First Evaluation of a Craniofacial Peripheral Nerve Stimulation System in Chronic Migraine (RELIEF)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05858801 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : May 15, 2023
Last Update Posted : May 19, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Chronic Migraine | Device: PRIMUS | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 5 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Device Feasibility |
Official Title: | First Evaluation of a Craniofacial Peripheral Nerve Stimulation System in Chronic Migraine, an Early Feasibility Study |
Estimated Study Start Date : | May 9, 2023 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 1, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | January 31, 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: PRIMUS
PRIMUS PNS System
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Device: PRIMUS
Peripheral Nerve Stimulator System |
- Safety Evaluation [ Time Frame: 4weeks ]
The primary safety assessment is the incidence of serious procedure- and/or device-related adverse events in all subjects at 30 days and at the end of the study.
All adverse clinical events will be collected, coded, and reported, for the duration of the study according to the definitions of ISO 14155:2020.
- Safety Evaluation [ Time Frame: 12weeks ]
The primary safety assessment is the incidence of serious procedure- and/or device-related adverse events in all subjects at 30 days and at the end of the study.
All adverse clinical events will be collected, coded, and reported, for the duration of the study according to the definitions of ISO 14155:2020.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 84 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Main Inclusion Criteria:
- Able and willing to provide informed consent
- Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 84 years at time of consent
- Documented Chronic Migraine, defined as at least eight migraine days/month, for at least 1 year.
- Developed migraine before the age of 50
- Documented failure of 3 or more other preventive therapies (failure meaning ineffective, provoked unacceptable side-effects or contra-indicated) from which at least 1 of the following 2: CGRP mAbs or Onabotulinumtoxin A
- Have at least 1 headache free day per month
- Stable on preventive migraine drugs and alternative treatment for at least three months prior to enrollment.
- Agree to refrain from starting new preventive migraine drugs or other preventive alternative migraine treatments, from 4 weeks before entering the baseline period throughout the duration of the study.
- MRI available (not older than 4 years prior to study enrollment) or willing to undergo an MRI to exclude structural lesions potentially causing headache
- Able and willing to complete a daily headache eDiary
Main Exclusion Criteria:
- Any other chronic primary or secondary headache disorder, unless they can clearly differentiate them from migraine attacks, based on the quality of pain and associated symptoms.
- Concomitant neuromodulation
- Previous exposure to any implantable neuromodulation device
- Have an existing Active Implantable Medical Device nearby the implant location (e.g. DBS, cochlear implant, …)
- Metal implants in the skull (e.g. skull plates, seeds) nearby the implant.
- Have a pacemaker of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
- Current Opioid Use, defined as one or more opioids on more than 4 days/month for 3 consecutive months.
- Use of botulinum toxin injections or calcitonin gene-related peptide inhibitors in the past 3 months.
- Women of childbearing age who are pregnant, nursing or not using contraception

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05858801
Contact: Wim Pollet, MD | +32 498 57 98 98 | wim.pollet@salvianeuro.com |
Belgium | |
AZ Delta | Recruiting |
Roeselare, Belgium | |
Contact: Bart Billet, MD bart.billet@azdelta.be |
Responsible Party: | Salvia BioElectronics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05858801 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SCI-02-CM |
First Posted: | May 15, 2023 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 19, 2023 |
Last Verified: | May 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Migraine Disorders Headache Disorders, Primary Headache Disorders |
Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases |