drugset / Trial / NCT06344403

Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Tender Point Infiltration (TPI) for Acute and Subacute Zoster Associated Pain

NCT06344403

Active not recruiting 136 enrolled Beijing Tiantan Hospital
RandomizedCrossoverOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

Herpes zoster (HZ) is a skin infection disease which cause severe zoster-associated pain (ZAP) along sensory nerve in the corresponding segment. Evidence for the efficacy of existing local therapies for acute/subacute ZAP is limited. The hypothesis is that patients with acute/subacute ZAP treated with TPIs with local anesthetic and steroids under the basis of standard treatment will show better clinical outcomes compared with subjects treated with standard antiviral medicine treatment only.

Timeline

Start
2025-06-01
Primary completion
2026-10-01
Completion
2027-12-01

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Lidocaine Other / unclassified Other
Subject betamethasone dipropionate Small molecule Other
Background Celecoxib Other / unclassified 200 mg Oral
Background Pregabalin Small molecule 300 mg Oral
Background Tramadol Other / unclassified 100 mg Oral

Indications