ex0432: Therapeutic Marijuana
Description
To investigate the capacity of marijuana to reduce the side effects of
cancer chemotherapy, researchers performed a double-blind, randomized,
crossover trial. Fifteen cancer patients on chemotherapy were
randomly assigned to receive either a marijuana treatment or a placebo
treatment after their first three sessions of chemotherapy. They were
then crossed over to the opposite treatment for their next 3 sessions.source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A
Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.References
Chang, A.E., Shiling, D.J., Stillman, R.C., Goldberg, N.H., Seipp,
C.A., Barofsky, I., Simon, R.M. and Rosenberg,
S.A. (1979). Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol as an Antiemetic in Cancer
Patients Receiving High Dose Methotrexate, Annals of Internal
Medicine 91(6): 819--824.