Ketamine and Lidocaine Infusion in Refractory Chronic Migraine

Summary

Ketamine and lidocaine infusion for refractory chronic migraine: Comparative Study

Timeline

Start

2025-06-01

Primary completion

2026-11

Completion

2026-12

Publications

• Background Schulman EA, Lake AE 3rd, Goadsby PJ, Peterlin BL, Siegel SE, Markley HG, Lipton RB. Defining refractory migraine and refractory chronic migraine: proposed criteria from the Refractory Headache Special Interest Section of the American Headache Society. Headache. 2008 Jun;48(6):778-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01132.x. Epub 2008 May 14.
• Background Ray JC, Cheng S, Tsan K, Hussain H, Stark RJ, Matharu MS, Hutton E. Intravenous Lidocaine and Ketamine Infusions for Headache Disorders: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Front Neurol. 2022 Mar 9;13:842082. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.842082. eCollection 2022.
• Background Lauretti GR. Mechanisms of analgesia of intravenous lidocaine. Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2008 May-Jun;58(3):280-6. doi: 10.1590/s0034-70942008000300011. English, Portuguese.
• Background Kohrs R, Durieux ME. Ketamine: teaching an old drug new tricks. Anesth Analg. 1998 Nov;87(5):1186-93. doi: 10.1097/00000539-199811000-00039. No abstract available.
• Background Natoli JL, Manack A, Dean B, Butler Q, Turkel CC, Stovner L, Lipton RB. Global prevalence of chronic migraine: a systematic review. Cephalalgia. 2010 May;30(5):599-609. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01941.x.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.