Capsaicin patch for tailbone pain
Treatments studied
Part of Brain & nervous system, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests a capsaicin 8% patch — a pain-relieving skin patch — to see if it can reduce tailbone pain that has lasted more than 3 months. You may be eligible if you have tried other treatments without success and have nerve-related pain symptoms.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 or older.
- You have had tailbone pain for more than 3 months, and it gets worse when you sit or stand up from sitting.
- Your pain level in the last 10 days has been at least a 4 out of 10.
- You have tried other treatments (like pain pills, cushions, or injections) and they didn't work, or you can't take them, or you don't want to.
- You have never used a capsaicin 8% patch for this pain before.
- You have at least one symptom like burning, tingling, numbness, or electric shock feelings in your tailbone area.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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