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Migraine and CVD Risk in Women

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University of Pennsylvania

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Migraine

Treatments

Other: Flow-mediated dilation testing
Other: Mixed meal tolerance testing
Other: Skin conductance & cold pressor test

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary goal of this study is to test the effects of a high-fat, high-carbohydrate mixed meal on candidate modulators of cardiovascular disease risk (inflammation, vascular reactivity, sympathetic nervous system tone, and response to pain) in young adult women with migraine compared with healthy young women. This is study enrolling both cases (women with migraine) and controls (women without migraine), with equal numbers of normal weight and obese women in each group. Participants will undergo a telephone screening and a single day in-person study visit.

Enrollment

30 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 35 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (all):

  • Female 18-35 years of age, inclusive
  • BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2, inclusive
  • BMI ≥30 kg/m2

Inclusion Criteria (cases only):

  • Diagnosis of migraine per ICHD-3-beta (1-10 migraine days per month)

Exclusion Criteria (all):

  • Smoking (current or former)
  • Chronic use of medications, including oral contraceptives
  • Major medical or psychiatry illness (e.g. diabetes, fibromyalgia, major depression/anxiety)
  • Pregnant or nursing
  • Allergies or sensitivity to any of the ingredients of the meal
  • Inability to fast for 10 hours and/or abstain from caffeine intake for 24 hours
  • Treatment with antibiotics or steroids within the previous 3 months
  • Treatment with NSAIDs within the previous 1 week

Exclusion Criteria (controls only):

  • Migraine headaches, or headaches other than tension-type headaches with a frequency of 1 or fewer days per month

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

30 participants in 4 patient groups

No migraine, normal weight
Experimental group
Description:
* Mixed meal tolerance testing * Skin conductance \& cold pressor test * Flow-mediated dilation testing
Treatment:
Other: Skin conductance & cold pressor test
Other: Mixed meal tolerance testing
Other: Flow-mediated dilation testing
No migraine, obese
Experimental group
Description:
* Mixed meal tolerance testing * Skin conductance \& cold pressor test * Flow-mediated dilation testing
Treatment:
Other: Skin conductance & cold pressor test
Other: Mixed meal tolerance testing
Other: Flow-mediated dilation testing
Migraine, normal weight
Experimental group
Description:
* Mixed meal tolerance testing * Skin conductance \& cold pressor test * Flow-mediated dilation testing
Treatment:
Other: Skin conductance & cold pressor test
Other: Mixed meal tolerance testing
Other: Flow-mediated dilation testing
Migraine, obese
Experimental group
Description:
* Mixed meal tolerance testing * Skin conductance \& cold pressor test * Flow-mediated dilation testing
Treatment:
Other: Skin conductance & cold pressor test
Other: Mixed meal tolerance testing
Other: Flow-mediated dilation testing

Trial contacts and locations

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