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A Study of Jakyakgamcho-tang in the Relief of Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness

A Study of Jakyakgamcho-tang (Shaoyaogancao-tang) in the Relief of Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness in Healthy Adults: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Cross-over design, Investigator-initiated Clinical Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0003457
Enrollment
30
Registered
2019-01-29
Start date
2019-02-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-05-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : - Medicaiton: Jakyakgamcho-tang or placebo - 1 package at a time (3.0 grams/pkg) - 3 times a day before meals, oral administration for 3 days - After the first hospitalization, subjects are re-

Sponsors

Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Subjects who have experienced muscle soreness over NRS 5 within 24 to 30 hours after exercise (2) Healthy male subjects from 19 to 35 years of age without any recognized disease (3) Subjects with body mass index (BMI) over 18.5kg/m2 and less than 30kg/m2 (4) Subjects who have not exercised regularly for 2 consecutive weeks or more in the last 6 months or more (5) Subjects who have voluntarily signed the written consent approved by IRB, after sufficient explanations prior to the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Subjects who have had open wound or inflammatory disease within the last 6 months (2) Subjects with neurological and muscular disorders that may affect muscle strength (3) Subjects with missing limbs (4) Patients with a seriously unstable medical condition during physical examination, such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, gastrointestinal disease, hepatobiliary disease, metabolic disease, endocrine disease, renal disease, urinary disease, or with problems in the nervous system and mental system (5) Those who are taking steroids, analgesics, muscle relaxants, or other medications that the researchers decides to be inappropriate, such as antispasmodics, antidepressants, antidiarrheals, antibiotics, and thrombolytics (6) Subjects with a history of alcohol abuse or drug abuse within the past year (7) Subjects who have taken other clinical trial drugs for less than 3 months (8) Sujects with genetic problems, such as galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency, and glucose-galatose malabsroption (9) Those who are not willing to or able to follow the study guidelines (10) Others whom the researcher decides to be inappropriate for this study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Visual analog scale (VAS)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Numeric Rating Scale (NRS);Pressure threshold of the gastrocnemius;Calf circunferences;Creatine Kinase, IL-6 and CRP concentrations

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactEui-Hyoung Hwang

Pusan National University

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 28, 2026