BONUS EPISODE! We're dropping Episode 2 early so you have even more journal critique music to your ears. Welcome back to What's it Worth! Today we soar through the topics of pilot studies, medical cannabis, and cancer related pain. We are joined by Dr. Kirollos Hanna, Director of Pharmacy at Minnesota Oncology, as we attempt to take the pain out of assessing feasibility trials.   Key Points Pilot studies are conducted to determine whether a large-scale trial would be feasible Cancer-related pain can be challenging to manage and additional approaches to multimodal pain management are needed Medical cannabis carries a stigma which may be one of the barriers to its use in cancer-related pain What can you take away from pilot studies? -> Tune in to find out! References Zylla D, et al. "Oncology Clinicians and the Minnesota Medical Cannabis Program: A Survey on Medical Cannabis Practice Patterns, Barriers to Enrollment, and Educational Needs." Cannabis and cannabinoid research vol. 3,1 195-202. 1 Oct. 2018, doi:10.1089/can.2018.0029. Braun IM et al. "Medical Oncologists' Beliefs, Practices, and Knowledge Regarding Marijuana Used Therapeutically: A Nationally Representative Survey Study." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology vol. 36,19 (2018): 1957-1962. doi:10.1200/JCO.2017.76.1221. Swarm RA, Paice JA, Anghelescu DL, et al. Adult Cancer Pain, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw  17.8 (2019): 977-1007. Contact Information Podcast email: [email protected] Host Information:  Dr. Diana R. Langworthy, PharmD, BCPS Clinical Associate Professor, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacist-Inpatient Internal Medicine, M Health Fairview East Bank Hospital  

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