Cluster headache and oxygen. Is it possible to predict which patients will be relieved?
- Conditions
- Cluster headache, oxygen therapy, response to therapy, predictors, responders, nonresponders. Cluster hoofdpijn, zuurstof, zuurstoftherapie, reactie op therapie, therapieresistent, voorspellende factoren, responders, non-responders.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25254
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr. P. J. Koehler. Department of Neurology, Atrium Medical centre Heerlen
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
1. The only inclusion criterium is to meet the cluster headache criteria of the international headache society for the diagnosis of cluster headache (ICHD-II)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Under the age of 18.
2. Uncertainty about the diagnosis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method We will study factors that differ between responders to oxygen therapy and the nonresponders. Factors that will be studied are for instance patient characteristics, headache characteristics, comorbidities and intoxications. The results will be obtained by questionnaires and by studying the medical file.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It may be possible that these characteristics tell us something about the mechanism of action of oxygen and cluster headache pathophysiology.