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Migraine has been ranked as the second most disabling neurological disorder in the worldwide. Medication or nonpharmacological treatments are all reasonable options for the prevention. Oral topiramate treatment is a typical effective method, while transcutaneous supraorbital nerve stimulation (SNS) was reported to be valuable for migraine acute treatment and even the prevention. As a new nonpharmacological therapeutic method, whether SNS is equivalent to topiramate is still unknown. The aim of the present study was to compare their effects in a cohort of migraine patients. After diagnosed with recurrent or chronic migraine and consented to this research, patients received randomly treatments by either SNS or topiramate, and were followed up prospectively. After a 1-month period of baseline observation, patients were followed by a 1-month treatment, and next 2-month period of followup. At least the following assessments will be performed: (1) Change from baseline in the number of migraine days during the 3 observing months; (2) Change from baseline in the number of moderate/ severe headache days over the 3 observing months; (3) 50% responder rate for the reduction of migraine days (percentage of patients having at least 50% reduction of migraine days) during the first treating month. Comparison of outcome measures between the 2 treatment groups will be performed to show the equivalence of SNS versus topiramate.


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NCT number NCT05516251
Study type Interventional
Source Tongji Hospital
Contact Wensheng Qu, MD
Phone 02783663337
Email qws0309@126.com
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date October 1, 2021
Completion date September 30, 2023

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