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Pozo-Rosich P, Dolezil D, Paemeleire K, Stepien A, Stude P, Snellman J, Arkuszewski M, Stites T, Ritter S, Lopez CL, Maca J, Ferraris M, Gil-Gouveia R. Early Use of Erenumab vs Nonspecific Oral Migraine Preventives: The APPRAISE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurol 2024; 81:461-470. [PMID: 38526461 PMCID: PMC10964163 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Importance Patients with migraine often cycle through multiple nonspecific preventive medications due to poor tolerability and/or inadequate efficacy leading to low adherence and increased disease burden. Objective To compare the efficacy, tolerability, patient adherence, and patient satisfaction between erenumab and nonspecific oral migraine preventive medications (OMPMs) in patients with episodic migraine (EM) who had previously failed 1 or 2 preventive treatments. Design, Setting, and Participants The 12-month prospective, interventional, global, multicenter, active-controlled, randomized clinical trial comparing sustained benefit of 2 treatment paradigms (erenumab qm vs oral prophylactics) in adult episodic migraine patients (APPRAISE) trial was a 12-month open-label, multicenter, active-controlled, phase 4 randomized clinical trial conducted from May 15, 2019, to October 1, 2021. This pragmatic trial was conducted at 84 centers across 17 countries. Overall, participants 18 years or older with a 12-month or longer history of migraine, and 4 or more but fewer than 15 monthly migraine days (MMDs) were included. Interventions Patients were randomized (2:1) to receive erenumab or OMPMs. Dose adjustment was permitted (label dependent). Main Outcomes and Measures The primary end point was the proportion of patients completing 1 year of the initially assigned treatment and achieving a reduction of 50% or greater from baseline in MMDs at month 12. Secondary end points included the cumulative mean change from baseline in MMDs during the treatment period and the proportion of responders according to the Patients' Global Impression of Change (PGIC) scale at month 12 for patients taking the initially assigned treatment. Results A total of 866 patients were screened, of whom 245 failed the screening and 621 completed the screening and baseline period. Of the 621 randomized patients (mean [SD] age, 41.3 [11.2] years; 545 female [87.8%]; 413 [66.5%] in the erenumab group; 208 [33.5%] in the OMPM group), 523 (84.2%) completed the treatment phase, and 98 (15.8%) discontinued the study. At month 12, significantly more patients assigned to erenumab vs OMPM achieved the primary end point (232 of 413 [56.2%] vs 35 of 208 [16.8%]; odds ratio [OR], 6.48; 95% CI, 4.28-9.82; P <.001). Compared with OMPMs, treatment with erenumab showed higher responder rate (314 of 413 [76.0%] vs 39 of 208 [18.8%]; OR, 13.75; 95% CI, 9.08-20.83; P <.001) on the PGIC scale (≥5 at month 12). Significant reduction in cumulative average MMDs was reported with erenumab treatment vs OMPM treatment (-4.32 vs -2.65; treatment difference [SE]: -1.67 [0.35] days; P < .001). Substantially fewer patients in the erenumab arm compared with the OMPM arm switched medication (9 of 413 [2.2%] vs 72 of 208 [34.6%]) and discontinued treatment due to adverse events (12 of 408 [2.9%] vs 48 of 206 [23.3%]). No new safety signals were identified. Conclusions and Relevance Results of this randomized clinical trial demonstrated that earlier use of erenumab in patients with EM who failed 1 or 2 previous preventive treatments provided greater and sustained efficacy, safety, and adherence than continuous OMPM. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03927144.
