NCT02686983

GON-block in Chronic Migraine: a Randomized, Double- Blind, Placebo-controlled Study

Greater Occipital Nerve Blockade for the Treatment of Chronic Migraine: a Randomized, Double- Blind, Placebo-controlled Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Jakob Møller Hansen, MD. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Infiltration of the greater occipital nerve (GON) with local anaesthetics and corticosteroids is a treatment option for cluster headache. Corticosteroids may be helpful in reducing the pain intensity and frequency in chronic migrtaine. This RCT is set up to assess efficacy and safety of sub-occipital steroid injections with local anesthetic in patients with chronic migraine.

Detailed description

Infiltration of the greater occipital nerve (GON) with local anaesthetics and corticosteroids is a treatment option for cluster headache. In general, there is a marked paucity of evidence concerning GON blocks in migraine. Corticosteroids may be helpful in reducing the pain intensity and frequency in these patients. This is an RCT to assess efficacy and safety of sub-occipital steroid injections with local anesthetic in patients with chronic migraine.

Conditions

• Chronic Migraine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Betamethasone and local anesthetic	Infiltration of the greater occipital nerve .

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-01
• Primary completion: 2018-03-01
• Completion: 2018-07-01
• First posted: 2016-02-22
• Last updated: 2016-02-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark