Buccal Prochlorperazine Versus Intravenous Prochlorperazine for Migraine Headaches, a RCT
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Brief summary
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Headache is a common presenting complaint to the emergency department accounting for 1-2% of patient visits. Of these headaches, approximately 90% are migraine, tension headache, or combined presentations. The most commonly used migraine therapy in the ED is intravenous prochlorperazine, but its administration requires close nursing observation, a bed, and the insertion of an intravenous catheter. Buccal prochlorperazine represents an alternative form of delivery that enables rapid achievement of therapeutic blood levels and may lead to symptom resolution. In a randomized, controlled, prospective study,the investigators plan to assess the efficacy of buccal versus intravenous prochlorperazine for the initial emergency department treatment of migraine headaches.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02779959
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 80 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 31, 2016
- Primary completion
- Sep 30, 2017
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2018
- Last update posted
- Jan 4, 2018
2016 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | Torrance | California | 90502 | — |
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