Progressive Improvements with Repeated High-Concentration Capsaicin Patch: Real-World Data from the Retrospective CASPAR German Pain e-Registry Study in Postherpetic Neuralgia
HCCP is an effective and well-tolerated topical treatment for patients with PHN, including older adults. After one treatment, improvements were noted in API, QoL, sleep, and mood outcomes, alongside decreased concomitant pain medication use, with progressive improvements following additional treatments. A Graphical Abstract is available for this article.
Authors
- Tamara Quandel
- M.A.P. Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4977-5734)
- Michael A. Überall
- Fabienne Percot
- Lucia Garcia-Guerra
- Sonja Ständer
- Rita Freitas
- Samuel Allen
Institutions
- Accenture (Switzerland) (CH)
- Ipsen (France) (FR)
- Morristown Medical Center (US)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (DE)
- Grünenthal Group (Germany) (DE)
- Grunenthal (Spain) (ES)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dermatology and Therapy
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13555-025-01624-7
- Primary Topic
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00