MDMA-assisted Therapy in People With Anxiety Related to Advanced Stage Cancer

This is a pilot study intended to find out if 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is safe and can help people with advanced stage cancer and anxiety arising from the cancer diagnosis.

Topic Anxiety Palliative Care
Compound Placebo MDMA
Country United States of America
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Trial Details



Trial Number

Sponsors & Collaborators

Brigham and Womens Hospital
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Mclean Hospital
McLean Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. The hospital maintains the world's largest neuroscientific and psychiatric research program in a private hospital.

Measures Used

Hamilton Anxiety Scale
The Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) was one of the first rating scales developed to measure the severity of anxiety symptoms and is still widely used today in both clinical and research settings.

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) is a multiple item questionnaire used to provide an indication of depression, and as a guide to evaluating recovery. The scale consists of 17 items which each item being scoring on a 3 or 5 point scale. The higher the score, the more likely a person is depressed.

Visual Analog Scale Anxiety
The Visual Analog Scale Anxiety (VASA) is a line 10 centimetres in length with “not at all anxious” and “very anxious” at the left and right extremes respectively.

Data attribution

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