Status:

UNKNOWN

Hypersensitivity to PACAP-38 in Post-Traumatic Headache

Lead Sponsor:

Danish Headache Center

Conditions:

Post-Traumatic Headache

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The aim is to investigate whether signaling molecule PACAP-38 induces headache with migraine-like features in people with persistent post-traumatic headache (PTH) attributed to mild traumatic brain in...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18 to 65 years of age upon entry into screening
  • History of persistent headache attributed to mild traumatic injury to the head for ≥ 12 months and in accordance with the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd Edition (ICHD-3)
  • ≥ 4 monthly headache days on average across the 3 months prior to screening
  • Provision of informed consent prior to initiation of any study-specific activities/procedures.

Exclusion

  • \> 1 mild traumatic injury to the head
  • History of any primary or secondary headache disorder prior to mild traumatic injury to the head (except for infrequent episodic tension-type headache)
  • History of moderate or severe injury to the head
  • History of whiplash injury
  • History of craniotomy
  • History or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition or disease (except for those outlined above) than, in the opinion of the site investigator, would pose a risk to subject safety or interfere with study evaluation, procedures or completion
  • The subject is at risk of self-harm or harm to others as evidenced by past suicidal behavior
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential with a positive pregnancy test during any study visit
  • Cardiovascular disease of any kind, including cerebrovascular diseases
  • Hypertension (systolic blood pressure of ≥150 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure of ≥100 mmHg) prior to the start of infusion on the experimental day
  • Hypotension (systolic blood pressure of ≤90 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure of ≤50 mmHg)
  • Initiation, discontinuation, or change of dosing of prophylactic medications within 2 months prior to study inclusion
  • Intake of acute medications (e.g. analgesics, triptans) within 48 hours of infusion start
  • Baseline headache intensity of \>3 on an 11-point numeric rating scale (0 being no headache, 10 being the worst imaginable headache)
  • Baseline headache with migraine-like features or self-reported baseline headache that mimics the subjects' usual headache with migraine-like features

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 16 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

21 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05378061

Start Date

June 16 2022

End Date

December 31 2023

Last Update

June 22 2022

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Danish Headache Center

Copenhagen, Denmark, 2600