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- Patricia Pozo-Rosich
- Headache and Neurological Pain Research Group, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Headache Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Headache Center, Dado Medical sro, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
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- Hospital da Luz Headache Center, Neurology Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Van Houtte J, Vandenbussche N, Derom E, Schoenen J, Versijpt J, Paemeleire K. Oxygen as an abortive therapy in cluster headache: a narrative review and clinical practice aspects. Acta Neurol Belg 2024:10.1007/s13760-024-02506-z. [PMID: 38498266 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-024-02506-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Cluster headache (International Classification of Headache Disorders third edition, ICHD-3 3.1) is a primary headache disorder affecting around 0.12% of individuals. It is characterized by severe headache attacks causing significant negative impact on the lives of patients. While administration of 100% oxygen is considered to be the first-choice acute treatment, undertreatment also exists. Reasons for undertreatment may entail problems with the correct prescription of oxygen, reimbursement issues or the practical implementation of home oxygen therapy. The aim of this manuscript is to review the scientific evidence on oxygen therapy for cluster headache and provide a practical guidance for both physicians and patients to optimize its use in an acute setting. The current evidence of the administration of 100% oxygen as a safe and effective treatment for cluster headache is strong. Based on several clinical trials and surveys, the recommended flow rates range between 12 and 15 L/min via a non-rebreathing mask, for at least fifteen minutes. The frequency of cluster headache attacks and thus the need for acute treatment can be very high. Fortunately, the Belgian social security system provides a full and lifetime reimbursement of oxygen therapy for cluster headache if the diagnosis and the need for this therapy has been certified by a neurologist, neurosurgeon or neuropsychiatrist.
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- Julie Van Houtte
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Headache Research Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Brussels University Hospital, Jette, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Vandenbussche N, Van Der Donckt J, De Brouwer M, Steenwinckel B, Stojchevska M, Ongenae F, Van Hoecke S, Paemeleire K. Patients with chronic cluster headache may show reduced activity energy expenditure on ambulatory wrist actigraphy recordings during daytime attacks. Brain Behav 2024; 14:e3360. [PMID: 38376015 PMCID: PMC10761329 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.3360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the changes in activity energy expenditure (AEE) throughout daytime cluster headache (CH) attacks in patients with chronic CH and to evaluate the usefulness of actigraphy as a digital biomarker of CH attacks. BACKGROUND CH is a primary headache disorder characterized by attacks of severe to very severe unilateral pain (orbital, supraorbital, temporal, or in any combination of these sites), with ipsilateral cranial autonomic symptoms and/or a sense of restlessness or agitation. We hypothesized increased AEE from hyperactivity during attacks measured by actigraphy. METHODS An observational study including patients with chronic CH was conducted. During 21 days, patients wore an actigraphy device on the nondominant wrist and recorded CH attack-related data in a dedicated smartphone application. Accelerometer data were used for the calculation of AEE before and during daytime CH attacks that occurred in ambulatory settings, and without restrictions on acute and preventive headache treatment. We compared the activity and movements during the pre-ictal, ictal, and postictal phases with data from wrist-worn actigraphy with time-concordant intervals during non-headache periods. RESULTS Four patients provided 34 attacks, of which 15 attacks met the eligibility criteria for further analysis. In contrast with the initial hypothesis of increased energy expenditure during CH attacks, a decrease in movement was observed during the pre-ictal phase (30 min before onset to onset) and during the headache phase. A significant decrease (p < .01) in the proportion of high-intensity movement during headache attacks, of which the majority were oxygen-treated, was observed. This trend was less present for low-intensity movements. CONCLUSION The unexpected decrease in AEE during the pre-ictal and headache phase of daytime CH attacks in patients with chronic CH under acute and preventive treatment in ambulatory settings has important implications for future research on wrist actigraphy in CH.
