Introduction
Methods
Participants
Inflammatory marker analysis
Sample size and statistics
Results
CRP analysis
Time point | CRP (mg/L), CBD group | CRP (mg/L), placebo group | p-value |
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Baseline | 18.5 (0.3–198) n = 68 | 15 (0.3–254) n = 70 | 0.81 |
Day 14 | 11.0 (0.3–240) n = 54 | 16 (0.3–196) n = 61 | 0.37 |
Day 28 | 7.9 (0.3–307) n = 42 | 8.1 (0.3–147) n = 39 | 0.69 |
Cytokine analysis
Cytokine | Placebo baseline* conc. [pg/ml] (no. participant) median (IQR) | Placebo day 14 | Placebo day 28 | CBD baseline | CBD day 14 | CBD day 28 | p-value* |
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April | (n = 16) 136,323.1 (108,398.4 to 166,673.8) | (n = 13) 137,493.1 (110,978.7 to 169,384.7) | (n = 10) 140,605.9 (121,820 to 175,522.4) | (n = 14) 175,095.2 (118,536.3 to 223,986) | (n = 13) 163,553.6 (142,096 to 212,624.1) | (n = 10) 176,663.6 (155,722 to 187,847.3) | 0.73 |
Hu BAFF/TNFSF13B | (n = 16) 12,193.9 (7128.6 to 20,529.3) | (n = 13) 15,394.9 (7297.4 to 28,238) | (n = 9) 32,126.7 (5902.6 to 39,407) | (n = 14) 10,035.3 (4378.5 to 17,282.8) | (n = 13) 8530.7 (6814.3 to 29,895.5) | (n = 10) 7737 (5738.7 to 29,305.8) | 0.35 |
Hu CD163 | (n = 16) 55,580.6 (37,865.1 to 73,716.5) | (n = 13) 42,300 (29,117.9 to 59,592.4) | (n = 10) 37,679.5 (25,352.3 to 78,253.3) | (n = 14) 48,480.6 (25,618.1 to 64,939.1) | (n = 13) 42,328.3 (29,512.2 to 58,443.5) | (n = 10) 53,288.1 (40,546.2 to 79,296.8) | 0.73 |
Hu CD30/TNFRSF8 | (n = 16) 292.1 (148.1 to 383.4) | (n = 13) 303.2 (156.6 to 353.6) | (n = 9) 258. (152.5 to 397.8) | (n = 13) 217.6 (109.1 to 504.5) | (n = 11) 155.5 (136.2 to 460.9) | (n = 9) 423.8 (145 to 634.8) | 0.50 |
Hu Chitinase 3-like 1 | (n = 16) 9111.8 (6718.2 to 10,048.3) | (n = 13) 10,093.4 (6121.8 to 11,619.6) | (n = 10) 11,039.9 (4520.7 to 12,769.4) | (n = 14) 9362.2 (5682.8 to 11,506.4) | (n = 13) 7524 (5123.7 to 12,623.9) | (n = 10) 6675.6 (4483.3 to 12,420.5) | 0.08 |
Hu IFN-b | (n = 14) 26.6 (19.7 to 30.4) | (n = 12) 21.2 (19.2 to 27.8) | (n = 8) 20.8 (16.6 to 27.1) | (n = 13) 24.1 (13.8 to 30.7) | (n = 12) 22.1 (16.9 to 28.2) | (n = 9) 22.2 (19.7 to 31) | 0.37 |
Hu IFN-g | (n = 16) 22.6 (16.8 to 27.7) | (n = 13) 22 (19.2 to 27.2) | (n = 7) 29 (25.7 to 30.6) | (n = 12) 21.6 (16.6 to 31.4) | (n = 13) 19.2 (17.4 to 30.6) | (n = 8) 19.9 (18.3 to 27.8) | 0.35 |
Hu IL-11 | (n = 16) 9.3 (6.6 to 10.4) | (n = 13) 7.9 (6.4 to 9.7) | (n = 9) 8.7 (7 to 9.7) | (n = 13) 9 (5.8 to 10.7) | (n = 13) 9.6 (4.9 to 12.1) | (n = 9) 8.1 (7.1 to 12.7) | 0.44 |
Hu IL-12 | (n = 13) 47.8 (29.5 to 65.4) | (n = 10) 38.3 (28.3 to 49.8) | (n = 7) 37.7 (34.9 to 63.5) | (n = 9) 41.7 (28.2 to 106.2) | (n = 9) 35.2 (32 to 101) | (n = 7) 50.9 (35.3 to 84.3) | 0.16 |
