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Clinical Trial Summary

Caffeine will be studied against placebo in patients with positional headache after a lumbar puncture (aka "spinal headache").


Clinical Trial Description

Pain will be assessed at set intervals using a Visual Analog Scale. Blood patch therapy will be offered to all those still in pain at the end of one hour after drug administration. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT00809627
Study type Interventional
Source United States Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date January 2007
Completion date May 2008

See also
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