Repeated corticosteroid injections around the Greater Occipital Nerve (GON) as prophylactic treatment in chronic cluster headache
- Conditions
- Cluster headacheMedDRA version: 25.0Level: LLTClassification code: 10086874Term: Chronic cluster headache Class: 100000004848Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Registration Number
- CTIS2024-514311-10-00
- Lead Sponsor
- eids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Age =18, Chronic cluster headache (International Classification of Headache Disorders – third edition; ICHD-3), Ictal pain must be always at the same side, =4 weekly attacks of cluster headache in the prospective one-month baseline observation period, On a stable regimen of cluster headache prophylactics for >4 weeks prior to onset of study treatment and agreeing not to increase the dose and not starting a new cluster prophylactic during the study period
Contra-indication against, or current use of, corticosteroids, Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS), Use of anticoagulation medication or a known bleeding disorder, Inability to use an electronic diary to monitor individual attacks and other items, Other headaches if the patient cannot reliably distinguish them from attacks of cluster headache, Current use of prophylactic medication for other headaches -, Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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