Corticosteroids for Acute Migraine in the Emergency Department

Summary

This is an emergency department based randomized trial in which we compare two different treatment for migraine headache. The goal is to decrease the number of headache days during the week after ED discharge.

Timeline

Start

2016-09-01

Primary completion

2017-09-21

Completion

2017-09-30

Publications

• Latev A, Friedman BW, Irizarry E, Solorzano C, Restivo A, Chertoff A, Zias E, Gallagher EJ. A Randomized Trial of a Long-Acting Depot Corticosteroid Versus Dexamethasone to Prevent Headache Recurrence Among Patients With Acute Migraine Who Are Discharged From an Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 Feb;73(2):141-149. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.09.028. Epub 2018 Nov 16.

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