Real-world data on the therapeutic response in the use of cannabis products in the medical and veterinary clinic

Abstract

This study aims to use new methodologies to generate evidence through data and requires effort from all stakeholders in the cannabis chain that can potentially use this data for decision-making. With the combination of technologies and scientific advances available today, there has never been a more opportune time to address this issue and verify the potential of Cannabis for scientific socio-environmental evolution in One Health in Brazil. Through the recent discoveries of the Endocannabinoid System and its particularities, the study of the real world becomes of paramount importance to obtain consistent data on the use of medicinal Cannabis, generating social, economic, therapeutic, environmental, and scientific values. The insecurity of health professionals with the lack of consistent information and regulation on the indications, adverse effects, and quality of the available product, demand that new research be implemented. Despite extensive evidence and research that supports the efficacy and safety of use in various therapies, Brazilian regulation is still a problem. The use of Cannabis by humans and animals for thousands of years to relieve physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual pain, is contextualized through traditional medicine, and its use today can bring us essential and complementary data for safety, effectiveness, and therapeutical indications, targeting Cannabis products as a herbal medicine of great value. This study aims to obtain, through forms on a commercial digital platform, focused on integrative and interdisciplinary therapies, Real World Data (RWD) for  Real  World  Evidence (RWE), in the medical, social, and environmental context to promote human, veterinary, and environmental health. Absolute secrecy is guaranteed for the safety and integrity of research participants, through the general data protection law. The study has been approved by the ethics council. Free informed consent term will be applied and the answers to the interdisciplinary forms will be automatically analyzed, in percentage form, on the use of Cannabis products, promoting a social project created to assess social, educational, and environmental impact, with resources generated from the commercial platform.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/devopinterscie-270