🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-02-18
A Multicenter Prospective Observational Cohort Study Evaluating the Impact of Cancer-Directed Treatment and Medication Use, Including Cannabis Use, in Multiple Myeloma Patients (NCT07225738)
🟢 Recruiting Interventional Protocol 📊 Observational Clinical Research Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
This study assesses the impact of cannabis (also commonly called marijuana, weed, or THC) use on quality of life among patients with multiple myeloma who are receiving chemotherapy. It also evaluates the potential benefits and harms of cannabis use.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (12 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (8 items).
Location: CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center — Goodyear, Arizona
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- \* Patients may not have completed five cycles of first line therapy or undergone any second line therapy
- Other active malignancy
- Patients may not have undergone autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Unable to comply with the study assessments
- HCP SURVEY: Reports directly to study PI (Dr. Richard Lee)
- HCP SURVEY: Member of the study team or involved in survey design or analysis
- HCP SURVEY: Individuals with a real or perceived conflict of interest that could bias survey responses
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (11 Sites)
- CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center — Goodyear, Arizona
- City of Hope Medical Center — Duarte, California
- City of Hope Seacliff — Huntington Beach, California
- City of Hope at Irvine Lennar — Irvine, California
- City of Hope at Long Beach Elm — Long Beach, California
- City of Hope at Newport Beach Fashion Island — Newport Beach, California
- City of Hope South Pasadena — South Pasadena, California
- City of Hope Upland — Upland, California
- City of Hope West Covina — West Covina, California
- City of Hope Atlanta Cancer Center — Newnan, Georgia
- City of Hope at Chicago — Zion, Illinois
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.