Status:
COMPLETED
A Research Study to Examine Cutaneous Allodynia and Cluster Headache
Lead Sponsor:
Thomas Jefferson University
Conditions:
Cluster Headache
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Brief Summary
This is a research study examining cutaneous allodynia and cluster headaches. Cutaneous allodynia means the feeling of pain or unpleasant sensation when normally non-painful stimuli (e.g. light touch)...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male and female patients aged 18-75, inclusive
- Diagnosis of cluster headache, episodic or chronic.
- Patients with episodic CH can be either in active cluster period or not.
- Ability to read and understand an informed consent form, where the study protocol is described.
Exclusion
- Patients with abnormal sensory findings on examination, or any known neurological disease that may affect skin sensation (peripheral neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, etc).
- Patients who are cognitively impaired, as determined by investigator
- Patients with significant psychiatric disorder that may affect their understanding of the study protocol and/or their cooperation with the investigators.
- Patients who had taken an acute pain medication within 24 hours prior to allodynia testing.
- Patients with skin diseases that may cause abnormal skin sensation.
- Patients who had been treated with a nerve block in the 4 week period prior to allodynia testing
- Patients who had been treated with Botulinum neurotoxin within the 4 month period prior to allodynia testing
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
41 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00329836
Start Date
August 1 2006
End Date
February 1 2008
Last Update
February 28 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Jefferson Headache Center/ Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107