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CompletedPhase 1

Psilocybin Combined With Multidisciplinary Palliative Care in Demoralized Cancer Survivors With Chronic Pain

NCT05506982 · Emory University

Closed to entry
Status
Not accepting participants
Phase 1
Phase
11
Target enrolment
2
Study sites
1 US states

What it is testing

Summary

This phase I trial evaluates the side effects of psilocybin and how well it works under supportive care conditions in cancer survivors living with demoralization and chronic pain. Cancer patients often experience demoralization, which is characterized by feelings of hopelessness, loss of meaning, and existential distress. Psilocybin psychotherapy, together with multidisciplinary palliative and supportive care, may help treat the anxiety, depression, and chronic pain felt by cancer survivors - defined here as cancer patients from time of diagnosis through the end-of-life.

Summary as written by the trial’s own sponsor and published on ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. It is the sponsor’s description, reproduced unedited, not an assessment by this site.

What counts as success

Primary outcome measures

  • Incidence Of Treatment-Related Medical Grade 3 Or Higher Or Psychiatric Grade 4 Or Higher

    Measured over Up to 42 days

  • Evaluation of Feasibility Outcome To Assess Patient Retention in The Study

    Measured over Up to 42 days

A trial succeeds or fails on its primary outcome, declared in advance. Everything else it reports is secondary by definition.

Who can take part

Eligibility, as published

26 Years
Ages
All
Sex
Not accepted
Healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria: * Signed informed consent form (ICF) * Diagnosis of solid or liquid cancer made \>= 1 year at any stage in cancer survivorship (specifically, active cancer treatment or no cancer-directed therapy either in clinical remission or with advanced disease) * Prognosis of greater than six months as determined by their primary oncologist * Moderate-to-severe demoralization (score of \>= 10 on the Demoralization Scale-II \[DS-II\]) * Chronic pain (pain lasting \> 3 months) per patient report and score of \>= 5 for average pain level on Brief Pain Inventory * Age \>= 26 years old and ≤85 years old * Availability of a friend or family member into whose care the participant can be released following the drug administration session Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Women of childbearing potential (i.e., not permanently sterilized, not postmenopausal) who decline to use a highly effective dual contraceptive method for the duration of the study. Dual contraceptive method use is defined by a use a barrier contraceptive in addition to another method to prevent pregnancy, including sterilization, hormonal methods, intrauterine devices, and hormonal pills. * Age \< 26 years old and \> 85 years old * Poor functional status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group \[ECOG\] score of \>= 2) * Major cognitive impairment as determined by principal investigator * Non-fluency in the English language * Personal history of a psychotic disorder or Bipolar disorder type I/II * Active suicidal ideation with intent in the last 3 months (Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale suicidal ideation score \> 3) or any suicide attempt in the past year * Current substance use disorder (i.e., present in last six months), of greater than mild severity as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) * History of a seizure disorder in adulthood * Active central nervous system (CNS) metastases or symptomatic CNS infection * Uncontrolled hypertension (mean blood pressure (mmHg) exceeding 139 systolic and 89 diastolic) and heart rate exceeding 90 beats per minute * Clinically significant cardiovascular disease (coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, arrhythmia, or QTc\>450ms) * Supplemental oxygen requirement * Body mass index =\< 18 * Renal insufficiency as evidenced by creatinine clearance (CrCl) \< 30 mL/min * Concomitant use of drugs known to interact with psilocybin (probenecid, diclofenac) * Consistent use of serotonergic drugs including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotoninnorepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), or efavirenz, as well as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). Subjects using any other antidepressant, stimulant, or antipsychotic medications on Day 0 (baseline visit) may be allowed to enroll in the study if they elect to taper off the medications under medical supervision by the PI and the study psycho-oncologist (PO) by the day prior to the baseline visit * Considered by the principal investigator to be inappropriate for the study due to safety concerns or to be unlikely to complete the protocol

Where

2 study sites

FacilityCityRegionCountry
Emory University/Winship Cancer InstituteAtlantaGeorgiaUnited States
Brain Health Center at Executive ParkAtlantaGeorgiaUnited States

On the registry

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NCT05506982 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2025-07-23. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

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