Testing if Oxytocin Helps You Feel Less Heat Pain After a Mild Sunburn

About This Study

The purpose of this study is to see how oxytocin affects your ability to feel touch and heat. They will give you oxytocin through an IV (a tube in your vein). They will test this on normal skin and on skin that has a mild sunburn from UV-B light. In this study, you will either get oxytocin or a placebo (a fake solution that doesn't do anything).

Volunteers must be generally in good health. Study team will provide more information.

What Activities Are a Part of this Study?

Informed Consent Review
Use of Study Treatments or Placebo
After Study Follow-Up Activities
Review of Medical History
Physical Examinations
Study Visits and Consultations
Laboratory and Imaging Tests
Specimen Sample Collection

Age & Gender

18 - 55 years old
All Genders

Language

This study enrolls English speakers only

Additional Study Information

Compensation Offered
No reimbursement offered

Study Locations

Greater Winston-Salem, NC

Study Topics

Healthy Volunteers Pain Skin, Hair, Nails

Study Locations and Contacts

Greater Winston-Salem, NC: Regina Curry recurry@wakehealth.edu

Study Information
IRB Number: IRB00120861

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