Clinical Trial: Preoperative Capsaicin Patch Treatment to Reduce Pain and Pain Sensitivity After Surgery

U.S., Nov. 7 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07922525) titled 'Preoperative Capsaicin Patch Treatment to Reduce Pain and Pain Sensitivity After Surgery' on Nov. 02.

Brief Summary: This study investigated whether applying an 8% capsaicin patch to the skin at a planned trocar incision site before abdominal laparoscopic surgery changes postoperative pain and pain sensitivity. Adults were randomly assigned to continued capsaicin treatment or a vehicle control patch after both groups received a brief initial capsaicin application to support blinding. The main comparison was pain in response to standardized pinprick stimuli on the first day after surgery. Other assessments included clinical pain, pain...