A world-first trial that uses cannabis for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting has been expanded to include patients at Wollongong Hospital.
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The trial uses new generation anti-nausea products alongside cannabis products.
The state government has invested $21 million into the trials with a number of cannabis products recently imported from overseas.
Director of the National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre Professor John Simes said there was limited evidence to determine whether cannabis products assisted patients who had found no relief from other medications.
“This study aims to provide a definitive answer to that question,” Professor Simes said.
Other hospitals included in the trial are Campbelltown, Concord, Royal North Shore, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie Base.
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