REsponse to Combined SONS and ONS in Chronic Cluster headachE (RESPONSE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05868044 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : May 22, 2023
Last Update Posted : May 22, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Chronic Cluster Headache | 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: | REsponse to Combined SuPra-orbital and Occipital Nerve Stimulation in Chronic Cluster headachE With the PRIMUS System, a First in Human Study |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 2, 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: 4 weeks ]The primary safety assessment is the incidence of serious procedure and/or device-related adverse events in all subjects at 30 days.
- Safety Evaluation [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The primary safety assessment is the incidence of serious procedure and/or device-related adverse events in all subjects at the end of the study.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Main Inclusion Criteria:
- Able and willing to provide informed consent
- Documented chronic cluster headache for at least 1 year as per ICHD-3 criteria
- Attack frequency of ≥ 4 attacks per week for ≥ 4 weeks before enrolment
- Documented failure of verapamil (failure meaning ineffective, provoked unacceptable side-effects or contra-indicated)
- Stable on preventive treatment for at least two weeks prior to enrolment.
- Agree to refrain from starting new prophylactic cluster headache medication or other preventive 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 enrolment) or willing to undergo an MRI to exclude structural lesions potentially causing headache
- Able and willing to complete a headache Diary
Main Exclusion Criteria:
- Any other chronic primary or secondary headache disorder, unless they can clearly differentiate them from cluster headache attacks based on the quality and associated symptoms
- Concomitant neuromodulation, except tVNS
- 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 or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
- Suboccipital infiltrations with steroids and/or local anaesthetics or use of oral steroids in the past 3 months
- Use of botulinum toxin injections in the past 12 weeks
- Calcitonin gene-related peptide inhibitors started less than 12 weeks prior to enrolment
- Women of childbearing age who are pregnant, nursing or not using contraception

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05868044
Contact: Wim Pollet, MD | +32 498 57 98 98 | wim.pollet@salvianeuro.com |
Australia, Queensland | |
Resolve Pain | Recruiting |
Buderim, Queensland, Australia, 4556 | |
Contact: Paul Frank, MD clinicaltrial@resolvepain.com.au |
Principal Investigator: | Paul Frank, MD | Resolve Pain |
Responsible Party: | Salvia BioElectronics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05868044 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SCI-01-CCH |
First Posted: | May 22, 2023 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 22, 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 |
Cluster Headache Headache Pain Neurologic Manifestations Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias |
Headache Disorders, Primary Headache Disorders Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases |