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Placebo Effect of Paracetamol in Healthy Volunteers

NCT01053650 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2012-01-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Paracetamol is one of the most commonly used drugs in the world, indicated for the symptomatic treatment of fever and pain of mild to moderate. More precisely, it is a drug used to relieve pain and reduce fever. The objective of this study is to analyze whether a placebo effect occurs when you take paracetamol for pain, ie if the analgesic effect of paracetamol is partly due to the simple fact of taking a drug.

Moreover, during the study you propose to do a saliva sample, optional, for biological research, pharmacogenetics, to assess how paracetamol is processed and eliminated in your body..

Conditions

  • Healthy Volunteers

Interventions

DRUG

Paracetamol

Clinical trial conducted in healthy volunteers, prospective, single center, randomized, open / hidden.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gisèle Pickering, MCU-PH · University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-02-28
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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