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Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Cluster Headache

NCT01447641 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2017-04-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess both the sleep and circadian (24-hourly biological rhythms) physiology of people with cluster headache. For sufferers with the episodic form of the disorder this will involve observation at two separate time points, once when experiencing attacks (in-bout) and once when attack free (out-of-bout).

The study will include measurement of basic rest-activity patterns, sleep timing and timing of individual attacks, as well as a more detailed study recording sleep and circadian rhythms under clinical conditions over consecutive nights.

Studying the differences in these processes in single individuals when they are both experiencing and free from attacks might provide insight into the brain mechanisms involved in triggering the bouts of attacks and individual attacks themselves. An improved understanding of this area may help design improved treatment options in future.

Conditions

  • Cluster Headache

Interventions

OTHER

Polysomnography

Overnight physiological recording of sleep

OTHER

Actigraphy

Wristwatch activity to measure basic rest activity cycle and sleep efficiency

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Alexander D Nesbitt, BM BCh MRCP · University of Surrey

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2017-04-30
Completion
2017-04-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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