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Completed No phase listed Observational

Research Study Examining Nerve Block for Migraine

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00203346

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Official title

Greater Occipital Nerve (GON) Block for Migraine

Brief summary

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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.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00203346
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Enrollment
30 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
May 31, 2005
Primary completion
Not listed
Completion
Not listed
Last update posted
Jan 22, 2009

Started 2005

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Jefferson Headache Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107

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