Multiple Sklerose
Studienlage · Detail Narrative Review · Multiple Sklerose · 2008

Cannabinoids in the management of spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis

Keine Richtungsangabe
StichprobeNarrative Review
KontrollePlacebo
DesignNarrative Review
Applikationoral
Zusammenfassung

Narrative Übersicht zu Cannabinoiden bei MS-Spastik: wachsende Evidenz für positive Effekte von Cannabinoiden auf MS-Symptome einschließlich Spastik und Schmerz. Diskutiert Befunde aus dem EAE-Mausmodell (Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis) und aktuellen klinischen Studien; langfristige Studien erforderlich, um Rolle über reine Symptomlinderung hinaus zu etablieren.

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PopulationErwachsene mit stabiler Multipler Sklerose und Muskelspastizität, n=630
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InterventionOraler Cannabis-Extrakt (n=211) bzw. Δ9-THC (n=206), über 15 Wochen
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KontrollePlacebo (n=213)
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OutcomeAshworth-Score (primär) ohne signifikante Änderung; patientenberichtete Spastizität und Schmerz signifikant verbessert (p=0.003), 61% (Cannabis-Extrakt) vs. 46% (Placebo) berichteten Besserung
Autoren
Bifulco M
DOI 10.2147/ndt.s3208
Design: Narrative Review
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Abstract
The endocannabinoid system and cannabinoid-based treatments have been involved in a wide number of diseases. In particular, several studies suggest that cannabinoids and endocannabinoids may have a key role in the pathogenesis and therapy of multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study we highlight the main findings reported in literature about the relevance of cannabinoid drugs in the management and treatment of MS. An increasing body of evidence suggests that cannabinoids have beneficial effects on the symptoms of MS, including spasticity and pain. In this report we focus on the effects of cannabinoids in the relief of spasticity describing the main findings in vivo, in the mouse experimental allergic encephalomyelitis model of MS. We report on the current treatments used to control MS symptoms and the most recent clinical studies based on cannabinoid treatments, although long-term studies are required to establish whether cannabinoids may have a role beyond symptom amelioration in MS.

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