Medication-overuse Headache: 4 Years Follow up
CompletedNCT00918671
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
From 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006 64 individuals with probable medication overuse headache were included in a randomized, 1-year open-labeled, multicentre study to evaluate the effect of early introduction of prophylactic treatment compared to abrupt withdrawal and with a control group (ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT00159588). In this follow-up, randomized patients still alive 4 years after primary inclusion time will be invited to a follow up interview, evaluating the headache complaints and the proportion of recurrent medication overuse.
Study details
- Official title
- Treatment of Medication-overuse Headache: 4 Years Follow up
- Conditions
- Medication Overuse Headache
- Interventions
- Other: No new specific intervention
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Start date
- 2008-01
- Primary completion
- 2010-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 22 Years to 74 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- Norway
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Randomized during the initial trial during 2004-2006.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00918671