Rhinogenic Headache Improvement After Nasal Operation

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Headache

In brief

Objective: To determine the efficacy of surgical correction of intranasal mucosal contact points in improving quality of life and decreasing medication use in patients with rhinogenic headaches.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00580307

Run by

University of Missouri-Columbia

People needed

6

Starts

2007-12-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Chronic (> 2 months) pain or pressure over nasal bridge, glabella, or forehead
• Unilateral or bilateral nasal septal deviation that is chronically symptomatic (e.g. nasal airway obstruction)
• Failure of standard medical therapy for headache
• Symptomatic contact points as demonstrated by physical examination, sinus CT and nasal endoscopy
• Relief of headache after application of topical anesthetic to contact points
• Contact points that remain after mucosal decongestion
• Absence of any other obvious cause of headaches after a thorough evaluation by a neurologist, ophthalmologist, dentist, internist, or other related specialist

You may not qualify if…

• Previous sinonasal surgery
• Active acute sinonasal disease:
• Seasonal allergic exacerbations with mucosal swelling
• Acute infectious rhino-sinusitis
• Chronic sinonasal problems:
• Severe nasal polyps mimicking contact points
• Mucoceles protruding from sinuses into nasal cavity
• Nasal and sinus tumors
• General medical condition that precludes elective surgery (including pregnancy)

Where it is running

• University of Missouri — Columbia, Missouri, United States

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