Greater Occipital Nerve Block Versus Pulse Radiofrequency in Migraine

Adiyaman University Research Hospital68 enrolled

Overview

The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of the repeated greater occipital nerve(GON) blokcs with GON pulse radiofreaquency (PRF)

The nerve blocks will be performed at the Cervical-2 (C2) level with ultrasound guidance.Also , the PRF will be done as above proximally.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Migraine

Interventions

Greater occipital nerve blockOTHER

The nerve block will be done by ultrasound guidiance at the C2 level with a 22 gauge 5 cm needle inplane direction. The pulse radiofrequency will be done as defined with a radiofrequency cannula- 5 cm with an active tip of 2mm.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * ICHD- migraine with minimum 4 attacks * no benefit with proflactic therapies Exclusion Criteria: * primary headhache other than migraine according to ICHD * the change of medical teatment of migrane in last 1 month.

Locations (1)

Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

NRS

Numeric rating scala

Time frame: Before the application then every month following the intervention for 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Complications

vertigo, dizzines, hypotension , bleeding, local pain ect.

Time frame: Before the application then every month following the intervention for 3 months

the frequency of headhache

how many times the headhache occured

Time frame: Before the application then every month following the intervention for 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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