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- Nicolas Vandenbussche
- Department of NeurologyGhent University HospitalGhentBelgium
- Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
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- Department of NeurologyGhent University HospitalGhentBelgium
- Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
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Winsvold BS, Harder AVE, Ran C, Chalmer MA, Dalmasso MC, Ferkingstad E, Tripathi KP, Bacchelli E, Børte S, Fourier C, Petersen AS, Vijfhuizen LS, Magnusson SH, O'Connor E, Bjornsdottir G, Häppölä P, Wang Y, Callesen I, Kelderman T, Gallardo VJ, de Boer I, Olofsgård FJ, Heinze K, Lund N, Thomas LF, Hsu C, Pirinen M, Hautakangas H, Ribasés M, Guerzoni S, Sivakumar P, Yip J, Heinze A, Küçükali F, Ostrowski SR, Pedersen OB, Kristoffersen ES, Martinsen AE, Artigas MS, Lagrata S, Cainazzo MM, Adebimpe J, Quinn O, Göbel C, Cirkel A, Volk AE, Heilmann‐Heimbach S, Skogholt AH, Gabrielsen ME, Wilbrink LA, Danno D, Mehta D, Guðbjartsson DF, Rosendaal FR, Willems van Dijk K, Fronczek R, Wagner M, Scherer M, Göbel H, Sleegers K, Sveinsson OA, Pani L, Zoli M, Ramos‐Quiroga JA, Dardiotis E, Steinberg A, Riedel‐Heller S, Sjöstrand C, Thorgeirsson TE, Stefansson H, Southgate L, Trembath RC, Vandrovcova J, Noordam R, Paemeleire K, Stefansson K, Fann CS, Waldenlind E, Tronvik E, Jensen RH, Chen S, Houlden H, Terwindt GM, Kubisch C, Maestrini E, Vikelis M, Pozo‐Rosich P, Belin AC, Matharu M, van den Maagdenberg AM, Hansen TF, Ramirez A, Zwart J. Cluster Headache Genomewide Association Study and Meta-Analysis Identifies Eight Loci and Implicates Smoking as Causal Risk Factor. Ann Neurol 2023; 94:713-726. [PMID: 37486023 PMCID: PMC10952302 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to aggregate data for the first genomewide association study meta-analysis of cluster headache, to identify genetic risk variants, and gain biological insights. METHODS A total of 4,777 cases (3,348 men and 1,429 women) with clinically diagnosed cluster headache were recruited from 10 European and 1 East Asian cohorts. We first performed an inverse-variance genomewide association meta-analysis of 4,043 cases and 21,729 controls of European ancestry. In a secondary trans-ancestry meta-analysis, we included 734 cases and 9,846 controls of East Asian ancestry. Candidate causal genes were prioritized by 5 complementary methods: expression quantitative trait loci, transcriptome-wide association, fine-mapping of causal gene sets, genetically driven DNA methylation, and effects on protein structure. Gene set and tissue enrichment analyses, genetic correlation, genetic risk score analysis, and Mendelian randomization were part of the downstream analyses. RESULTS The estimated single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based heritability of cluster headache was 14.5%. We identified 9 independent signals in 7 genomewide significant loci in the primary meta-analysis, and one additional locus in the trans-ethnic meta-analysis. Five of the loci were previously known. The 20 genes prioritized as potentially causal for cluster headache showed enrichment to artery and brain tissue. Cluster headache was genetically correlated with cigarette smoking, risk-taking behavior, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and musculoskeletal pain. Mendelian randomization analysis indicated a causal effect of cigarette smoking intensity on cluster headache. Three of the identified loci were shared with migraine. INTERPRETATION This first genomewide association study meta-analysis gives clues to the biological basis of cluster headache and indicates that smoking is a causal risk factor. ANN NEUROL 2023;94:713-726.
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- Bendik S. Winsvold
- Department of Research and Innovation, Division of Clinical NeuroscienceOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Department of NeurologyOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- Norwegian Centre for Headache Research (NorHEAD), Department of Neuromedicine and Movement ScienceNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
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- Department of Human GeneticsLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
- Department of NeurologyLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Centre for Cluster Headache, Department of NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Rigshospitalet‐GlostrupUniversity of Copenhagen University HospitalGlostrupDenmark
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- Division of Neurogenetics and Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital CologneUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
- Neurosciences and Complex Systems Unit (EnyS), CONICET, Hospital El Cruce 'N. Kirchner'National University A. Jauretche (UNAJ)Florencio VarelaArgentina
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- Division of Neurogenetics and Molecular Psychiatry, Department of PsychiatryUniklinik KölnCologneGermany
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- Department of Pharmacy and BiotechnologyUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Division of Clinical NeuroscienceOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Norwegian Centre for Headache Research (NorHEAD), Department of Neuromedicine and Movement ScienceNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
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- Centre for Cluster Headache, Department of NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Rigshospitalet‐GlostrupUniversity of Copenhagen University HospitalGlostrupDenmark
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of NeurologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of NeurologyTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Brain Research CenterNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaipeiTaiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Rigshospitalet‐GlostrupUniversity of Copenhagen University HospitalGlostrupDenmark
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- Department of NeurologyGhent University HospitalGhentBelgium
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- Headache and Neurological Pain Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Departament de MedicinaUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of NeurologyLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Rigshospitalet‐GlostrupUniversity of Copenhagen University HospitalGlostrupDenmark
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- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Department of Clinical and Molecular MedicineNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- BioCore–Bioinformatics Core FacilityNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Clinic of Laboratory MedicineSt. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University HospitalTrondheimNorway
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Department of Public HealthUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Department of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Psychiatric Genetics Unit, Group of Psychiatry, Mental Health and AddictionUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)BarcelonaSpain
- Department of PsychiatryVall d'Hebron University HospitalBarcelonaSpain
- Biomedical Network Research Centre on Mental Health (CIBERSAM)Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology, and Statistics, Faculty of BiologyUniversitat de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of NeurologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of NeurologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Kiel Migraine and Headache CentreKielGermany
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- Complex Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Group, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIBAntwerpBelgium
- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Centre of Diagnostic InvestigationRigshospitaletCopenhagenDenmark
- Department of Clinical MedicineUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Clinical ImmunologyZealand University HospitalKøgeDenmark
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Division of Clinical NeuroscienceOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- Norwegian Centre for Headache Research (NorHEAD), Department of Neuromedicine and Movement ScienceNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Department of General PracticeUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of NeurologyAkershus University HospitalLørenskogNorway
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Division of Clinical NeuroscienceOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Norwegian Centre for Headache Research (NorHEAD), Department of Neuromedicine and Movement ScienceNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Psychiatric Genetics Unit, Group of Psychiatry, Mental Health and AddictionUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)BarcelonaSpain
- Department of PsychiatryVall d'Hebron University HospitalBarcelonaSpain
- Biomedical Network Research Centre on Mental Health (CIBERSAM)Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology, and Statistics, Faculty of BiologyUniversitat de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Headache and Facial Pain GroupUniversity College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and NeurosurgeryLondonUK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of NeurologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of NeurologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Kiel Migraine and Headache CentreKielGermany
- Department of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Schleswig‐HolsteinLübeckGermany
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- Kiel Migraine and Headache CentreKielGermany
- Department of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Schleswig‐HolsteinLübeckGermany
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- Institute of Human GeneticsUniversity Medical Center Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital BonnBonnGermany
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- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
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- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
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- Headache and Facial Pain GroupUniversity College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and NeurosurgeryLondonUK
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- Headache and Facial Pain GroupUniversity College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and NeurosurgeryLondonUK
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- Department of Clinical EpidemiologyLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Human GeneticsLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular MedicineLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of EndocrinologyLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of NeurologyLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric PsychiatryUniversity Hospital BonnBonnGermany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE Bonn)BonnGermany
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- Department of Primary Medical CareUniversity Medical Center Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
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- Complex Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Group, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIBAntwerpBelgium
- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium
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- Faculty of Medicine, School of Health SciencesUniversity of IcelandReykjavikIceland
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesUniversity of MiamiMiamiFL
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
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- Psychiatric Genetics Unit, Group of Psychiatry, Mental Health and AddictionUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)BarcelonaSpain
- Department of PsychiatryVall d'Hebron University HospitalBarcelonaSpain
- Biomedical Network Research Centre on Mental Health (CIBERSAM)Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic MedicineUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of ThessalyVolosGreece
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- Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Department of NeurologyKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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- Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public HealthUniversity of LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Department of NeurologyDanderyd HospitalStockholmSweden
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research InstituteSt. George's, University of LondonLondonUK
- Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Life Sciences & MedicineKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Life Sciences & MedicineKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of NeurologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and GeriatricsLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of NeurologyGhent University HospitalGhentBelgium
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- deCODE genetics/Amgen Inc.ReykjavikIceland
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Health SciencesUniversity of IcelandReykjavikIceland
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- Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Department of NeurologyKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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- Norwegian Centre for Headache Research (NorHEAD), Department of Neuromedicine and Movement ScienceNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Department of Neurology and Clinical NeurophysiologySt. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University HospitalTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Rigshospitalet‐GlostrupUniversity of Copenhagen University HospitalGlostrupDenmark
