Intravenous Fluid Therapy for the Treatment of Emergency Department Patients With Migraine Headache
Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3
Conditions studied: Migraine Headache
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients in the emergency department with migraine headache who are administered an intravenous fluid bolus will report greater improvement in pain scores than control patients.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02933060
- Run by
- The Cooper Health System
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 2017-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-09-28
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-07-16
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 18 or older
- Fluent in English
- Meets International Classification of Headache Disorders (3rd ed) criteria for migraine headache:
- A. At least five attacks fulfilling criteria B-D B. Headache attacks lasting 4-72 hours (untreated or unsuccessfully treated)
- C. Headache has at least two of the following four characteristics:
- unilateral location pulsating quality moderate or severe pain intensity aggravation by or causing avoidance of routine physical activity (e.g. walking or climbing stairs)
- D. During headache at least one of the following:
- nausea and/or vomiting
- photophobia and phonophobia E. Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis.
You may not qualify if…
- Intravenous Fluids are contraindicated in the opinion of the emergency department physician caring for the patient (ex patient has an exacerbation of congestive heart failure).
- Intravenous fluids are required in the opinion of the emergency department physician caring for the patient (ex patient has intractable vomiting, patient has severe dehydration).
- Have already received greater than or equal to 500 ml of intravenous fluid during this emergency department visit, prior to enrollment.
- Currently pregnant
Where it is running
- Cooper Univeristy Hospital — Camden, New Jersey, United States
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