fMRI of the Brainstem in Migraine Sufferers and Controls. Does Iron Deposition Correlate With Progression of Disease?

Completed

Conditions studied: Episodic Migraine, Chronic Daily Migraine

In brief

This is a 2 visit research study for patients with or without a diagnosis of migraine. Participants will be administered informed consent, have a medical history taken and a physical examination performed, and complete 3 questionnaires at the first visit. The participants will have a functional MRI performed after completion of Visit 1. Study stipends will be given for each completed research visit. The purpose of this study is to potentially identify risk factors and/or biomarkers (which are differences in the brain structures)by comparing the brain MRI scans of migraine sufferers to brain scans of control persons to attempt to identify migraine progression using the functional MRI scans.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00868556

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

33

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-01-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• adult episodic, chronic or non-migraine sufferers able to consent

You may not qualify if…

• contraindication to MRI such as severe claustrophobia and implanted devices such as neurostimulators, pacemakers, aneurysm clips, etc
• pregnancy

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic Foundation — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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