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- Brain Research CenterNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaipeiTaiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Division of Translational ResearchTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of NeurologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of NeurologyLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Institute of Human GeneticsUniversity Medical Center Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
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- Department of Pharmacy and BiotechnologyUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Headache and Neurological Pain Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Departament de MedicinaUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)BarcelonaSpain
- Headache Unit, Neurology DepartmentVall d'Hebron University HospitalBarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Cluster Headache, Department of NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Headache and Facial Pain GroupUniversity College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and NeurosurgeryLondonUK
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- Department of Human GeneticsLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
- Department of NeurologyLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Rigshospitalet‐GlostrupUniversity of Copenhagen University HospitalGlostrupDenmark
- Novo Nordic Foundation Center for Protein ResearchUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Division of Neurogenetics and Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital CologneUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric PsychiatryUniversity Hospital BonnBonnGermany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE Bonn)BonnGermany
- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative DiseasesUniversity of Texas Health Sciences CenterSan AntonioTX
- Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging‐associated Diseases (CECAD)University of CologneCologneGermany
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Division of Clinical NeuroscienceOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Norwegian Centre for Headache Research (NorHEAD), Department of Neuromedicine and Movement ScienceNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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Schoenen J, Van Dycke A, Versijpt J, Paemeleire K. Ten open questions in migraine prophylaxis with monoclonal antibodies blocking the calcitonin-gene related peptide pathway: a narrative review. J Headache Pain 2023; 24:99. [PMID: 37528353 PMCID: PMC10391994 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-023-01637-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
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The monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) blocking the calcitonin-gene related peptide (CGRP) pathway, collectively called here "anti-CGRP/rec mAbs", have dramatically improved preventive migraine treatment. Although their efficacy and tolerability were proven in a number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and, maybe even more convincingly, in real world settings, a number of open questions remain. In this narrative review, we will analyze published data allowing insight in some of the uncertainties related to the use of anti-CGRP/rec mAbs in clinical practice: their differential efficacy in migraine subtypes, outcome predictors, switching between molecules, use in children and adolescents, long-term treatment adherence and persistence, effect persistence after discontinuation, combined treatment with botulinum toxin or gepants, added-value and cost effectiveness, effectiveness in other headache types, and potential contraindications based on known physiological effects of CGRP. While recent studies have already provided hints for some of these questions, many of them will not find reliable and definitive answers before larger studies, registries or dedicated RCTs are available.
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- Jean Schoenen
- Headache Research Unit, Department of Neurology‑Citadelle Hospital, University of Liège, Boulevard du 12 ème de Ligne 1, Liège, 4000, Belgium.
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- Department of Neurology, General Hospital Sint-Jan Bruges, Ruddershove 10, Bruges, 8000, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussels, 1090, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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Vandenbussche N, Pisarek K, Paemeleire K. Methodological considerations on real-world evidence studies of monoclonal antibodies against the CGRP-pathway for migraine: a systematic review. J Headache Pain 2023; 24:75. [PMID: 37344811 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-023-01611-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Real-world data are accumulating on the effectiveness, tolerability and safety of anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide pathway monoclonal antibodies for the preventive treatment of migraine. We performed a systematic review of the methodology of prospective, observational, clinic-based real-world evidence studies with these drugs in both episodic and chronic migraine. METHODS The objectives were to evaluate the definitions and reported outcomes used, and to perform a risk of bias assessment for each of the different studies. PubMed and EMBASE were systematically queried for relevant scientific articles. Study quality assessment of the included studies was conducted using the "National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Study Quality Assessment Tool for Before-After (Pre-Post) Studies with No Control Group". RESULTS Forty-six studies fitted the criteria for the systematic review and were included in the analysis. Ten studies (21.7%) defined a migraine day for the study, while only 5 studies defined a headache day for the study (10.9%). The most common primary endpoint/objective of the studies was change in monthly migraine days (n = 16, 34.8%), followed by responder rate (n = 15, 32.6%) and change in monthly headache days (n = 5, 10.9%). Eight studies (17.4%) did not define the primary endpoint/objective. Thirty-three studies were graded as "good" quality and 13 studies were graded as "fair". CONCLUSION Our analysis shows rather significant heterogeneity and/or lack of predefined primary outcomes/objectives, definitions of outcomes measures and the use of longitudinal monitoring (e.g. headache diaries). Standardization of terminology, definitions and protocol procedures for real-world evidence studies of preventive treatments for migraine are recommended. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study was registered with PROSPERO with ID CRD42022369366.