Hu IL-29/IFN-l1 | (n = 11) 65.1 (59.6 to 71.9) | (n = 10) 71.3 (61.1 to 78.3) | (n = 6) 71.6 (64.3 to 81.4) | (n = 11) 70 (67.6 to 75.5) | (n = 11) 71.5 (60.4 to 84.9) | (n = 5) 80.5 (65.1 to 87.8) | 0.99 |
Hu IL-6Ra | (n = 16) 3328.8 (3002.6 to 3867.9) | (n = 13) 3307.6 (2249 to 4240.7) | (n = 10) 3024.9 (2275.4 to 4080.7) | (n = 14) 4189.1 (3047.1 to 4961.8) | (n = 13) 3576.2 (3164.3 to 5232.2) | (n = 10) 4505.6 (2803.6 to 4728.4) | 0.66† |
Hu MMP-2 | (n = 16) 5438.9 (1826.9 to 14,954.8) | (n = 12) 4631.7 (1970.3 to 13,070.9) | (n = 10) 4561.5 (2023.5 to 12,149.6) | (n = 13) 2740.6 (1757.2 to 9406) | (n = 10) 3892.9 (2376 to 10,442) | (n = 9) 10,117.7 (1878.8 to 11,996.6) | 0.57 |
Hu MMP-3 | (n = 16) 12,873.3 (8589 to 16,173.4) | (n = 11) 18,793.8 (10,573.9 to 24,857.5) | (n = 9) 16,306.1 (7750 to 23,430.6) | (n = 14) 18,433.8 (12,856.8 to 31,762.3) | (n = 13) 17,720.3 (16,010.4 to 31,268.5) | (n = 10) 16,819.6 (15,853 to 20,537.9) | 0.18 |
Hu Osteocalcin | (n = 12) 1356.5 (869.8 to 3199.4) | (n = 12) 538 (314.6 to 1894.4) | (n = 7) 1202.7 (552.3 to 3719.2) | (n = 12) 934.9 (376.2 to 2774.4) | (n = 10) 1015.6 (431.6 to 2567) | (n = 9) 1178.6 (783.6 to 2348.2) | 0.82 |
Hu Osteopontin | (n = 16) 5544.3 (3602.5 to 11,841.2) | (n = 12) 6352.8 (2892.4 to 7719.2) | (n = 10) 5871.6 (2589.3 to 12,840.9) | (n = 13) 7176.8 (3009.3 to 9435.1) | (n = 13) 6784.1 (1485.9 to 9404.6) | (n = 10) 7191.3 (2983.7 to 20,887.6) | 0.93 |
Hu Pentraxin | (n = 16) 6269.4 (3996.3 to 8285.9) | (n = 13) 4797.4 (3525.2 to 10,980.4) | (n = 10) 5768.3 (3207.7 to 8664.6) | (n = 14) 3115.9 (2607.2 to 11,801.7) | (n = 13) 4751.2 (2852.1 to 13,028.8) | (n = 10) 3839.1 (2133.8 to 15,217.9) | 0.74 |
Hu TNF-R1 | (n = 15) 659.5 (277.1 to 818.2) | (n = 11) 507.2 (339.8 to 708) | (n = 8) 565.2 (280.5 to 869.6) | (n = 14) 417.5 (329.9 to 1084.9) | (n = 13) 435.6 (302.1 to 820.9) | (n = 10) 745.9 (376.4 to 1174.1) | 0.86 |
Hu TNF-R2 | (n = 16) 204.7 (159.12 to 431.4) | (n = 13) 170.2 (143.7 to 407.3) | (n = 9) 203.9 (187.6 to 233.5) | (n = 14) 212.2 (156.7 to 399.1) | (n = 13) 222.1 (181.2 to 377.2) | (n = 10) 336.8 (208.9 to 543.4) | 0.45 |
Hu TSLP | (n = 16) 27.1 (17.6 to 35.4) | (n = 12) 26.1 (20 to 32.5) | (n = 9) 27.6 (26.4 to 29.9) | (n = 14) 27.4 (18.3 to 56.3) | (n = 13) 33.1 (17.9 to 55) | (n = 10) 32.7 (16 to 39.3) | 0.51 |
Hu TWEAK/TNFSF12 | (n = 16) 146.7 (90.9 to 295.5) | (n = 13) 97.7 (75.1 to 351.8) | (n = 9) 111.7 (94.3 to 202.4) | (n = 13) 201 (86.8 to 251.9) | (n = 11) 144.3 (103.6 to 393.1) | (n = 9) 165.3 (120.7 to 359.9) | 0.24 |
Hu gp130 | (n = 16) 22,410.6 (11,938.4 to 30,716.7) | (n = 13) 13,007.2 (11,605.1 to 25,924.8) | (n = 10) 13,668.5 (11,772.9 to 28,182.7) | (n = 14) 14,461.5 (11,499.6 to 26,121.6) | (n = 13) 15,392.9 (11,462.8 to 19,021.4) | (n = 10) 18,528 (12,652.6 to 24,687.9) | 0.56 |