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Approved medical marijuana research grants

Approved in 2015

Grant funding recommendations for medical marijuana research were made by the Medical Marijuana Scientific Advisory Council and approved by the Board of Health on February 18, 2015.

Project titlePrimary investigatorContact InformationStudy Status

Updated grant amount

Results
Do Adolescents and Young Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Benefit from Use of Marijuana?Edward J. Hoffenberg, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Brittany Murphy

Email: IBDStudy@childrenscolorado.org

 

Started October 2015

 

$1,191,329***

Marijuana Use by Adolescents and Young Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. (PubMed website)
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Crossover Study of Tolerability and Efficacy of Cannabidiol (CBD) on Tremor in Parkinson's DiseaseMaureen A. Leehey, Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus

Ying Lui

Email: ying.3.lui@ucdenver.edu

Started October 2016

 

$1,028,981**

Safety and Tolerability of Cannabidiol in Parkinson Disease: An Open Label, Dose-Escalation Study. (NIH website)
Treating PTSD with Marijuana: Clinical and Functional OutcomesMarcel O. Bonn-Miller, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, and VA National Center for PTSD

Megan Brunstetter

email: PTSD.study.Colorado@gmail.com

 

Started October 2015

 

$1,181,127***

Medical Cannabis for PTSD: Current Evidence and Emerging Research in 2015. (MAPS website)
Cannabidiol (CBD) and Pediatric EpilepsyGeorge Sam Wang, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado

Kendra Kocher

Email: Kendra.Kocher@childrenscolorado.org

study flyer. (PDF)

Started October 2015

 

$576,350***

 
Medical Marijuana in the Pediatric Brain Tumor Population
(palliative care)
Nicholas Foreman, Dept. of Pediatrics, Pediatric Neuro-oncology, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Christen Volin

Email: Christen.Volin@childrenscolorado.org

 

Started July 2015

 

$1,041,256***

 
Use of Medicinal Cannabinoids as Adjunctive Treatment for Medically Refractory Epilepsy (pediatric epilepsy)Kelly Knupp, Dept. of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Colorado University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus

Nana Welnick

Email: seizuresCBDresearch@childrenscolorado.org

 

Started April 2015

 

$631,835**

 
Placebo-controlled, Triple-Blind, Randomized Crossover Pilot Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Four Potencies of Smoked Marijuana in 76 Veterans with Chronic, Treatment-Resistant Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Marcel O. Bonn-Miller, University of Pennsylvania and VA National Center for PTSD

Note: Grant recipient and study sponsor: MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

Berra Yazar-Klosinski

Email: berra@maps.org

 

Started February 2017

 

$2,156,000***

 
A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Cross Study Comparing the Analgesic Efficacy of Cannabis versus OxycodoneEmily Lindley, Dept. of Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus

Nicole Green

Email: MJPainStudy@ucdenver.edu

Started July 2017

 

$743,122**

 
Colorado Cannabis Cohort: Efficacy, Safety, and Usage Patterns of Medical Marijuana for SleepRussell Bowler, National Jewish Health

Madeline Morris

Email: morrism@njhealth.org

 

Started August 2015

 

$450,000*

 

TOTAL
   

$9,000,000

 




Notes

*Ninth and most recent grant approved by the Board of Health on 2/18/15 for funding.
**Increased funding amounts were approved by the Board of Health on 2/18/15.
***Final funding amount after contract negotiation with the grantee, which may be less than the maximum funding amount approved by the Board of Health on 12/17/14.