Clinical trials: Chronic Headache
Migraine, Headache
miR-155 Expression in Episodic and Chronic Migraine
Migraine is a common, yet often disabling, neurological disease that affects over 1 billion people around the world. It's the second most disabling disease globally and the leading cause of disability for people under the age of…
- Conditions
- Migraine, Headache, Pain, Chronic Migraine
- Trial name
- NCT05891808
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS National Neurological Institute "C. Mondino" Foundation
Chronic Migraine Headache, Radiofrequency Ablation
The Effect of Interventional Procedures on Serum CGRP and PACAP-38 Levels in Chronic Migraine
The study included 100 patients diagnosed with chronic migraine (CM) who received a diagnosis from the headache clinics of the Neurology Department of Adnan Menderes University Hospitals between May 2025 and May 2026.
- Conditions
- Chronic Migraine Headache, Radiofrequency Ablation, Greater Occipital Nerve Block, Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide
- Trial name
- NCT07395908
- Testing
- Greater occipital nerve Pulse radiofrequency, Greater occipital nerve block
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aydin Adnan Menderes University
Episodic Migraine, Chronic Migraine
CGRP Inhibition, Autonomic Function, and Migraine
The purpose of this clinical study is to better understand the function of the autonomic nervous system in patients with migraine. We aim to understand whether the autonomic functions change depending on the migraine status (i.e.
- Trial name
- CGRP-1 (NCT04628429)
- Testing
- Erenumab, Galcanezumab, Fremanezumab
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Epilepsy, Migraine
Clinical Applications of High-Frequency Oscillations
The objective of this study is to utilize high-frequency brain signals (HFBS) to localize functional brain areas and characterize HFBS in epilepsy, migraine, and other brain disorders.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Migraine, Headache, Pain
- Trial name
- HFOs (NCT00600717)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Chronic Migraine Headache
The Neuroanatomical and Psychological Correlates of Suggestibility in Patients With Non-Responsive Chronic Migraine
Chronic migraine is a disabling neurovascular disorder and one of the leading causes of years lived with disability worldwide. Population-based studies report a worrying level of resistance to currently available treatments in…
- Trial name
- SIGMA (NCT07617441)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Primary Headache Disorders, Tension Headache
Pericranial and General Sensitivity in Patients With Primary Headache
Primary headaches such as migraine and tension type headache are among the most common neurological disorders and frequently cause significant disability and reduced quality of life.
- Conditions
- Primary Headache Disorders, Tension Headache, Tension-type Headache, Migraine
- Trial name
- HEAD-TMD (NCT07514208)
- Testing
- Pericranial Tenderness Assessment, Pressure Pain Threshold Assessment, Temporomandibular Disorder Assessment
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Migraines
Quantitative Sensory Testing and Occipital Nerve Stimulator
The primary aim of this study is to assess the reversibility of a range of psychophysical markers of pain processing in patients with chronic migraine or cluster headache before and after ONS insertion and comparing to patients…
- Trial name
- NCT06022848
- Testing
- occipital nerve stimulator
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barts & The London NHS Trust
Brain Concussion, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Post-concussion Headaches
This study aims to examine the long-term effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, on chronic headaches following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
- Conditions
- Brain Concussion, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Headache, Post-Concussion Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT06112093
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
New Daily Persistent Headache, New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH)
New Daily Persistent Headache Biomarkers Study
New daily persistent headache is a debilitating syndrome which is seldom researched, poorly understood, and without effective treatments. Chronic migraine is a more common but similarly disabling disorder.
- Trial name
- NDPH (NCT04260087)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH)
Endogenous Modulation and Central Sensitization in New Daily Persistent Headache ( NDPH ) in Children
New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is a primary headache disorder characterized by the daily and unremitting headache pain patients experience with a distinct onset.
