Research Study of Greater Occipital Nerve Block As A Treatment For Prolonged Migraine Attacks
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2006-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks (GONB) are a common procedure used for the treatment of
headache. The GONB procedure involves a series of injections into the greater occipital nerve
(a spinal nerve located at the back of your head). The purpose of this study is to determine
whether GONB is effective for the treatment of prolonged migraine attacks. This study is
placebo controlled, which means that half of the patients participating will receive
injections of active study drug (lidocaine plus bupivicaine) and half of the patients will
receive injections of saline (placebo). The study is also blinded which means that neither
you nor the study staff will know whether you received active study drug or placebo. The
study remains blinded only for the first 30 minutes, at which point additional treatments
(including GONB) can be administered at the discretion of your treating physician.
40 patients are expected to participate in this research study. This study is being conducted
at Thomas Jefferson University only.