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临床试验/EUCTR2004-004999-36-DE
EUCTR2004-004999-36-DE进行中(未招募)不适用

Effects of Frovatriptan as Prophylactic Treatment of Cluster Headache, a Multi-Center, Placebo Controlled, Randomized, Double-Blind Prospective Phase III Parallel-Group Trial Comparing Frovatriptan with Placebo

Berlin-Chemie AG0 个研究点目标入组 80 人开始时间: 2006年8月18日最近更新:
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阶段
不适用
状态
进行中(未招募)
入组人数
80

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研究设计

研究类型
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

入排标准

性别
All

入选标准

  • Patients must meet all of the following inclusion criteria that are to be determined at visit 1, day –7 (Run-in), to be considered eligible for study entry:
  • 1.Written informed consent
  • 2.Age between 18 and 65 years
  • 3.Known episodic cluster headache, diagnosed according to the criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS)11; duration of an individual attack lasting between 15 minutes and 180 minutes, localisation strictly unilateral, cluster headache intensity at least moderate
  • 4.At least second episode of cluster headache
  • 5.Duration since onset of first attack of the current episode at least one week
  • 6.Expected duration of cluster episode at least 6 weeks after start of screening
  • 7.Response to oxygen inhalation (relevant change in headache severity)
  • Additionally, the patient has to meet the following inclusion criterion that is to be determined at visit 2, day 0 (baseline, randomisation):
  • Attack frequency between one attack every two days and eight attacks per day
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

排除标准

  • Patients must not meet any of the following exclusion criteria to be considered eligible for study entry:
  • 1.Any form of cluster headache other than episodic cluster headache
  • 2.History of alcohol and/or drug and/or substance abuse
  • 3.Progressive neurologic disease, i.e. cerebral tumours or structural brain damage caused by a birth defect, trauma, or infection
  • 4.History of myocardial infarction, coronary vasospasm (e.g., Prinzmetal’s angina)
  • 5.History or signs or symptoms of ischaemic heart disease
  • 6.Stage II hypertension (SBP ³ 160 mmHg or DBP ³ 100 mmHg) or uncontrolled stage I hypertension (according to JNC)
  • 7.History of peripheral vascular disease
  • 8.Condition following apoplexy or history of transient ischaemic attack
  • 9.Severe hepatic insufficiency (Child-Pugh C)
  • 10.Severe renal insufficiency
  • 11.Congenital disorders like Galactosaemia, Lactase deficiency or Glucose-Galactose malabsorption
  • 12.Clinically significant psychiatric diseases
  • 13.Known hypersensitivity to triptans or any of the ingredients of the study medication
  • 14.Previous prophylactic treatment of cluster headache with frovatriptan within the last 30 days
  • 15.Previous treatment within 6 months prior to the beginning of the study or concomitant treatment with substances which may decrease the efficacy of the test substance(s) or may lead to drug interactions, for example
  • a) antipsychotic drugs
  • b) antidepressant drugs
  • 16.Prophylactic and concomitant treatment of cluster headache e.g., verapamil, lithium, valproic acid (divalproex sodium), topiramate, gabapentin, lamotrigine, melatonin changed within one month prior to Visit 1 or changed during the study
  • 17.Prophylactic and concomitant treatment with corticosteroids, civamide or botulinum toxin A
  • 18.Previous treatment within 24 hours prior to the beginning of the study or concomitant treatment with other triptans (including treatment of acute attacks with subcutaneous sumatriptan)
  • 19.Previous treatment within 24 hours prior to the beginning of the study or concomitant treatment with ergotamine, ergotamine derivatives (including methysergide) or other 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT1)-receptor agonists
  • 20.Concomitant anaesthesia of the greater optical nerve
  • 21.Concomitant treatment with herbal remedies containing St. John’s Wort
  • 22.Women of childbearing potential without adequate contraception; Medically acceptable methods are those with a failure rate less than 1% per year, such as contraceptive implant, contraceptive injection, some intrauterine devices (IUD), or combined oral contraceptives taken for at least 3 months, which the patient agrees to continue using during the study
  • 23.Current participation in another clinical study or patients who have received an investigational drug within 30 days prior to entering the study
  • 24.Patients who are unwilling or unable to provide informed consent or to participate satisfactorily for the entire trial
  • 25.Known HIV, HBV or HCV infection

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