Vestibular System in Migrainous Vertigo Patients

• Conditions: Migraine Disorders; Migraine Variant; Episodic Recurrent Vertigo

• Registration Number: NCT00901953
• Lead Sponsor: University of Bergen

Brief Summary

Do migrainous vertigo patients have more pathology in their vestibular system than migraine patients without vertigo?

The aim of this study is to compare the vestibular system of migraine patients with and without vertigo in the symptom-free period by vestibular function tests, videonystagmography, vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, and subjective visual vertical.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-05
• Status Verified: 2009-05
• Primary Completion: 2009-05
• Study First Submitted: 2009-05-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-05-12
• Study First Posted: 2009-05-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-05-14
• Last Update Posted: 2009-05-15
• Study Completion: 2009-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 65

Inclusion Criteria

• migraine according to IHS criteria
• migrainous vertigo according to the Neuhauser-criteria

Exclusion Criteria

• no history of other neurological, vestibular, opthalmologic and ENT disorders
• no medications that could possibly influence test results
• intact hearing measured by audiometry
• pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Differences in vestibular function	Symptomfree interval

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Differences in hypersensitivity	Symptomfree interval

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dept. of neurology, Sørlandet Hospital HF; 🇳🇴 Kristiansand, Norway