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Anodal Transcranial Direct Stimulation (tDCS) for the Treatment of Chronic Cluster Headache

NCT02462395 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2016-12-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cluster headache is a primary headache that chiefly affects young men, and is less common than migraine. This disease can have devastating consequences due to the pain intensity (it is also called "suicide headache"), to the side effects of the drug preventive therapies, and to the resistance of some subtypes of the headache to all existing medications.

Recent studies suggest that cluster headache could be associated with a decrease of the activity of frontal areas involved in descending pain control, in particular the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex. The aim of this pilot study is to activate these areas with a non-invasive neurostimulation technique, called transcranial direct current stimulation, as a preventive treatment for cluster headache sufferers.

Conditions

  • Chronic Cluster Headache

Interventions

DEVICE

tDCS

Sponge-electrodes (5 x 7 cm) will be postioned at Fz (anode) and over the spinous process of C7 (cathode). Stimulation intensity will be set to 2 mA. A first group of CCH patients will have to apply the neurostimulation outside of an attack every day for 20 minutes during 4 weeks. A second group will use the tDCS device everyday for 8 weeks. Adherence to the treatment will be evaluated by monitoring the time during which the device is switched on via an in-built software.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Liege

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Delphine Magis, MD · University of Liege

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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