Status:

WITHDRAWN

Study of Gammacore Sapphire for the Acute and Preventive Treatment of Post-Traumatic Headache (GAP-PTH)

Lead Sponsor:

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

ElectroCore INC

Conditions:

Post-Traumatic Headache

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this single-center, prospective, randomized, double-blind, sham controlled, parallel-group study is to collect clinical data related to the safety and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulatio...

Detailed Description

The study will enroll 60 subjects over a period of 14 weeks each. Subjects will use either a sham or active device to treat acute Post Traumatic Headache. Investigators will collect clinical data rela...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Meets the ICHD-3 criteria for acute headache attributed to mild traumatic injury to the head
  • Experiences a minimum of 2 headaches (migraine or probable migraine phenotype) per week
  • Presentation to clinic between 2 and 4 weeks after injury
  • Able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion

  • Any pre-existing primary headache disorder (with the exception of infrequent episodic tension type headache)
  • Any contraindication to using nVNS
  • Initiation or change in the dosage of any medication commonly used or headache prophylaxis 3 months before enrollment into the study
  • Continuous headache at the time of enrollment
  • PTH \>4 weeks after injury
  • Structural abnormality at the nVNS treatment site (e.g., lymphadenopathy, previous surgery, abnormal anatomy)
  • Pain at the nVNS treatment site (e.g., dysesthesia, neuralgia, cervicalgia)
  • Other significant pain problem (e.g., cancer pain, fibromyalgia, other head or facial pain disorder) that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may confound the study assessments
  • Known or suspected severe cardiac disease (e.g., symptomatic coronary artery disease, prior myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure) or an abnormal baseline electrocardiogram (ECG) within the last year (e.g., second- or third-degree heart block, prolonged QT interval, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, history of ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, clinically significant premature ventricular contraction)
  • Known or suspected cerebrovascular disease (e.g., prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, symptomatic carotid artery disease, prior carotid endarterectomy or other vascular neck surgery)
  • Previous cervical vagotomy
  • A relative of or an employee of the Investigator or the clinical study site
  • Previously used gammaCore

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04071743

Start Date

January 1 2020

End Date

December 31 2021

Last Update

March 10 2020

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UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390-9044