Sleep in Cluster Headache: Sleep Parameters in- and Outside a Cluster Bout

Danish Headache Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cluster Headache

Treatments: Other: Polysomnography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03439722

H-7-2014-020 Sleep study

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sleep study in episodic cluster headache patients.

Full description

This is an explorative study that aims to describe the sleep in 30 episodic cluster headache patients in- and outside of cluster using polysomnography. Data will be compared to a group of healthy controls.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 65 years of age
• Episodic cluster headache according to ICHD-III beta
• Ability to differentiate attacks of other primary headaches from cluster headache.
• 1-8 daily attacks
• Cluster bouts normally lasting more than 2 weeks

Exclusion criteria

• Treatment with psychiatric medication other than lithium.
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Serious somatic or psychiatric disorders
• Chronic primary or secondary headache
• Alcohol intake higher than 14 units a week for males and 7 units a week for females.
• Cannot accept the conditions of the trial.
• Does not understand Danish.

Trial design

66 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients

Description:

Episodic cluster headache patients will be admitted for 1 night where a polysomnography will be performed by the Danish Center of Sleep Medicine.

Treatment:

Other: Polysomnography

Controls

Description:

Controls will be admitted for 1 night where a polysomnography will be performed by the Danish Center of Sleep Medicine.

Treatment:

Other: Polysomnography