Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT03414099
Ketum and Pain Tolerence
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Universiti Sains Malaysia · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The study aim is to evaluate potential analgesic properties of ketum using the cold pressor task.
Detailed description
Participants in the proposed study will be individuals who report consuming ketum more than once a day, daily for the past 12 months. The study is a placebo-controlled, double-blind within-subject repeated mesaures design. Participants will ingest a sequence of ketum and placebo drinks prepared by pharmacologists at USM Centre for Drug Research and their pain tolerance will be measured by the cold pressor task after ingesting ketum or placebo.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Ketum | Ketum (Mitragyna speciosa) is an indigenous plant of Southeast Asia reported to have medicinal value in traditional culture |
| DRUG | Placebo | Placebo drink matched for taste and appereance |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-01-23
- Primary completion
- 2021-12-30
- Completion
- 2021-12-30
- First posted
- 2018-01-29
- Last updated
- 2021-04-28
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Malaysia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03414099. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.