Greater Occipital Nerve Block Versus Pulse Radiofrequency in Migraine (GON-B/PRF)

Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Migraine

Treatments: Other: Greater occipital nerve block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06345326

E1-22-3155

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of the repeated greater occipital nerve(GON) blokcs with GON pulse radiofreaquency (PRF)

Full description

The nerve blocks will be performed at the Cervical-2 (C2) level with ultrasound guidance.Also , the PRF will be done as above proximally.

Enrollment: 68 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ICHD- migraine with minimum 4 attacks
• no benefit with proflactic therapies

Exclusion criteria

• primary headhache other than migraine according to ICHD
• the change of medical teatment of migrane in last 1 month.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Repeated greater occipital nerve block

Experimental group

Description:

In this arm, all the participiants will receive ultrasound guided greater occipital nerve block for a week, for 4 weeks with ultrasound guidiance at the level C2

Treatment:

Other: Greater occipital nerve block

Greater occipital nerve pulse radiofrequency

Experimental group

Description:

In this arm, all the participiants will receive ultrasound guided greater occipital nerve pulse radiofrequency with ultrasound guidiance at the level C2

Treatment:

Other: Greater occipital nerve block