- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03237754
Neurostimulation in Chronic and Episodic Migraine
Clinical and Neuronal Changes in Chronic and Episodic Migraine Patients After Neurostimulation
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Zurich, Switzerland, 8091
- University Hospital Zurich
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients from age 18 upwards (max. 80 years) suffering from chronic or episodic migraine. Medication overuse headache (MOH) patients are included as well (as chronic migraine patients do often show MOH).
Healthy volunteers (18-80 years) are included if they don't fulfil the exclusion criteria and do not suffer from migraine or other headache disorders, except infrequent episodic tension-type headache All volunteers are able to read and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients and healthy volunteers are excluded if they fulfil one of the following exclusion criteria:
Common MR exclusion criteria: such as metallic items in the body (i.e. eye splinter, MR incompatible implants*), pacemaker, claustrophobia or obesity (body mass index > 35).
Also pregnant participants and participants suffering from a degenerative disorder of the Central Nervous System, such as Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease and Huntington's Disease will be excluded. Participants with major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder will also be excluded.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Basic Science
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Real Neurostimulation
4 weeks of neurostimulation (using tDCS)
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weak electrical direct current stimulation
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Sham Comparator: Sham Neurostimulation
4 weeks of sham Treatment with the same device used for real neurostimulation
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weak electrical direct current stimulation
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Migraine days
Time Frame: 6 months
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Change in migraine days (in episodic and chronic migraine patients) after tDCS Treatment (relative to before tDCS)Treatment) in the active and Placebo group
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6 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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MR data
Time Frame: 6 months
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Changes in functional and structural MR data before and after tDCS Treatment
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6 months
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Clinical data
Time Frame: 6 months
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Clinical variables (e.g.
depression scores) will be compared in an identical fashion as for the variable "migraine days
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6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Lars Michels, PhD, University of Zurich
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2016-00646
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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