Clinical trials: Chronic and Episodic Headache
Migraine
Pain Control in Episodic and Chronic Migraine
The phenomenon of offset analgesia (OA) refers to a disproportionately large decrease in perceived pain following a slight reduction in the intensity of a noxious heat stimulus.
- Trial name
- NCT06599905
- Testing
- Episodic Migraine (EM), Chronic Migraine (CM)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS National Neurological Institute "C. Mondino" Foundation
Migraine
Physiopathology, Diagnosis and Therapy of Primary Cephalalgia and Adaptive Disorders
The main aim of the present pilot study is to prove the possibility to use the Nitroglycerin (NTG) model to describe the pathophysiology of headache using task-free advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques, in order…
- Trial name
- NCT04696510
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS National Neurological Institute "C. Mondino" Foundation
Migraine
Migraine is Associated With Altered Mechanical Pain Sensitivity. This Study Investigates Mechanical Pain Sensitivity, Headache Burden, and Quality of Life in Episodic and Chronic Migraine, Comparing Pressure Algometry and Algopeg® and Assessing Mechanosensitivity of Peripheral Nerves.
Migraine is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders and is associated with a substantial individual and societal burden.
- Trial name
- MechSens_Migra (NCT07559565)
- Testing
- pressure pain algometry
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bernhard Taxer
Migraine With and Without Aura, Chronic Migraine
Migraine and Body Composition
This research is being done to look at the association between migraine and obesity.
- Conditions
- Migraine With and Without Aura, Chronic Migraine, Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- NCT01720862
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Migraine, Healthy
Molecular and Functional PET-fMRI Measures of Analgesia in Migraine
The placebo effect is a phenomenon that has experienced major advances of its understanding in the last decade. However, mechanisms of placebo analgesia in chronic pain patients have yet to be compared to healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT01970943
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Tension-type Headache
Muscle Soreness and Stiffness in Patients With Chronic or Frequent Episodic Tension Type Headache.
The aim is to investigate muscle soreness and stiffness in patients with Chronic or Frequent Episodic Tension Type Headache before and after treatment with amitriptyline - and to compare the results with healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT02746250
- Testing
- Amitriptyline
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danish Headache Center
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
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
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
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
Episodic or Chronic Cluster Headache
Cluster Headache and SPINK-1 Gene
Cluster headache (CH) is a rare, excruciating primary headache disorder. A genetic basis has been suggested by family and twin studies, but the mode of transmission seems to vary and the amount of heritability is unclear.
- Trial name
- NCT02585739
- Testing
- blood sample
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Headache (Migraine), Migraine
Molecular Phenotyping of Migraine Patients According to Sex and Age Through CGRP Quantification
Patients will be asked to visit the study center 2 times, the first time for clinical assessment and a second time for sample collection. Healthy controls will only be asked to visit the study center for sample collection.
- Conditions
- Headache (Migraine), Migraine, Migraine Headache, Migraine with Aura
- Trial name
- FAST (NCT06674772)
- Testing
- Saliva test
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
Migraine, Chronic Migraine
Neuroimaging Studies of Chronic Primary Headaches Using Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Investigators hypothesize that chronic primary headaches are accompanied by a discrete pattern of brain metabolism and activity involving brain structures related to the development of acute exacerbations as well as pain…
- Trial name
- NCT01741246
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Chronic Tension-Type Headache
Vitamin D Supplementation in Episodic and Chronic Tension-type Headache
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effect of vitamin D in patients with prophylactic therapy for episodic and chronic tension-type headache in amitriptyline or topiramate treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT05860062
- Testing
- Vitamin D, Calcium
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Medico Nacional "La Raza", Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social