Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for the Treatment of Post-Stroke Headache

Summary

Determine the effects of sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) block in post-stroke headache.

Timeline

Start

2022-03-23

Primary completion

2025-03-22

Completion

2025-06-01

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Due to COVID-19 and both co-investigators have departed from the institution, we weren't able to enroll participants. Additionally, funding has lapse”

Publications

• Results Delpont B, Blanc C, Osseby GV, Hervieu-Begue M, Giroud M, Bejot Y. Pain after stroke: A review. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2018 Dec;174(10):671-674. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2017.11.011. Epub 2018 Jul 24.
• Results Lai J, Harrison RA, Plecash A, Field TS. A Narrative Review of Persistent Post-Stroke Headache - A New Entry in the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd Edition. Headache. 2018 Oct;58(9):1442-1453. doi: 10.1111/head.13382. Epub 2018 Aug 27.
• Results Ho KWD, Przkora R, Kumar S. Sphenopalatine ganglion: block, radiofrequency ablation and neurostimulation - a systematic review. J Headache Pain. 2017 Dec 28;18(1):118. doi: 10.1186/s10194-017-0826-y.
• Results Rosso C, Felisati G, Bulfamante A, Pipolo C. Cluster headache: crosspoint between otologists and neurologists-treatment of the sphenopalatine ganglion and systematic review. Neurol Sci. 2019 May;40(Suppl 1):137-146. doi: 10.1007/s10072-019-03796-5.
• Results Androulakis XM, Krebs KA, Ashkenazi A. Hemicrania continua may respond to repetitive sphenopalatine ganglion block: A case report. Headache. 2016 Mar;56(3):573-9. doi: 10.1111/head.12783. Epub 2016 Mar 1.
• Results Harriott AM, Karakaya F, Ayata C. Headache after ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurology. 2020 Jan 7;94(1):e75-e86. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008591. Epub 2019 Nov 6.
• Results Mulder IA, Li M, de Vries T, Qin T, Yanagisawa T, Sugimoto K, van den Bogaerdt A, Danser AHJ, Wermer MJH, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, MaassenVanDenBrink A, Ferrari MD, Ayata C. Anti-migraine Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor Antagonists Worsen Cerebral Ischemic Outcome in Mice. Ann Neurol. 2020 Oct;88(4):771-784. doi: 10.1002/ana.25831. Epub 2020 Aug 7.
• Results Levin M. Opioids in headache. Headache. 2014 Jan;54(1):12-21. doi: 10.1111/head.12266.
• Results Cady R, Saper J, Dexter K, Manley HR. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of repetitive transnasal sphenopalatine ganglion blockade with tx360((R)) as acute treatment for chronic migraine. Headache. 2015 Jan;55(1):101-16. doi: 10.1111/head.12458. Epub 2014 Oct 23.
• Results Maizels M, Scott B, Cohen W, Chen W. Intranasal lidocaine for treatment of migraine: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. JAMA. 1996 Jul 24-31;276(4):319-21.

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