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Filter by:A study to evaluate rizatriptan/MK0462 (5 and 10 mg) for the treatment of acute migraine attack and treatment of up to two headache recurrences compared to placebo. The long term extension study which pools patients from MK0462-022, -025, and -029 is described in NCT01286207.
The objective of the study is to examine the effect of combined treatments (biofeedback with virtual reality) for pediatric chronic headache.
A study to compare rizatriptan (MK0462) 5 mg by mouth (p.o.) and sumatriptan 50 mg p.o. for the acute treatment of a migraine attack.
The objective of this study is to determine if patients with chronic daily headache have continuous headache or moments of headache relief. The secondary objective of this study is to determine the period of time patients who have chronic daily headache that is not continuous are headache free.
The purpose of this study is to determine if non-dilated retinal photography in the emergency room improves the diagnosis of papilledema (optic nerve swelling) in patients with neurologic disease compared to direct ophthalmoscopy.
To determine if propranolol, amitriptyline, or topiramate decreases headache frequency in patients with chronic post-traumatic headaches.
This study will randomly assign emergency department patients seeking treatment for a headache to one of three groups. The first group will receive standard emergency care as determined by the treating physician, the second group will breathe high flow air by facemask for 15 minutes, and the third group will breathe high flow oxygen by face mask for 15 minutes. The patients will be questioned in the beginning of their treatment and at 2, 5, 10, 15 and 30 minutes after it's begun about the intensity of their headache and how much relief they are experiencing from their treatment. Concentration of carbon dioxide exhaled by patients will also be recorded at 0, 2, 5, 10, 15 and 30 minutes. After fifteen minutes, the patients in groups 2 and 3 will continue with standard emergency care, which can include any treatment their physician sees fit. Patients in all three groups will receive a stopwatch in the beginning of their emergency department visit and record the total extent of time their headache will take to resolve.
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a web-based (i.e., internet) treatment approach for providing psychological treatment to reduce pain and improve functioning in children and adolescents with chronic pain.
Clinical and neuroradiologic study concerning patients suffering of cough, exertional and sexual headaches disorders (pathophysiology) concerning a venous hypothesis implication, redescribe clinical headaches specifications, confirmed if cough headaches is a clinical entity and if it has neuroradiologic differences with effort or sexual activity headaches.
The purposes of this study are to assess whether subjects treated with BOTOX will: 1. have a decrease in the frequency and intensity of migraine headaches 2. experience improvements in quality of life 3. experience a reduction in the frequency of health care services obtained.