Efficacy and Safety of TMS for the Preemptive Treatment of Migraine With Aura

NCT ID: NCT00449540

Last Updated: 2011-08-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

201 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-08-31

Study Completion Date

2008-03-31

Brief Summary

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Assess safety and efficacy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for the treatment of migraine with aura

The hypothesis is that TMS treatments delivered to the occipital cortex of the brain can stop or interrupt the spreading cortical brain activity that causes or contributes to the migraine headache. Two TMS treatments at an intensity of \<1 Tesla for \~500 microseconds, approximately 30 seconds apart, may stop the aura and prevent the subsequent headache.

Detailed Description

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In the Lead-in Phase participants will use a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) to keep an electronic diary of their migraine episodes. During a migraine episode, as well as the time in between headaches, the PDA prompts the participant to answer questions. Each evening, the participant will place the PDA into an electronic telephone cradle, and the information will be transmitted electronically from the PDA to the data management team to assess the frequency of migraine episodes and participant proficiency with the PDA. During this one month period, the participant must experience at least one migraine with aura episode to enter the Treatment Phase.

After one month, the participant will return to the clinic with their PDA and will enter the Treatment Phase to be randomized to either the TMS only group or the Sham stimulation only group. Participant will enter information into the PDA for three migraine auras treated or three months, which ever comes first.

Conditions

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Migraine With Aura

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Active Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Device

Both arms of participants receive identical looking devices and were instructed use the same treatment protocol. Participants in each group were instructed to treat with the device within one hour of onset of migraine aura.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Active Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Device treatment

Sham TMS Device

Both arms of participants receive identical looking devices and were instructed use the same treatment protocol. Participants in each group were instructed to treat with the device within one hour of onset of migraine aura.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham TMS Device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Simulated Sham treatment without TMS delivery

Interventions

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Active Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Device

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Device treatment

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham TMS Device

Simulated Sham treatment without TMS delivery

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 - 65 years
* Will comply with requirements of the protocol
* Have a consistent history of migraine with visual aura of at least one year

•\>30% of episodes have a visual aura preceding headaches
* Approximately 90% of the time have moderate or severe headaches following their aura
* Fulfills the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd Edition(ICHD-II) criteria(for migraine headache with aura after administration of a clinical interview by study personnel
* Has a history of 1-8 migraine headache episodes with aura per month
* Can differentiate a migraine headache from other types of headaches
* Participant is post-menopausal, sterilized, not breastfeeding, her pregnancy test is negative

Exclusion Criteria

* Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
* Routinely experiences any other type of headache that would confound discrimination from migraine headache with aura
* Have migraine with prolonged aura \> 60 minutes
* Have headaches due to other underlying pathology
* Have headaches related to head or neck trauma
* Overuse headache medications:
* Has an intracranial metallic or Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) implant or other metallic implants
* Has cardiac pacemaker or any other implanted electronic device
* Has any known history of alcohol abuse, drug dependency, or significant psychiatric illness in the previous 12 months
* Having any medical condition, including but not limited to: clinically significant renal or hepatic disease; uncontrolled hypertension; clinically significant coronary vascular disease not stable for the past 6 months; personal or family history of seizures or taking medications for seizures or drugs that may lower seizure threshold, cerebral vascular ischemia; infarct; hemorrhage, or other central nervous system disease (e.g., multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); unstable metabolic disease, hypoglycemia or diabetes; malignancy within the past 5 years excluding cutaneous basal cell carcinoma; tuberculosis
* Has participated in any other investigational study within the previous 30 days.
* Cannot place the device within 1 cm of the scalp.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Neuralieve

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Neuralieve, Inc.

Principal Investigators

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Richard B Lipton, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Locations

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San Francisco Headache Clinic

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Mile High Research Center

Denver, Colorado, United States

Site Status

Diamond Headache Clinic, LTD

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Michigan Head Pain & Neurological Institute

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Westside Family Medical Center

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Clinvest, Inc.

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Mercy Health Research

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Kirchner Headache Clinic

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Site Status

Montefiore Headache Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

Site Status

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Jefferson Headache Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Nashville Neuroscience Group

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

The Innovative Clinical Research Center

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Swedish Headache Center

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Lipton RB, Dodick DW, Silberstein SD, Saper JR, Aurora SK, Pearlman SH, Fischell RE, Ruppel PL, Goadsby PJ. Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation for acute treatment of migraine with aura: a randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, sham-controlled trial. Lancet Neurol. 2010 Apr;9(4):373-80. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70054-5. Epub 2010 Mar 4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 20206581 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NL-2006-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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