Clinical trial • Phase IV • Other

CANNABIDIOL for Healthy volunteers

Phase IV trial of CANNABIDIOL for Healthy volunteers. Softisan 378 (placebo); dose/schedule not specified in the record-controlled. 20 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Other
Trial Disease
Healthy volunteers
Trial Stage
Phase IV
Drug Modality
Small molecule|Other

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
16-10-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
21-01-2026

Trial design

Softisan 378 (placebo); dose/schedule not specified in the record-controlled Phase IV trial across 1 site in Belgium.

Comparator
Softisan 378 (placebo); dose/schedule not specified in the record
Target Sample Size
20
Trial Duration For Participant
1

Eligibility

Recruits 20 No vulnerable populations selected. Consent: 'Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or their legally authorized representative has been obtained prior to any screening procedures'. Participants are adults (age 18-40). Informed consent documents available in Dutch and English (L1_ICF NL and L1_ICF EN)..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant or is of child-bearing potential and not using an adequate, highly effective contraceptive
Vulnerable Population
No vulnerable populations selected. Consent: 'Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or their legally authorized representative has been obtained prior to any screening procedures'. Participants are adults (age 18-40). Informed consent documents available in Dutch and English (L1_ICF NL and L1_ICF EN).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or their legally authorized representative has been obtained prior to any screening procedures\n- Use of highly effective methods of birth control; defined as those that, alone or in combination, result in low failure rate (i.e., less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly; such as implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, some IUDs, true sexual abstinence (i.e. refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with the Trial treatment(s)) or commitment to a vasectomised partner.\n- Age between 18-40 years old at the time of signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF)\n- Recreationally active (between 2-8h/wk)\n- Good health status confirmed by a sport medical screening\n- Body fat percentage below 20% (males) or 25% (females) as estimated by a Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan\n- Good sleep efficiency determined by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI, score ≤ 4)"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Self-reported sleep disturbances\n- Habitual smoking (> 1 occasion/month)\n- Any kind of injury/incapability that is a contra-indication to perform high-intensity interval training\n- Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant or is of child-bearing potential and not using an adequate, highly effective contraceptive\n- Participation in another interventional Trial with an investigational medicinal product (IMP) or device\n- Use of CBD related products 3 months prior to the start of the experimental trial (including CBD oil, cannabis or other substances containing cannabinoids)\n- Intake of any medication or nutritional supplement that influences sleep quality 3 months prior to the start of the experimental trial\n- Shift workers or extreme morning and evening chronotypes (scores between 16-30 or 70-86 on the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ))"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in sleep efficiency between different sessions","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Sleep efficiency (SE = time asleep (min) / time in bed (min)); change in SE between different sessions."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in other sleep indices between different sessions\n- Changes in perceived sleep quality between different sessions\n- Changes in circulating hormones involved in sleep and stress between different sessions\n- Changes in plasma catecholamines and serotonin between different sessions\n- Changes urinary catecholamine and serotonin excretion between different sessions","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Other sleep indices include sleep period time (SPT), wake after sleep onset (WASO), total sleep time (TST), sleep onset latency (SOL), sleep maintenance efficiency (SME), time in sleep stages (N1, N2, N3, REM, NREM), slow waves, sleep spindles. Perceived sleep quality assessed via questionnaires. Circulating hormones include growth hormone, melatonin, cortisol. Plasma and urinary catecholamines include adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine; serotonin measured in plasma and urine. Comparisons are between different sessions."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
20
Recruitment Window Months
3
Consent Approach
Voluntary written informed consent required: 'Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or their legally authorized representative has been obtained prior to any screening procedures'. Participants are adults (18-40). Informed consent forms available in Dutch and English (L1_ICF NL and L1_ICF EN). No assent procedures described.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
1
Total Number Of Participants
20

Belgium

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
08-12-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
21-01-2026
Processing Time Days
44
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
20

Sites

Site Name
Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven
Department Name
Department of Movement Sciences
Principal Investigator Name
Koen Peers
Principal Investigator Email
Koenraad.Peers@kuleuven.be
Contact Person Name
Koen Peers
Contact Person Email
Koenraad.Peers@kuleuven.be
Number Of Participants
20

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
UZ Leuven
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Belgium

Third parties

  • {"country":"Austria","full_name":"Hubertus-Apotheke e.U. Mag.Pharm.Dr.A.Dominik Schantl","duties_or_roles":"14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Cannabidiol
Active Substance
CANNABIDIOL
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Authorised (prodAuthStatus 1)
Maximum Dose
400 mg/day
Investigational Product Name
Softisan 378
Active Substance
SOFTISAN 378
Modality
Other
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Authorised (prodAuthStatus 1)
Maximum Dose
1200 mg/day

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