Status:

TERMINATED

Management of Headache Disorders: A Clinical Trial Screening for Prognostic Patient Characteristics

Lead Sponsor:

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Collaborating Sponsors:

Hogeschool Antwerpen

Conditions:

Headache

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The management of headache disorders is too often based upon trial and error or on personal beliefs and opinions. Seldom it is based on scientific arguments. Therefore the identification of prognostic...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Dutch speaking
  • Willing to participate
  • At least 18 years old
  • Combination of headache and neck pain
  • Headache since at least two months and at least twice a month
  • A combination of migraine, tension type headache and cervicogenic headache

Exclusion

  • Clusterheadache
  • Trigeminusneuralgia
  • Peripheral neuropathy
  • A history with neck surgery
  • Comorbidity with chronic muskuloskeletal pain like fibromyalgia
  • Radicular pain in the upper extremity
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Down Syndroom
  • Physio/ manual therapy treatment in the last 12 months for this headache complaint.
  • The use of prescribed medication (like NSAIDs and triptans) for this headache complaint during the last two months
  • Pregnancy
  • Red flags as described in the Dutch General Practitioners Headache Guideline

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00298142

Start Date

February 1 2006

End Date

June 1 2007

Last Update

October 6 2009

Active Locations (14)

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UZA - Neurology Dept.

Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 2650

2

AZ-VUB

Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium, 1090

3

GP-De Loof

Aalst, Belgium

4

GP-Roelants

Boom, Belgium, 2850