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Ketamine for Acute Migraine in the Emergency Department

NCT02697071 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2021-03-26

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Summary

This research study will be a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Because ketamine has yet to be directly studied as treatment for acute migraine headache in the emergency department, the research team is initially interested if ketamine can reduce pain scores in headache patients and reduce the incidence of recurrence while exhibiting an adequate safety profile. By using a placebo-controlled study design, the research team can adequately investigate the effectiveness of the medication in a subgroup previously not well studied.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Ketamine

Patients in this arm will receive 0.2mg/kg ketamine intravenously, pain scores will be collected after 30 minutes. At that time rescue medication will also be offered. Pain scores will continued to be recorded until 60 minutes have passed since drug administration.

DRUG

Normal Saline

Patients will receive normal saline intravenously, pain scores will be collected after 30 minutes. At that time rescue medication will also be offered. Pain scores will continued to be recorded until 60 minutes have passed since drug administration.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Carilion Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Corey Corey, MD · Carilion Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2017-03-31
Completion
2017-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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