NCT00812604

Analgesic Ointment on Temporomandibular Joint and Masticatory Muscle Pain

Effect of an Analgesic Ointment on the Relief of Temporomandibular Joint and Masticatory Muscle Pain: a Randomized, Double Blinded, Placebo-controlled Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of using topical cream of Ping On Ointment and using Vaseline cream in the treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and masticatory muscle pain, in order to establish the true efficacy of Ping On Ointment. Both Ping On Ointment and Vaseline are considered intervention.

Detailed description

Aims: To compare the effectiveness of using topical cream of Ping On Ointment and using Vaseline cream in the treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and masticatory muscle pain, in order to establish the true efficacy of Ping On Ointment. Methods: In this randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial, 55 subjects with TMJ and/or masticatory pain (Group 1 patients according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorder (RDC/TMD) received Ping On Ointment for 4 weeks; or placebo for 4 weeks. Subjects were evaluated with standard measures of efficacy: pain intensity measured by visual analogue scale and maximal comfortable mandibular opening, at baseline and again after 4 weeks of treatment.

Conditions

• Temporomandibular Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ping On Ointment	Ping On Ointment
DRUG	Vaseline	Placebo

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-04-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2008-09-01
• First posted: 2008-12-22
• Last updated: 2014-06-23
• Results posted: 2014-06-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China