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Effect of Metoclopramide Versus Sumatriptan for Emergency Department Treatment of Migraine Headache

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Migraine Disorders
Interventions
Drug: Sumatriptan, injection, 6 mg, one time
Drug: metoclopramide, injection,20mg, one time
Registration Number
NCT01791400
Lead Sponsor
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine which drug makes lower migraine headache

Detailed Description

There are different options to manage benign headache in emergency department.The investigators compared Intravenous metoclopramide with Subcutaneous sumatriptan to relieve pain in emergency department.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
124
Inclusion Criteria
  • 20-60 years old and presented with acute headache similar to previous episodes,
  • with or without phonophobia,
  • photophobia,
  • vomiting or nausea.
Exclusion Criteria
  • fever or neck stiffness,
  • altered mental state,
  • pregnancy,
  • recent trauma or seizure (within 24 hours),
  • focal neurological abnormality on physical examination,
  • allergy to metoclopramide,
  • hypertension,
  • cardiovascular diseases.

Also if the patients had taken a triptan or ergot during the last 24 hours were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
sumatriptanSumatriptan, injection, 6 mg, one timePatients who underwent 6 mg sumatriptan subcutaneous one time
Metoclopramidemetoclopramide, injection,20mg, one timePatients who underwent 20 mg Metoclopramide intravenous one time
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
painat one hour after prescription

determining pain in Metoclopramide versus sumatriptan groups

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Al-zahra university hospital

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Isfahan, Iran, Islamic Republic of

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