NCT01200745

Efficacy of Topical Capsaicin on Chronic Neck Pain

Efficacy of Topical Capsaicin on Chronic Neck Pain ; Double-blinded Randomized Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kyunghee University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether topical capsaicin patch can effectively reduce chronic neck pain.

Detailed description

* Design: This is a double-blind, randomized, controlled study. Participants: Sixty participants with chronic neck pain are recruited and randomly assigned to two groups. * Intervention: Over an four-week period, the treatment group (n=30) uses capsaicin patch (100 mcg/3cc) at the tender point of neck for 12 hours a day; the control group (n=30) receives Hydrogel patch instead of capsaicin patch.

Conditions

• Chronic Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Capsaicin patch	Over an four-week period, the treatment group (n=30) uses capsaicin patch (100 mcg/3cc) at the tender point of neck for 12 hours a day; the control group (n=30) receives Hydrogel patch instead of capsaicin patch.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-02-01
• First posted: 2010-09-14
• Last updated: 2010-09-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea