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Last refreshed on: 9 January 2017
Main ID:  NCT02462395
Date of registration: 27/05/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital of Liege
Public title: Anodal Transcranial Direct Stimulation (tDCS) for the Treatment of Chronic Cluster Headache ANODECCH
Scientific title: Anodal Transcranial Direct Stimulation (tDCS) of the Anterior Cingulate Gyrus for the Treatment of Chronic Cluster Headache: a Pilot Trial.
Date of first enrolment: September 2014
Target sample size: 32
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02462395
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Belgium
Contacts
Name:     Delphine Magis, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Liege
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Main inclusion criteria for CCH: preventive CH therapy stable for a least 2 months,
retrospective 4-week headache baseline diary showing at least 4 attacks/week on
average

Exclusion Criteria:

- No other significant medical or psychiatric disease.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Cluster Headache
Intervention(s)
Device: tDCS
Primary Outcome(s)
Reduction of weekly cluster headache attack frequency during and following tDCS treatment in CCH patients. [Time Frame: 4 to 8 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
modification of the nociceptive blink reflex [Time Frame: 4 to 8 weeks]
reduction of duration of CH attacks [Time Frame: 4 to 8 weeks]
modification of pain thresholds [Time Frame: 4 to 8 weeks]
reduction of acute medication intake [Time Frame: 4 to 8 weeks]
reduction of intensity of CH attacks [Time Frame: 4 to 8 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
ANODECCH
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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