Capsaicin-Evoked Pain in Patients With CRPS

Completed

• Conditions: CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes)

• Registration Number: NCT00468390
• Lead Sponsor: Danish Pain Research Center

Brief Summary

To evaluate the effect of capsaicin in patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Detailed Description

Primary outcome parameters: Capsaicin-induced pain and inflammation.

Secondary outcome parameters: Peripheral sensory and autonomic function.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-04
• Study First Submitted: 2007-05-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-05-01
• Study First Posted: 2007-05-02
• Study Completion: 2008-01
• Status Verified: 2008-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-10-10
• Last Update Posted: 2008-10-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: 18 or older.
• Pain in arm or hand > 3 months.
• Diagnosed with CRPS acc. to diagnostic research criteria (Harder et al., 2005)
• Inclusion of healthy subjects: age-, gender-, and BMI-matched.

Exclusion Criteria

• Other significant disease affecting the parameters measured, including cardiovascular disease.
• Treatment with anticholinergics, sympathomimetics and parasympathomimetics, and alpha- and beta-adrenergics.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital; 🇩🇰 Aarhus, Denmark