VICTORY: the POWER-UP study

What was studied?

POWER-UP studied 70 healthy university athletes aged 18–30 in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. Everyone tested the active VICTORY patch and a placebo. Strength and jump performance were measured after 1–24 hours.

What do the results show?

Several mean strength measures increased by about 5–8% with the active patch versus baseline. This does not establish overall superiority over placebo: the pooled difference of 2.8 percentage points was not statistically significant according to the main text. Jump height did not significantly improve either.

Strengths and limitations

SuperPatch funded the trial. The small sample and short-term measurements do not establish long-term performance gains. Further independent studies are needed. Published in 2026 in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness.