Comparison of Cannabis-Based Medicinal Product Formulations for Fibromyalgia: A Cohort Study
Authors
Surya Sridharan, Simon Erridge, Carl Holvey, Ross Coomber, Wendy Holden, James J. Rucker, James J. Rucker, Michael Platt, Mikael H. Sodergren
Published
October 17, 2024
Abstract
This cohort study aims to assess the outcomes of fibromyalgia patients enrolled in the UK Medical Cannabis Registry prescribed a homogenous selection of cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs). A cohort study of fibromyalgia patients treated with oils (Adven®, Curaleaf International, UK), dried flower (Adven®, Curaleaf International, UK) or both CBMPs was performed. Primary outcomes were changes from baseline at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months in validated patient-reported outcome measures. Secondary outcomes included descriptive analysis of adverse events. One hundred and forty-eight participants were treated with oils (n = 77; 52.03%), dried flower (n = 14; 9.46%) or both (n = 57; 38.51%). Improvements in the generalized anxiety disorder-7 questionnaire, single-item sleep quality scale, fibromyalgia symptom severity score and EQ-5D-5L Index values were observed at each follow up period compared to baseline (p < 0.050). Thirty-six (24.32%) patients experienced 648 adverse events. Improvements were observed across all primary outcomes with no differences observed across different formulations of CBMPs. Adverse events were reported by one-quarter of participants and were more likely to reported by cannabis naïve patients. This present work through focusing on a homogeneous group of CBMPs can help inform randomized controlled trials after observing signals of improvement associated with a specific cultivar of CBMPs.
Citations
Sridharan, S., Erridge, S., Holvey, C., Coomber, R., Holden, W., Rucker, J. J., … & Sodergren, M. H. (2024). Comparison of Cannabis-Based Medicinal Product Formulations for Fibromyalgia: A Cohort Study. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 1-14.