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- Nicolas Vandenbussche
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Lourens S, Van Deun L, Peeters I, Paemeleire K, Van Dycke A, De Klippel N, Schoenen J, Ritter S, Snellman J, Versijpt J. Burden of migraine in patients attending Belgian headache specialists: real-world evidence from the BECOME study. Acta Neurol Belg 2023:10.1007/s13760-023-02280-4. [PMID: 37209257 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02280-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Migraine is a primary headache disorder, which imposes a major burden on the sufferers. The BECOME study (Burden of migrainE in specialist headache Centers treating patients with prOphylactic treatMent failurE) attempted to characterize and assess the prevalence, burden and healthcare resource utilization of migraine patients presenting in specialized headache centers in Europe and Israel. In this paper, we will describe the patient characteristics of the Belgian headache centers. METHODS The BECOME study was a prospective, non-interventional, cross-sectional study consisting of two parts. In the first part of the study, data were collected from subjects with a diagnosis of migraine. Subsequently, patients with ≥ 4 monthly migraine days (MMD) and ≥ 1 prior preventive treatment failure (PPTF) filled out validated questionnaires to assess the burden of disease. RESULTS In part 1 of the Belgian study population (N = 806), 45% of patients reported ≥ 8 MMD and 25% had failed ≥ 4 preventive treatments. In part 2 (N = 90), more than 90% of patients reported having severe impact of headache on daily life and having severe migraine-related disability. The impact was the highest for patients with ≥ 15 MMD, however, even within the patient population with < 8 MMD, the burden was significant. Almost 40% of the study population suffered from anxiety. CONCLUSIONS These findings in the Belgian sample of the BECOME study demonstrate the substantial burden and unmet need for the management of difficult-to-treat migraine.
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- Shantaily Lourens
- Department of Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, General Hospital Sint-Jan Bruges, Ruddershove 10, 8000, Bruges, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Stadsomvaart 11, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Headache Research Unit, Department of Neurology-Citadelle Hospital, University of Liège, Boulevard du 12 ème de Ligne 1, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
- Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
- Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium
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Paemeleire K, Vandenbussche N, Stark R. Migraine without aura. Handb Clin Neurol 2023; 198:151-167. [PMID: 38043959 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823356-6.00007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Migraine without aura is the commonest form of migraine in both children and adults. The diagnosis is made by applying the International Classification of Headache Disorders Third Edition subsection for migraine without aura (ICHD-3 subsection 1.1). Attacks in patients with migraine without aura are characterized by their polyphasic presentation (prodrome, headache phase, postdromal phase). The symptomatology of attacks is diverse and heterogeneous, with most common symptoms being photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, vomiting, and aggravation of pain by movement. The clinician and researcher who wants to learn about migraine without aura needs to be able to apply the ICHD-3 criteria with its specific symptomatology to make a correct diagnosis, but also needs to be aware about the plethora of symptoms patients may experience. In this chapter, the reader will explore the clinical phenotypical features of migraine without aura.
