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Treatment of chronic pain is a major clinical challenge since chronic pain is frequent and leads to deterioration of quality of life. An injury or wound can lead to long term changes in the nervous system that make the skin more sensitive at and near the injury; this is termed hyperalgesia and occurs through long term depotentiation (LTP), i.e., a change in the synaptic interaction between neurons.

Opioids are the gold standard for the symptomatic therapy of moderate to severe pain. Now, in animal studies the investigators have discovered previously unrecognized effects of opioids.

Intradermal injection of capsaicin (injection of pepper extract into the skin) is an established pain model in humans. The investigators want to test the influence of remifentanil, an ultra-short acting opioid, on hyperalgesia observed after intradermal capsaicin in human volunteers in a double blind cross-over prospective active placebo controlled clinical trial.


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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Basic Science


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NCT number NCT00886106
Study type Interventional
Source Medical University of Vienna
Contact Michael Andreae, MD
Phone +436769677181
Email michael@andreae.org
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date June 2009
Completion date March 2010

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