Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00655811
Ethnic Differences in Response to Topical Capsaicin: A Psychophysical Study on Healthy Subjects
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 50 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this research is to study how people respond differently to capsaicin in different racial groups and the effect it has on your pain levels. Capsaicin is a natural product made from hot chili peppers that is useful for treating the itch symptoms of skin disease.
Detailed description
To comprehensively evaluate the ethnic differences in response to topical capsaicin and its effect on thermal sensory thresholds.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Capsaicin | Topical application, 0.1%, Capzasin HP; Chattem Inc., Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A |
| DRUG | Placebo moisturizing cream | Placebo moisturizing cream with no active ingredient (Cetaphil; Galderma Laboratories LP, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-08-01
- Completion
- 2009-10-01
- First posted
- 2008-04-10
- Last updated
- 2018-09-10
- Results posted
- 2017-08-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00655811. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.