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Clinical Trials/NCT04925414
NCT04925414
Recruiting
Phase 4

Migraine and High Flow Oxygenotherapy at the Emergency Department

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice1 site in 1 country70 target enrollmentOctober 1, 2023

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
oxygenotherapy
Conditions
Migraine
Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Enrollment
70
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Pain evaluation
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

Migraine is a common pathology, affecting around 12% of the general population, up to 25% in some cohorts, as well as a significant part of the reasons for emergency room visits.

Unlike cluster headaches, the use of high-flow oxygen therapy has not yet been validated in patients with migraine.

However, several aspects of its pathophysiology, still studied to this day, suggest that the use of normobaric oxygen could have beneficial effects on migraine attacks: tissue hypoxia, cerebrovascular dysfunction with vasodilation, inflammation, etc.

In addition, high-flow oxygen therapy has no significant side effects and almost no contraindication (mainly COPD and other chronic respiratory failure) Its use in the event of a migraine attack would thus allow less recourse to conventional analgesics (with significant side effects for some), a shorter stay in the emergency room, and therefore a benefit in terms of cost and relief for the patient.

In this context, the sponsor wish to carry out a multicenter prospective interventional, single-blind randomized placebo-controlled in parallel groups study.

Detailed Description

Migraine is a common pathology, affecting around 12% of the general population, up to 25% in some cohorts, as well as a significant part of the reasons for emergency room visits. Unlike cluster headaches, the use of high-flow oxygen therapy has not yet been validated in patients with migraine. However, several aspects of its pathophysiology, still studied to this day, suggest that the use of normobaric oxygen could have beneficial effects on migraine attacks: tissue hypoxia, cerebrovascular dysfunction with vasodilation, inflammation, etc. In addition, high-flow oxygen therapy has no significant side effects and almost no contraindication (mainly COPD and other chronic respiratory failure) Its use in the event of a migraine attack would thus allow less recourse to conventional analgesics (with significant side effects for some), a shorter stay in the emergency room, and therefore a benefit in terms of cost and relief for the patient. In this context, the sponsor wish to carry out a multicenter prospective interventional, single-blind randomized placebo-controlled in parallel groups study.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
October 1, 2023
End Date
April 2025
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 18 years old or more
  • Affiliated to a french public health insurance
  • ED admission for migraine evocative headache, regarding ICHD3 criterions
  • written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • COPD or other chronic respiratory failure conditions
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women or women of childbearing potential not using any means of contraception. A pregnancy test will be performed for women of childbearing age. The results will be communicated to the patient by a doctor of her choice.
  • Under legal protection
  • Patients who have received treatment with triptan in the past 2 weeks
  • Patients who have consumed NSAIDs in the hour before the doctor's examination
  • State of migraine headache (crippling attack for more than 72 hours)

Arms & Interventions

oxygenotherapy

Intervention: oxygenotherapy

placebo air aerosol

Intervention: placebo air aerosol

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain evaluation

Time Frame: 30 minutes after aerosol started

Simple 0-10 pain verbal numerical rating scale (0 being the minimum : no pain, and 10 the maximum : worst pain imaginable by the subject)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Associated symptoms resolution(From aerosol start to 90 minutes after)
  • Assess pain level(From 30 minutes after aerosol start to 90 minutes after)
  • Occurrence of side effects(From aerosol start to ED exit assesed up to 6 hours, an average of 3 hours)
  • Assessing time spent in emergencies(From ED admission to exit or transfert assesed up to 6 hours, an average of 3 hours)
  • Rescue analgesics usage(From ED admission to exit or transfert assesed up to 6 hours, an average of 3 hours)

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