Geranium Oil and Its Components for the Relief of Numbness-OB 100

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nerve Conduction; Numbness

Treatments: Other: Geranium Oil with component PN-34

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01022437

PBRC 28041

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of geranium oil and its components in the relief of numbness and the restoration of sensations.

Full description

This is a pilot study to define the time course, the incidence of sensation restoration and the improvement in nerve conduction in people with numbness by using topical geranium oil.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• Neuropathy with the inability to feel touch in a standard nylon filament test
• Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or nursing
• Known allergies to geranium oil or geranium oil fractions
• Open sore in the area of numbness
• Migraine headaches or headaches to strong smells

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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13 participants in 1 patient group

Geranium Oil and component PN-34

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Geranium Oil with component PN-34