Research Study to Determine Sensitivity to Gentle Touch and Pressure During an Active Migraine Attack.

Thomas Jefferson University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Migraine

Treatments: Other: No intervention: We are testing for the presence of allodynia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00329771

EM-BA/AAA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cutaneous allodynia (pronounced q-tane-ee-us all-o-din-ee-a) is common in migraine. It is a heightened skin sensitivity during an active migraine attack. Migraine attacks in patients who experience allodynia are more difficult to treat. This study intends to collect and evaluate data on the phenomenon of allodynia in patients with episodic migraine during an actual attack. The results of this study may help clinicians better understand allodynia, thereby helping them diagnose and more effectively manage patients with migraine and allodynia.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female patients aged 18-65, inclusive
• Diagnosis of episodic migraine with or without aura.
• Ability to read and understand an informed consent form and study procedures

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with abnormal sensory findings on examination, or any known neurological disease that may affect skin sensation (peripheral neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, etc).
• Patients who suffer from headache (of any type) 15 or more days per month
• Patients who are cognitively impaired, as determined by investigator
• Patients with significant psychiatric disorder that may affect their understanding of the study protocol and/or their cooperation with the investigators.
• Patients who had taken any acute pain medication (e.g. triptans, ergots, NSAIDs, opioids, butalbital, acetaminophen) for any indication within 12 hours prior to allodynia testing.
• Patients with skin diseases that may cause abnormal skin sensation.
• Patients who had been treated with a nerve block in the 4 week period prior to allodynia testing Patients who had been treated with Botulinum neurotoxin within the 4 month period prior to allodynia testing

Trial design

28 participants in 1 patient group

Episodic migraineurs

Description:

Eligible subjects with episodic migraine (with or without aura)

Treatment:

Other: No intervention: We are testing for the presence of allodynia