Status:
COMPLETED
A Research Study to Examine the Difference Between Local Anesthetics Alone and Local Anesthetics Plus Steroids in the Treatment of Chronic Headache
Lead Sponsor:
Thomas Jefferson University
Conditions:
Migraine
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Subjects are scheduled to undergo a Greater Occipital Nerve Block (GONB) as treatment for your chronic daily headache (CDH). GONB has been used for many years in the treatment of headaches. The nerve ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patients, age 18-65 inclusive
- Patients who have chronic daily headache (15 or more headache days per month) for at least 3 months prior to enrollment in the study.
- Headache level should be 5/10 or more at time of GON block.
- Patients should have posterior cervical muscle tenderness at time of nerve block.
Exclusion
- Patients who had surgery or any other invasive procedure in the occipital area.
- Patients with abnormal sensory findings on examination or any known neurological disease that may affect skin sensation (peripheral neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, etc).
- Patients diagnosed with cluster headache
- Patients with skin diseases that may affect skin sensation.
- Patients who are cognitively impaired.
- Patients with significant psychiatric disorder that may affect their understanding of the study protocol and/or their cooperation with the investigators.
- Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
45 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00203294
Start Date
June 1 2005
End Date
June 1 2006
Last Update
May 7 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Jefferson Headache Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107