- Trial name
- EMCS-NDPH (NCT03447782)
- Testing
- Naltrexone HCl (Bulk) Powder
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Chronic Cluster Headache
Efficacy of Modified Atkins Ketogenic Diet in Chronic Cluster Headache: a Prospective Case Series
Atkins diet is a nutritional regimen characterized by ad libitum protein and fat intake, but carbohydrate restriction. It is followed by millions of people around the word as a life-style, but in the last years was proposed as a…
- Trial name
- CCHD (NCT03244735)
- Testing
- Atkins diet
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Roma La Sapienza
High Frequency Episodic Migraine and Chronic Migraine
"Longitudinal Analysis of Amylin Levels in Migraine Patients Undergoing an Anti- CGRP/CGRPr Treatment"
Migraine, a complex and multifaceted disorder, remains only partially understood, with therapeutic strategies often limited by individual variability in response.
- Trial name
- NCT06692088
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundación Marques de Valdecilla
Chronic Migraine, Fibromyalgia
Study of Low-dose Naltrexone in Chronic Migraine With Fibromyalgia
This research aims to look at the effect of low-dose naltrexone on the severity and frequency of attacks in people with chronic migraine with or without new daily persistent headache and fibromyalgia.
- Conditions
- Chronic Migraine, Fibromyalgia, New Daily Persistent Headache
- Trial name
- NCT05536050
- Testing
- Migraine diary and Questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Central Nervous System Sensitization
Correlation Between Central Sensitization Inventory and Posturographic Data
To investigate the use of balance as a screening tool for Central Sensitization, a condition of the nervous system that is associated with the development and maintenance of chronic pain.
- Trial name
- NCT03058003
- Testing
- Posturography Evaluation, Central Sensitization Inventory
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Caps Research Network
Double-blind Design, Sham-controlled
Neurostimulation in Chronic and Episodic Migraine
Currently, successful prevention of migraine is not sufficiently achieved by (prophylactic) drug therapy. In contrast, neurophysiologically guided treatments might provide an alternative avenue, since these can normalize brain…
- Conditions
- Double-blind Design, Sham-controlled, Randomized
- Trial name
- NCT03237754
- Testing
- tDCS device from neuroConn
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Central Sensitisation, Migraine
Presence of Signs of Central Sensitization in Episodic and Chronic Migraine
Nowadays migraine is conceptualized as a continuum, with at the one hand episodic migraine (EM) and at the other hand chronic migraine (CM) (1).
- Trial name
- CENSENMI (NCT05162664)
- Testing
- Pressure pain thresholds, Thermal detection and pain thresholds, Temporal summation
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Chronic Migraine
NINDS CRC Chronic Migraine Treatment Trial
The purpose of this study is to compare the reduction in the number of severe headache days at six months in people with chronic migraine treated with topiramate and propranolol versus those treated with topiramate and a placebo.
- Trial name
- CMTT (NCT00772031)
- Testing
- propranolol LA, topiramate
- Where
- 39 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 191 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anne Lindblad
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis
PatientSpot Formerly Known as ArthritisPower
Patient Power is a patient research network and database (registry) to collect prospective information about demographics, self-reported diagnoses and medications, and willingness to participate in research from participants with…
- Conditions
- Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Fibromyalgia, Gout
- Trial name
- NCT03840928
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Global Healthy Living Foundation
Post-COVID-19 Syndrome
Biomarker Analysis in Post-COVID Patients
Headache is one of the most common neurological manifestations of COVID-19. However, it is unclear whether chronic headache after the initial diagnosis, is associated with ongoing damage of the central nervous system.
- Trial name
- NCT05836428
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bonn
Chronic Pain, Acute Pain
Assessing Symptom and Mood Dynamics in Pain Using the Smartphone Application SOMA
This study relies on the use of a smartphone application (SOMA) that the investigators developed for tracking daily mood, pain, and activity status in acute pain, chronic pain, and healthy controls over four months.The primary…
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Acute Pain, Post Operative Pain, Fibromyalgia, Primary
- Trial name
- NCT05754190
- Testing
- SOMA pain manager smartphone application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University