Patients start receiving a dose of 0.5 mg daily oral nabilone the first 2 weeks and then 1 mg to complete 8 weeks.

Patients start receiving a dose of 0.5 mg daily oral placebo the first 2 weeks and then 1 mg to complete 8 weeks.

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Anorexia

Cachexia

Weight Lose

Patients going to take 0.5 mg capsules of nabilone (CESAMET) the first 2 weeks and then increased to 1 mg to complete 8 weeks.

Nabilone

Patients going to take capsules of placebo until complete 8 weeks.

Placebo

Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia

Nabilone Effect on the Attenuation of Anorexia, Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Lung Cancer Patients

Nabilone Effect on the Attenuation of Anorexia, Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Patients With Anorexia Associated With Advanced Lung Cancer: Randomized Double Blind Clinical Trial

Lack of desire to eat food. Will be obtained through a questionnaire Anorexia / Cachexia scale from Functional Assessment of Anorexia Cachexia Therapy (FAACT) (score ≤24 diagnosis of anorexia)

It is an index of a person's weight in relation to height

convenient, fast and cheaper method used to make a nutritional assessment, consisting of 3 parts: anamnesis, physical examination and qualification.

Total calories consumed on average per day for a subject

Total protein grams consumed on average per day for a subject

Total lipids grams consumed on average per day for a subject

Total carbohydrate grams consumed on average per day for a subject

adverse effect from Common terminology criteria for adverse event

The Global status of Quality of Life evaluation is evaluated using the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer with the items 29 and 30.

The Physical functioning evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Role functioning evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Emotional Functioning evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Social Functioning evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Nausea/Vomiting evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The Fatigue evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

The appetite loss evaluation is evaluated from the validated Mexican-Spanish version of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires specific for cancer

Oscar Gerardo Arrieta Rodríguez MD

MD M Sc

Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia de Mexico

Subjects aged 18 to 55 who have never used cannabis by self report (validated via urine drug screen), who have never used tobacco/cigarettes and have the capacity to give informed consent.

The exposed cohort will have daily or near daily cannabis smoking histories equivalent to a minimum of 20 joint years (number of joints smoked per day multiplied by years of cannabis smoking), will not have a significant tobacco/cigarette smoking history and will be able to provide informed consent.

1. Urine 2. Exhaled Breath Condensate 3. Blood/Plasma 4. Bronchial brushings 5. Bronchoalveolar Lavage 6. Oral rinse

Cannabis Smoking

Oxidative Stress

Passage of a thin flexible tube through the mouth, into the windpipe and then into the bronchial tubes so that the study doctor can look into the lungs to perform Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), cytologic brushing, and protected specimen brushing.

Bronchoscopy

To identify any previously undiagnosed lung disease that will either increase the risk of bronchoscopy or confound results of the study.

Chest X-ray

To collect blood cells and serum for analyses.

Venipuncture

To administer the appropriate medications for the bronchoscopy procedure.

Intravenous Catheter

University of Colorado, Denver

Chronic Cannabis Smoking, Oxidative Stress and the Pulmonary Innate Immune Response

Alveolar macrophage phagocytosis, secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and cellular apoptosis, both at baseline, and after stimulation with pathogen-associated molecular patterns.

Intrapulmonary oxidative stress indices will be measured in both isolated alveolar macrophages (AM) and acellular epithelial lining fluid derived from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL).

delta 9 thc/некроза

Nabilone Effect on the Attenuation of Anorexia, Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Lung Cancer Patients

Chronic Cannabis Smoking, Oxidative Stress and the Pulmonary Innate Immune Response

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