NCT05883540

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) in Palliative Care: a Randomised, Double-blind, Active-placebo Controlled Phase II Study (LPC-Study)

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT05883540
Registration Date2023-06-01
Statusrecruiting
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
Industrynot industry
Blindingblinded
Center Typemulticenter RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In2024-06-09
Last Patient Out2028-05-01
Publicationn
Gender %ALL
Mean Age22 Years -
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Thinking: claude-opus-4-20250514
5162ms / 11513 tok
OPENAI
gpt-4o
Thinking: o3
6381ms / 9849 tok
GLM
glm-5.1
12874ms / 10024 tok
Review
rct_type parallel RCT parallel RCT parallel RCT OK
cancer_status non-cancer non-cancer non-cancer OK
non_cancer_spec N/A N/A → N/A → N/A
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: N/A Requery: N/A — The study includes patients with end-stage fatal disease of any cause, which encompasses both cancer and non-cancer conditions in a mixed population. Thinking: N/A — Study includes any end-stage fatal disease which is a mixed population that could include both cancer and non-cancer patients.
N/A N/A → early palliative care → N/A
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: N/A Requery: early palliative care — The study is focused on the effects of LSD in terminally ill patients with various end-stage diseases, aiming for early integration of palliative care to improve psychosocial well-being without specifying a single organ system. Thinking: N/A — Population includes any end-stage fatal disease, likely mixing cancer and non-cancer patients, so no specific non-cancer category applies.
N/A early palliative care → early palliative care
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: early palliative care Requery: early palliative care — The study includes patients with any end-stage fatal disease without restricting to a specific organ system, focusing on psychosocial distress in a palliative care population with a life expectancy of 12 weeks to 2 years.
OK
setting_patient outpatient outpatient outpatient OK
setting_place other other → other
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: other Requery: other — This is an outpatient clinical trial where palliative care patients receive supervised drug interventions at the hospital/medical center for therapeutic sessions but are not hospitalized as inpatients.
other hospital → other
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: hospital Requery: other — The trial is conducted at University Hospital, Basel, but the intervention involves outpatient administration of LSD without hospitalization.
other hospital → other
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: hospital Requery: other — The study is a phase II trial conducted by University Hospital Basel with 3 sites, delivering LSD to patients with end-stage fatal diseases who are likely not hospitalized, indicating an outpatient palliative care setting.
OK
feasibility fully powered RCT feasibility RCT → fully powered RCT
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: feasibility RCT Requery: fully powered RCT — This is a Phase II randomized controlled trial with 60 participants designed to evaluate clinical effectiveness of LSD on psychosocial distress in palliative care patients, with primary outcome being state anxiety changes rather than feasibility metrics.
fully powered RCT fully powered RCT → fully powered RCT
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: fully powered RCT Requery: fully powered RCT — The trial has a sample size of 60 with clinical outcomes, indicating it is likely powered for clinical effectiveness.
fully powered RCT fully powered RCT → fully powered RCT
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: fully powered RCT Requery: fully powered RCT — The study is a Phase II randomized controlled trial with an enrollment of 60 patients designed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of LSD on psychosocial distress using clinical scales like STAI-S as primary outcomes.
OK
intervention_pharmacologic yes yes yes OK
intervention_chemo_immuno_radio no no no OK
intervention_complementary no no no OK
intervention_device no no no OK
intervention_psychological no no no OK
intervention_complex no no no OK
intervention_acp no no no OK
intervention_music no no no OK
intervention_screening no no no OK
intervention_palliative no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — This is a pharmacologic study testing LSD (a drug intervention) in palliative care patients, not a study of palliative care service delivery itself.
no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The study focuses on evaluating the effects of LSD on psychosocial distress in terminally ill patients, which falls under pharmacologic intervention rather than palliative care as the intervention.
no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The intervention is a pharmacologic drug trial (LSD) conducted in a palliative care setting rather than testing palliative care itself as the intervention.
OK
intervention_education no no no OK
intervention_digital no no no OK
intervention_other no no no OK
outcome_symptom yes yes yes OK
outcome_qol yes yes yes OK
outcome_dignity yes yes yes OK
outcome_cost no no no OK
outcome_other yes yes yes OK
pharmacologic_sub controlled substances controlled substances → controlled substances → controlled substances
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: controlled substances Requery: controlled substances — LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is a Schedule I controlled substance with high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use in the United States. Thinking: controlled substances — LSD is a Schedule I controlled substance being investigated for therapeutic use in palliative care patients.
controlled substances controlled substances → not yet FDA/EMA approved → not yet FDA/EMA approved
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: controlled substances Requery: not yet FDA/EMA approved — LSD is being investigated for its effects in palliative care and is not approved by the FDA/EMA for this indication. Thinking: not yet FDA/EMA approved — LSD is an investigational psychedelic drug with no FDA or EMA marketing approval for any indication.
not yet FDA/EMA approved not yet FDA/EMA approved → not yet FDA/EMA approved
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: not yet FDA/EMA approved Requery: not yet FDA/EMA approved — LSD is an experimental and investigational drug that is not approved for therapeutic use by the FDA or EMA.
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