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Yeahhh Baby! Ointment on Hip and/or Knee Pain in Men and Women

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University of Memphis

Status

Completed

Conditions

Joint Pain

Treatments

Other: Coconut oil ointment
Dietary Supplement: Yeahhh Baby Ointment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04764552
PRO-FY2021-94

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will compare the impact of the Yeahhh Baby! Ointment, as compared to a placebo, on measures of joint pain and discomfort in those who regularly experience joint pain. The hypothesis is that perceived pain will be reduced when subjects use the Yeahhh Baby! Ointment. Previous studies exploring the efficacy of topicals on joint pain relief have used a similar design and similar joint pain assessments as employed herein (The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index [WOMAC] and visual analog scale [VAS] for pain).

Full description

Joint pain is a common ailment among adults in the United States. In 2014, an estimated 14.6 million Americans with arthritis suffered from severe joint pain. It is therefore unsurprising that many topical ointments are currently marketed for joint pain relief including Bengay®, Icy Hot®, Jointflex®, and Aspercreme®. These ointments aim to reduce pain often through a combination of analgesic ingredients include capsaicin, salicylates, menthol, camphor, and lidocaine. Bengay® products, for instance, contain one or more of menthol, camphor, salicylates, and lidocaine. Icy Hot® products contain menthol, while some also include lidocaine.

Yeahhh Baby! ointment is an herbal (botanical: plant-based) treatment for those impacted by joint pain. The product contains a variety of herbal ingredients that have been touted by some within the alternative medicine community as "healing agents." The product started selling in 2016 and is available commercially as an all-natural alternative to other commercially available products. This ointment consists primarily of coconut oil (98%), with magnesium and small amounts of herbal ingredients (tanner's bark, slippery root, sweet weed, velvet plant, walnut hulls, kidney root, green ginger, Indian pink, mad dogweed, and nigella seed) thought to reduce inflammation and to promote tissue healing.

The present study will compare the impact of the Yeahhh Baby! Ointment, as compared to a placebo, on measures of joint pain and discomfort in those who regularly experience joint pain. The hypothesis is that perceived pain will be reduced when subjects use the Yeahhh Baby! Ointment. Previous studies exploring the efficacy of topicals on joint pain relief have used a similar design and similar joint pain assessments as employed herein (The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index [WOMAC] and visual analog scale [VAS] for pain).

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

35 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Self-reported joint pain with a minimum pain rating of 3/10 for at least the past 30 days
  • Recreationally active (2 or more days per week)
  • Not obese (BMI < 30kg/m2)

Exclusion criteria

  • Tobacco users/Smokers
  • Allergic to coconut, walnuts, oak, olives
  • Currently using anti-inflammatory medicines or dietary supplements (and not willing to cease for one-month prior to participation and throughout study)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

20 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Yeahhh Baby Ointment
Experimental group
Description:
Ointment will be applied per instructions twice daily during treatment with a two week washout period between arms.
Treatment:
Dietary Supplement: Yeahhh Baby Ointment
Placebo Ointment
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
Ointment will be applied per instructions twice daily during treatment with a two week washout period between arms.
Treatment:
Other: Coconut oil ointment

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