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Effectiveness and Safety of Transcatheter Patent Foramen Ovale Closure for Migraine

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Foramen Ovale, Patent
Migraine
Interventions
Device: transcatheter patent foreman ovale closure
Registration Number
NCT02127294
Lead Sponsor
Yi Yang
Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate effectiveness and safety of transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure for migraine.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
258
Inclusion Criteria
  • Clinical history of migraine diagnosed by a neurologist according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders
  • Transcranial Doppler evidence of right-to-left shunt(RLS) and echocardiographic evidence of PFO,of which the degree is moderate to large RLS
  • Subjects who have not responded to or cannot take common migraine preventive medications
  • Willing to participate in follow-up visits

Additional Inclusion Criteria:

  • Transcatheter closure group: Closure of PFO is performed
  • Contrast group: Subjects who meet the Inclusion Criteria, but refuse to undergo closure procedure
Exclusion Criteria
  • Seizure disorder
  • Other organic central nervous system disease
  • Subjects whose headaches are other than migraine, such as a result of traumatic head or neck injury
  • Evidence of alcohol, drug or substance abuse within the previous year

Additional Exclusion Criteria for Transcatheter closure group:

  • Subjects with intracardiac thrombus or tumor
  • Subjects who have an acute or recent (within 6 months) myocardial infarction or unstable angina
  • Subjects with left ventricular aneurysm or akinesis
  • Subjects with atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (chronic or intermittent)
  • Subjects with another source of right to left shunt identified at baseline, including an atrial septal defect and/or fenestrated septum
  • Subjects with contraindication to aspirin or Clopidogrel therapy
  • Pregnant or desire to become pregnant within the next year

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Transcatheter closure grouptranscatheter patent foreman ovale closureMigraine patients with patent foreman ovale (PFO),who meet the criteria and agree to conduct closure of patent foramen ovale will be selected to this group.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Contrast-enhanced Transcranial Dopplerwithin one year period

Patients in transcatheter closure group are required to perform contrast-enhanced Transcranial Doppler at 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 1 year after closure, respectively.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Headache Impact Test-6within one year period, at least 3 months

All patients complete HIT-6 score at baseline. Patients in transcatheter closure group follow-up at 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 1 year after closure, respectively. Patients in contrast group follow-up twice during one year period.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

First Hospital of Jilin University

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Changchun, Jilin, China

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