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Onabotulinumtoxin Type A Reconstitution With Preserved Versus Preservative-free Saline in Chronic Migraine.

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03698409

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Official title

Onabotulinumtoxin Type A Reconstitution With Preserved Versus Preservative-free Saline in Chronic Migraine. A Randomized, Double-blind Trial.

Brief summary

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A growing body of literature on the cosmetic use of OnabotulinumtoxinA has suggested that the use of preserved saline exerts a local anesthetic effect, and reduces the procedure discomfort when used in reconstitution in lieu of preservative-free saline. However, this has never been studied in chronic migraine. While reducing discomfort is a desirable target in all procedures, it has a special importance in the use of OnabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraine due to the numerous injection locations each session (31 sites) and the ubiquity of scalp tenderness in this population. In addition, the pain during procedure is a known migraine trigger for many of these patients. We hypothesize that preserved saline (known as bacteriostatic saline) produces lower procedure-related discomfort when used as a dissolving solution for OnabotulinumtoxinA in individuals with chronic migraine as opposed to using preservative-free saline. In addition, we hypothesize that reduction of procedure-relate pain during the injections will also result in reduced migraine/headache attacks in the week immediately following the procedure.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03698409
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Enrollment
68 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 79 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Dec 31, 2018
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2019
Completion
Jul 31, 2019
Last update posted
May 31, 2022

2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse New York 13210

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