Abortive Treatment of Migraine With the Cefaly® Abortive Program Device

Cefaly Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Migraine

Treatments

Device: Cefaly® Abortive Program device

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT03217968

50803

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of the Cefaly® Abortive Program device used at home for 2 hours to treat a migraine attack. This open clinical trial will study the abortive treatment of migraine using the Cefaly® Abortive Program device, prior to development of a sham-controlled trial.

Full description

The main objective of this study is to have a pilot assessment of the efficacy of the Cefaly® Abortive Program device used at home for 2 hours to treat a migraine attack, as triptans are generally used. That is to say having pilot data to assess the efficacy of the Cefaly® Abortive Program device in the abortive treatment of acute migraine as measured by 2-hour pain freedom, pain relief and migraine associated symptoms freedom, plus evolution of these measurements for 24 hours after the beginning of the treatment session.

Enrollment

59 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age from 18 to 65 years on the day of signing the informed consent form
≥ 1-year history of migraine with or without aura according to the diagnostic criteria listed in the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-III beta (2013) section 1, migraine (8), with the exception of aura without headache, hemiplegic migraine and brainstem aura migraine
Migraine onset before the age of 50 years
Having between 2 and 8 moderate or severe migraine attacks (Grade 2 or 3) per month in each of the two months prior to screening
Patient understands the study procedures, alternative treatments available, and voluntarily agrees to participate in the study by giving written informed consent
Patient is able to read and understand the written information (instruction sheet, paper diary and Adverse Events (AE) collecting form)

Exclusion criteria

Patient has difficulty distinguishing his/her migraine attacks from tension-type headaches
Patient has more than 15 headache days per month
Patient having received supraorbital nerve blocks in the prior 4 months
Patient having received Botox treatment in the prior 4 months
Modification of a migraine prophylaxis treatment in the previous 3 months
Diagnosis of other primary headache disorders, except rare (< 4) tension-type headaches per month
Diagnosis of secondary headache disorders included Medication Overuse Headache
Patients abusing opioids or user of recreational or illicit drugs or has had a recent history (within the last year) of drug or alcohol abuse or dependence
Implanted metallic or electronic device in the head
Cardiac pacemaker or implanted or wearable defibrillator
Patient having had a previous experience with the Cefaly® device
Migraine Aura without headache
Patient is currently participating or has participated in a study with an investigational compound or device within 30 days of screening visit (Visit 1)
Patients not having the ability to use appropriately the device and/or to perform themselves or bear the first 20-minute stimulation session during the training session at the study site