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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03440125
Date of registration: 06/02/2018
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Primorska
Public title: Cayenne Pepper Cataplasm - Safety Study Munari04
Scientific title: Cayenne Pepper Cataplasm Application and Potential Side Effects
Date of first enrolment: March 15, 2016
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03440125
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Slovakia Slovenia
Contacts
Name:     Nejc Ĺ arabon, PhD
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Affiliation:  Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Slovenia
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Chronic low back pain (>3 months)

- Body mass index below 35 kg/m?2

Exclusion Criteria:

- pregnancy

- sensibility disorders (e.g. due to neurological disease)

- injuries, open wounds or rash in intervention area

- known hypersensitivity against the applied substances

- HIV, Hepatitis C and other due blood communicable infectious diseases



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Low Back Pain
Intervention(s)
Device: Electrical stimulation
Drug: Cayenne Pepper topical
Procedure: Massage
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in concentration of circulating biomarkers of inflammation, neudroendocrine stress and blood vessel activation [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
Change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
Heart rate [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
Secondary Outcome(s)
36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
Oswestry disability index (ODI) [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
Change in pain perception [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
Skin Temperature [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
Flexibility [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
EQ-5D- 5L questionnaire [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
Skin Sensory Function [Time Frame: Before the application, 45 minutes after 10th application and 48 hours after 10th application]
Secondary ID(s)
UP-MunariStudy
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
S2P, Science to Practice, Ltd.
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Electrical Stimulation and Physical Rehabilitation
Comenius University
Wilhelminenspital Vienna
Ethics review
Results
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