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Efficacy of Modified Atkins Ketogenic Diet in Chronic Cluster Headache: a Prospective Case Series

NCT03244735 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2017-08-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Atkins diet is a nutritional regimen characterized by ad libitum protein and fat intake, but carbohydrate restriction. It is followed by millions of people around the word as a life-style, but in the last years was proposed as a treatment for the epilepsy, by its capacity to induce the state of ketosis.

Since Authors observed that ketosis could be also useful in migraine, and migraine shares some pathophysiological features with cluster headache, The aim of the study is to test the efficacy of Atkins diet in Cluster Headache by an open label one harm observational study.

Conditions

  • Chronic Cluster Headache

Interventions

OTHER

Atkins diet

A nutritional regimen characterized by high fat low carbohydrate intake.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Roma La Sapienza

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Francesco Pierelli, MD · Sapienza Univeristy

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-08-31
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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