Recruiting

SumatriptanSumatriptan 4 mg Statdose in the Acute Treatment of Cluster Headache

Sponsor:

Diamond Headache Clinic

Code:

NCT00399243

Conditions

Episodic Cluster Headache

Chronic Cluster Headache

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Sumatriptan 4mg Statdose injection

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study's hypothesis is the 4mg StatDose sumatriptan is effective for the acute treatment of cluster headache and provides good safety and tolerability across multiple doses of the study medication as well as across multiple attacks of cluster headache. This study seeks to determine the safety and efficacy of the commercially available 4mg StatDose formulation of sumatriptan as an acute treatment of cluster headache. Patients are allowed to use repeated dose of the study medication for a given headache if they have had a partial response to the first dose. They may treat up to 3 attacks of cluster headache with the study medication. Safety assessment will be through adverse event reporting and physical examination. Patients with both episodic cluster headache as well as chronic cluster headache will be studied. Patients must either not have started preventive treatment for cluster headache or be on a stable dose of preventive medication.

Conditions

Episodic Cluster Headache

Chronic Cluster Headache

Study ID

NCT00399243

Start date

Nov, 2006

Status verified date

Jan, 2009

Completion date

Aug, 2010

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2010

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Subject is between 18 years and 65 years of age.
Subject is male or female. If female the subject is:
non-childbearing potential or,
child-bearing potential, has a negative pregnancy test at screen, and agrees to one of the following: Complete abstinence from intercourse from 2 weeks prior to administration of the study drug, throughout the study, and for a time interval after completion or premature discontinuation from the study to account for elimination of the investigational drug (a minimum of 10 hours); or,
Female sterilization; or,
Sterilization of male partner; or,
Implants of levonorgestrel; or,
Injectable progestogen; or,
Oral contraceptive (combined or progestin only) or,
Any intrauterine device (IUD) with published data showing that the lowest expected failure rate is less than 1% per year; or,
Double barrier method; (2 physical barriers or 1 physical barrier plus spermicide).
Subject has a diagnosis of cluster headache (IHS).
Subject has at least 1 previous cycle of cluster headache if episodic or has been in chronic cluster headache for at least 6 months.
Subject taking any medication for chronic cluster headache prevention has been on a stable regimen for at least 1 month prior to screening.
Subjects with episodic cluster headache have a history of continuing to have cluster headaches at least once every other day during the first three weeks of treatment with preventive medications.
Subject is able and willing to give written informed consent to participate in the study.
Subject who have used 6 mg StatDose Imitrex for the treatment of cluster headache must have a history of responding to treatment with this in at least 1 out every 3 attacks.

Exclusion Criteria:

Subject has confirmed or suspected ischemic heart disease, Prinzmetal's angina, or signs/symptoms consistent with any of the above.
Subject has cardiac arrhythmias requiring medication or a history of a clinically significant electrocardiogram abnormality that, in the investigator's opinion contraindicates participation in this study.
Subject has a history of congenital heart disease.
Subject has a history of cerebrovascular pathology including stroke.
The subject, in the investigator's opinion, is likely to have unrecognized cardiovascular disease.
Subject has evidence or history of ischemic abdominal syndromes or peripheral vascular disease.
Subject has uncontrolled hypertension at screening.
Subject has a history of epilepsy or structural brain lesions which lowers the convulsive threshold.
Subject has a history of impaired hepatic or renal function.
Subject is currently taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAO) or has taken a MAOI within the 2 weeks prior to screen
Subject is currently taking an ergotamine-containing or ergot-type cluster headache preventive medication like ergotamine tartrate or methylergonovine.
Subject has hypersensitivity or contraindication to the use of sumatriptan, any of its components, or any other 5-HT1B1D receptor agonist.
Subject is pregnant, actively trying to become pregnant or breast-feeding
Subject is of childbearing potential and not using adequate contraceptive measures.
Subject has evidence of alcohol or substance abuse within the last year which, in the investigator's judgment, will likely interfere with the study conduct, subject cooperation, or evaluation and interpretation of the study results.
Subject has any concurrent medical or psychiatric condition that, in the investigator's opinion, may affect the interpretation of efficacy and safety date or which otherwise contraindicates participation in a clinical trial.
Subject has participated in an investigational drug trial within the previous four weeks.
Subject is unable or unwilling to self administer subcutaneously administered Imitrex.

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

Sumatriptan 4mg Statdose injection

4mg Sumatriptan Statdose injection for use as acute therapy in a cluster headache. Consistency of response in three attacks will be measured

Primary outcome measure

The primary efficacy parameters will be the percentage of cluster headache attacks that result in the cluster headache pain being reduced to mild or none following a single dose of 4 mg subcutaneous sumatriptan at 15 minutes and at 30 minutes. [ Time Frame: 15 minutes and 30 minutes ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Fred G Freitag, DO

773 388 6390 research@diamondheadache.com

George Nissan, DO

773 388 6390 research@diamondheadache.com

Locations

Diamond Headache Clinic

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614

Contacts

Nancy Caldwell, RN

773-388-6390 ncaldwell@diamondheadache.com

More Information

Sponsor

Diamond Headache Clinic

Last update posted

Feb 2, 2009

Last verified

Jan, 2009

Keywords

cluster headache
sumatriptan

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Diamond Headache Clinic on 2009-02-02.