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UnknownNCT04585698

QST, Blink Reflex and Nociceptive Flexion Reflex in Headache

Quantitative Sensory Testing, Blink Reflex and Nociceptive Flexion Reflex in the Pathophysiology of Headache

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
40 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of Liege · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare central and peripheric sensitization in headache patients at Baseline (T0) and 1 month after (T1) a treatment with an anti-CGRP (Fremanezumab-Ajovy).

Detailed description

20 patients and 20 healthy subjects will be enrolled. The headache patients will be recruited just before starting their treatment and 1 month after (corresponding to the efficacy peak). Hot and cold stimulations will be delivered with the ATS probe from the Medoc Pathway on the forehead and on the hand (palmar face) to determine painful threshold to warm/cold stimuli. A blink reflex will be generated with a concentric electrode placed over the eyebrow and with active/earth electrodes linked to the EMG machine for the recording. For the nociceptive flexion reflex, a cutaneous stimulation will be applied on the arm and the response recorded on the corresponding muscles.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2020-10-01
Primary completion
2021-10-01
Completion
2021-10-01
First posted
2020-10-14
Last updated
2020-10-14

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04585698. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.