Clinical trials: Capsaicin
Healthy
Ethnic Differences in Response to Topical Capsaicin: A Psychophysical Study on Healthy Subjects
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.
- Trial name
- NCT00655811
- Testing
- Capsaicin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University
Pain
The Neurobiology of Expectancy and Pain Perception
This study will use using fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to elucidate how contextual learning/expectation relieves or aggravates pain experience in the same cohort of subjects and the same study session.
- Trial name
- NCT01575106
- Testing
- Heat pain applied using TSA or CHEPS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cough
Effect of Electronic Cigarette Use on Cough Reflex Sensitivity
Although electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) are now widely used, very little information exists regarding the effect of electronic cigarette use (vaping) on the respiratory system.
- Trial name
- NCT02203162
- Testing
- electronic cigarette exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Small Fiber Neuropathy
Autofluorescent Flavoprotein Imaging of Intraepidermal Nerve Fibers: a Pilot Study
Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is a common disorder, which has a profound negative impact on quality of life because of severe neuropathic pain.
- Trial name
- NCT02537951
- Testing
- AFI microscope, negative control 1: lidocaine/prilocaine, negative control 2: 8% capsaicin
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Nonallergic Irritant Rhinitis
Intranasal Capsaicin Treatment for Non-Allergic Irritant Rhinitis
The proposed study seeks to investigate the effect of intranasal capsaicin treatment in patient with Non-allergic irritant rhinitis (NAIR), as well as evaluate optical rhinometry (ORM) as a means to quantify symptomatic…
- Trial name
- NCT02493257
- Testing
- Capsaicin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Healthy
Effect of Nalbuphine and Naloxone on Experimentally Induced Skin Sensitivity
In previous clinical studies of post-surgical pain the investigators found that nalbuphine (Nubain), a narcotic pain killer, relieves pain more effectively when combined with low-dose naloxone (Narcan), a drug that is used to…
- Trial name
- NCT00947284
- Testing
- nalbuphine plus naloxone, nalbuphine plus saline, naloxone plus saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Spinal Cord Injuries, Neuropathic Pain
Capsaicin 8% Patch for Spinal Cord Injury Neuropathic Pain
A prospective case control study to determine the effectiveness and longevity of 8% capsaicin patch(es) in treating neuropathic pain in persons with spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- Capsaicin (NCT02441660)
- Testing
- Capsaicin 8% Patch, Low Dose Capsaicin 0.025% Well Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Acute Exercise, Heat Exposure
The Influence of Capsaicin Gel During Exercise Within the Heat
The purpose of this study is to examine the human thermoregulatory impact of applying a commercially available capsaicin gel to the skin prior to moderate intensity walking under heated conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT05298202
- Testing
- Capsaicin, Control Gel, Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Healthy
A Study of LY3316531 in Healthy Participants
The purpose of this study is to assess study drug activity by giving LY3316531 or placebo into a vein in the arm and then measuring blood flow of the skin, after capsaicin is applied to skin's surface.
- Trial name
- NCT03611608
- Testing
- LY3316531
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
Pain
Neuromodulation of Lidocaine and Capsaicin Cream Effects on Pain Experience
The aim of this study is to use a brain stimulation tool called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to investigate the analgesic (reducing sensitivity to pain) effects of lidocaine cream and the hyperalgesic…
- Trial name
- NCT03102710
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Lidocaine cream, Capsaicin cream
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cough
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of ATP Cough in Chronic Cough Patients
Persistent cough is a distressing symptom for people with respiratory disorders. Patients also often experience an ongoing urge-to-cough that prompts coughing, and which fails to resolve the sensation.
- Trial name
- NCT03722849
- Testing
- Adenosine Triphosphate, Capsaicin, Functional Brain Imaging
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stuart Mazzone
Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Nausea Gravidarum
Capsaicin Cream as an Adjunctive Therapy for Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
Between fifty and eighty percent of pregnant women experience nausea and vomiting in pregnancy making it one of the most common medical complications of pregnancy.
- Conditions
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Nausea Gravidarum, Vomiting of Pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT05098067
- Testing
- Capsaicin Topical Cream, Metoclopramide, Ondansetron
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Pain
Reduction in Pain Intensity Following IV or Oral Pain-relieving Products
The purpose of this study is to evaluate two experimental pain models to see if they would be useful for comparing different products for reduction in pain intensity.
- Trial name
- NCT02678416
- Testing
- IV Acetaminophen (Treatment A), Oral Acetaminophen (Treatment B), Morphine (Treatment D)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mallinckrodt