Status:
COMPLETED
Research Study Examining Nerve Block for Migraine
Lead Sponsor:
Thomas Jefferson University
Conditions:
Migraine
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Brief Summary
Migraine and the skin sensitivity that accompanies it can go away in minutes after a nerve block, which is a procedure involving an injection of a small amount of a local anesthetic next to a nerve to...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subjects with episodic or transformed migraine age 18to 80 years old.
- Subjects must have unilateral migraine headache and trigeminal distribution brush allodynia at the time of injection.
- Subjects must be able to consent or assent to the study.
Exclusion
- Subjects who in their own or in the investigator's opinion are unable to report the severity of four symptoms (pin sharpness to determine efficacy of nerve block, headache severity, photophobia severity and allodynia severity), every 30 seconds for 5 minutes post injection;
- Subjects with skull defect, or history of injury to the area of the GON.
- Subjects with prior adverse reaction to GON block, lidocaine or marcaine.
- Subjects who are pregnant or lactating
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00203346
Start Date
June 1 2005
Last Update
January 23 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Jefferson Headache Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107