Medication-overuse Headache: 4 Years Follow up (MOHfollowup)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Medication Overuse Headache

Treatments: Other: No new specific intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00918671

17429

4.2007.2192

07/4471

Details and patient eligibility

About

From 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006 64 individuals with probable medication overuse headache were included in a randomized, 1-year open-labeled, multicentre study to evaluate the effect of early introduction of prophylactic treatment compared to abrupt withdrawal and with a control group (ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT00159588). In this follow-up, randomized patients still alive 4 years after primary inclusion time will be invited to a follow up interview, evaluating the headache complaints and the proportion of recurrent medication overuse.

Full description

The participants will be interviewed by telephone or consult the study doctor completing a headache diary for at least 1 month before attending the visit.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 22 to 74 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Randomized during the initial trial during 2004-2006.

Trial design

60 participants in 1 patient group

Medication-overuse headache

Description:

Chronic daily headache combined with medication overuse

Treatment:

Other: No new specific intervention