Cluster headache and oxygentherapy. Is it possible to predict which patients will be relieved?

Cluster headache and oxygentherapy. Is it possible to predict which patients will be relieved? A prospective cross-sectional correlation study.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON29322

Enrollment

100

Registered

2009-09-08

Start date

2009-07-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Cluster headache, Oxygen therapy, Therapy resistent

Interventions

Oxygentherapy and we will send questionnaires to the patients who suffer(-ed) from cluster headache.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The only inclusion criterium is to meet the cluster headache criteria of the international headache society for the diagnosis of cluster headache (ICHD-II)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Under the age of 18; 2. Uncertainty about the diagnosis.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
We will study factors that differ between responders to oxygen therapy and the nonresponders. Factors that will be studied are for instance patient characteristics, headache characteristics, comorbidities and intoxications. The results will be obtained by questionnaires and by studying the medical file.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
It may be possible that these characteristics tell us something about the mechanism of action of oxygen and cluster headache pathophysiology.	—

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)