NCT07487649

Treatment Response in Patients With Medication-Overuse Headache

Factors Affecting Treatment Response in Patients With Medication-Overuse Headache Undergoing Greater Occipital Nerve Blockade

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 70 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sultan 1. Murat State Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The aim of this study to evaluate pre-injection patient-related factors that may influence treatment response in patients with medication-overuse headache who underwent ultrasound-guided greater occipital nerve block.

Conditions

• Medication-overuse Headache
• Treatment
• Headache
• Greater Occipital Nerve Block

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Treatment outcome	Before the injection, patients will be evaluated for the number of headache days, headache severity, the number of days of analgesic use for headache, headache-related disability, pressure pain threshold over the bilateral greater occipital nerve, anxiety and depression scores, and sleep quality. At 1 and 2 months after the injection, they will be reassessed for the number of headache days, headache severity, and the number of days of analgesic use for headache. In addition, at 1 hour after the injection, the pain experienced during the injection procedure will be assessed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-03-17
• Primary completion: 2026-05-30
• Completion: 2026-05-30
• First posted: 2026-03-23
• Last updated: 2026-03-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)