UK Medical Cannabis Registry: assessment of clinical outcomes in patients with insomnia
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The primary aim of this study was to assess changes in sleep-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for those prescribed cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs) for insomnia. METHODS: A case series of UK patients with insomnia was analyzed. Primary outcomes were changes in the Single-Item Sleep-Quality Scale (SQS), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and EQ-5D-5L at up to 6 months from baseline. Statistical significance was identified as a p value < .050. RESULTS: 61 patients were included in the analysis. There was an improvement in the SQS from baseline at 1, 3, and 6 months (p < .001). There were also improvements in the EQ-5D-5L Index value and GAD-7 at 1, 3, and 6 months (p < .050). There were 28 (45.9%) adverse events recorded by 8 patients (13.1%). There were no life-threatening/disabling adverse events. CONCLUSION: Patients with insomnia experienced an improvement in sleep quality following the initiation of CBMPs in this medium-term analysis. Fewer than 15% of participants reported one or more adverse events. However, due to the limitations of the study design, further investigation is required before definitive conclusions can be drawn on the efficacy of CBMPs in treating insomnia.
Date Issued
2024-02-01
Date Acceptance
2024-01-09
Citation
Brain and Behavior, 2024, 14 (2)
ISSN
2162-3279
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Brain and Behavior
Volume
14
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38337193
Subjects
Cannabis
Humans
Medical Marijuana
Quality of Life
Registries
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
United Kingdom
benzodiazepines
cannabis-based medicinal products
insomnia
sleep quality
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
e3410
Date Publish Online
2024-02-09