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Research Study Examining Nerve Block for Migraine

NCT00203346 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2009-01-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Migraine and the skin sensitivity that accompanies it can go away in minutes after a nerve block, which is a procedure involving an injection of a small amount of a local anesthetic next to a nerve to the skin, causing an area of skin to become numb. We have also noticed that light sensitivity goes away quickly after a nerve block. We would like to see how quickly this happens and how long the benefit of nerve block lasts. We are interested to see if these effects are due to the injection itself or due to the lidocaine.

A subject may be asked to participate in this study if a subjects physician has planned for a subject to receive an injection of BOTOX® in the area of the Greater Occipital Nerve (a spinal nerve located at the back of the head) as part of a subjects routine preventive treatment for migraine today.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Greater Occipital Nerve Block

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Thomas Jefferson University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William B Young, MD · Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Headache Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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