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Homeopathic Remedy

Arnica for Muscle Pain

Phase 2 & 3

Waitlist Available

Led By Manu Madhok, MD, MPH

Research Sponsored by Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up three full days after discharge

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether the homeopathic remedy Arnica can help with pain relief for kids with acute musculoskeletal injuries, when there is no fracture present.

Eligible Conditions

Muscle Pain
Acute Pain

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ within the first 24 hours of discharge

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~within the first 24 hours of discharge

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and within the first 24 hours of discharge for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Ibuprofen Dose

Secondary outcome measures

Arnica Dosage

Pain Score

Swelling

Other outcome measures

Days of School/Activities that a patient has missed

Days of School/Work family members missed

Routine Change

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: Double-Blind Clinical Trial- Experimental GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group II: Double-Blind Clinical Trial- Placebo GroupPlacebo Group1 Intervention

Patients will be assigned to the placebo (e.g., unmedicated sugar pill) or experimental group (e.g., Arnica 1M pellets) via a randomization chart from that only the research pharmacist will have access to. Subjects assigned to the placebo group will take the recommended doses of sugar pellets (i.e., 2 pills to be taken every 4 waking hours over a 24 hours period), and will track their pain scores, swelling measurements, sleep rate, ibuprofen doses, adverse reactions, further ED visits, and the number of days/activities the patient has missed for 3 days following their enrollment in the study.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Arnica montana flower

FDA approved

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of MinnesotaLead Sponsor

65 Previous Clinical Trials

5,021,915 Total Patients Enrolled

Manu Madhok, MD, MPHPrincipal InvestigatorChildren's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are recruitment efforts underway for this research project?

"That is correct, the clinical trial mentioned is still seeking patients. According to the information on clinicaltrials.gov, this study was posted on 7/15/2021 and updated as recently as 3/7/2022. They are looking for 324 participants from 2 different sites."

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Does this research project exclude senior citizens?

"The age requirement for this trial is that potential participants must have not yet reached their 18th birthday, but must be older than 11 years old."

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Might I be appropriate for this research project?

"This study is open to 324 adolescents aged 11-18 who present to the emergency department with acute pain from a soft tissue ankle or forearm injury. Providers must order an X-ray for evaluation and initial pain scores must be of 4/10 or higher. There should also be noticeable swelling at the site of injury."

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