cancer and other disease weight loss generally referred to as cachexia often becomes a problem and ultimately may weaken patients to the point that the succumb to a variety of diseases, often pneumonia. It's my understanding that cannabis improves appetite, but I cannot say it's a proven fact.
Frankly, I lost a lot of weight when I was in the hospital, unfortunately I've put it all back on. I believe that weight loss in the hospital shouldn't be attributed to the disease, in fact, if they marketed it as a weight loss product, they'd make a fortune. I'm speaking of course about Hospital Food. People can't help but losing weight on the Hospital Food diet. Overcooked meats, vegitables, etc served on a tray while you're laying in bed just isn't conducive of dining. I frankly hoped it would change when new guidelines were introduced that said meat didn't have to be cooked to extra well done to be okay to serve in a hospital, but no one told the chefs to change. While this was intended for some levity, I do believe that both cannabis, and better food would greatly reduce unwanted weight loss in hospitals.
Gary
