Efficacy, tolerability, and safety of cannabinoids for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting--a systematic review of systematic reviews

Der Schmerz
S TafelskiM Schäfer

Abstract

There is growing public and legislative body support for the medical use of cannabis products, for example, for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), in Germany. A comprehensive literature search until November 2015 was conducted in MEDLINE, DARE and Cochrane libraries for systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing herbal or pharmaceutical cannabinoids (CB) versus placebo or conventional antiemetics for CINV. Outcomes were reduction of CINV for efficacy, drop-out rates due to adverse events for tolerability, and serious adverse events for safety. The methodology quality of the systematic reviews was evaluated by the tool assessment of multiple systematic reviews (AMSTAR). Six systematic reviews of RCTs included the pharmaceutical CBs dronabinol, levonantradol, and nabilone or whole plant extract (e.g., nabiximol) compared with placebo or conventional antiemetics. There was moderate quality evidence on the efficacy of CBs compared to placebo and conventional antiemetics for CINV. There was moderate quality evidence that pharmaceutical CBs were less tolerated and less safe than placebo and conventional antiemetics in CINV. One RCT examining whole plant extract was included into the systematic r...Continue Reading

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