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- Koen Paemeleire
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Neurology, Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Neurosciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Vandenbussche N, Van Hee C, Hoste V, Paemeleire K. Using natural language processing to automatically classify written self-reported narratives by patients with migraine or cluster headache. J Headache Pain 2022; 23:129. [PMID: 36180844 PMCID: PMC9524092 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-022-01490-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Headache medicine is largely based on detailed history taking by physicians analysing patients’ descriptions of headache. Natural language processing (NLP) structures and processes linguistic data into quantifiable units. In this study, we apply these digital techniques on self-reported narratives by patients with headache disorders to research the potential of analysing and automatically classifying human-generated text and information extraction in clinical contexts. Methods A prospective cross-sectional clinical trial collected self-reported narratives on headache disorders from participants with either migraine or cluster headache. NLP was applied for the analysis of lexical, semantic and thematic properties of the texts. Machine learning (ML) algorithms were applied to classify the descriptions of headache attacks from individual participants into their correct group (migraine versus cluster headache). Results One-hundred and twenty-one patients (81 participants with migraine and 40 participants with cluster headache) provided a self-reported narrative on their headache disorder. Lexical analysis of this text corpus resulted in several specific key words per diagnostic group (cluster headache: Dutch (nl): “oog” | English (en): “eye”, nl: “pijn” | en: “pain” and nl: “terug” | en: “back/to come back”; migraine: nl: “hoofdpijn” | en: “headache”, nl: “stress” | en: “stress” and nl: “misselijkheid” | en: “nausea”). Thematic and sentiment analysis of text revealed largely negative sentiment in texts by both patients with migraine and cluster headache. Logistic regression and support vector machine algorithms with different feature groups performed best for the classification of attack descriptions (with F1-scores for detecting cluster headache varying between 0.82 and 0.86) compared to naïve Bayes classifiers. Conclusions Differences in lexical choices between patients with migraine and cluster headache are detected with NLP and are congruent with domain expert knowledge of the disorders. Our research shows that ML algorithms have potential to classify patients’ self-reported narratives of migraine or cluster headache with good performance. NLP shows its capability to discern relevant linguistic aspects in narratives from patients with different headache disorders and demonstrates relevance in clinical information extraction. The potential benefits on the classification performance of larger datasets and neural NLP methods can be investigated in the future. Trial registration This study was registered with clinicaltrials.gov with ID NCT05377437. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s10194-022-01490-0.
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- Nicolas Vandenbussche
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. .,Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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- LT3 - Language and Translation Technology Team, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Ghent University, Groot-Brittanniëlaan 45, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- LT3 - Language and Translation Technology Team, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Ghent University, Groot-Brittanniëlaan 45, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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De Brouwer M, Vandenbussche N, Steenwinckel B, Stojchevska M, Van Der Donckt J, Degraeve V, Vaneessen J, De Turck F, Volckaert B, Boon P, Paemeleire K, Van Hoecke S, Ongenae F. mBrain: towards the continuous follow-up and headache classification of primary headache disorder patients. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2022; 22:87. [PMID: 35361224 PMCID: PMC8969243 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-022-01813-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background The diagnosis of headache disorders relies on the correct classification of individual headache attacks. Currently, this is mainly done by clinicians in a clinical setting, which is dependent on subjective self-reported input from patients. Existing classification apps also rely on self-reported information and lack validation. Therefore, the exploratory mBrain study investigates moving to continuous, semi-autonomous and objective follow-up and classification based on both self-reported and objective physiological and contextual data. Methods The data collection set-up of the observational, longitudinal mBrain study involved physiological data from the Empatica E4 wearable, data-driven machine learning (ML) algorithms detecting activity, stress and sleep events from the wearables’ data modalities, and a custom-made application to interact with these events and keep a diary of contextual and headache-specific data. A knowledge-based classification system for individual headache attacks was designed, focusing on migraine, cluster headache (CH) and tension-type headache (TTH) attacks, by using the classification criteria of ICHD-3. To show how headache and physiological data can be linked, a basic knowledge-based system for headache trigger detection is presented. Results In two waves, 14 migraine and 4 CH patients participated (mean duration 22.3 days). 133 headache attacks were registered (98 by migraine, 35 by CH patients). Strictly applying ICHD-3 criteria leads to 8/98 migraine without aura and 0/35 CH classifications. Adapted versions yield 28/98 migraine without aura and 17/35 CH classifications, with 12/18 participants having mostly diagnosis classifications when episodic TTH classifications (57/98 and 32/35) are ignored. Conclusions Strictly applying the ICHD-3 criteria on individual attacks does not yield good classification results. Adapted versions yield better results, with the mostly classified phenotype (migraine without aura vs. CH) matching the diagnosis for 12/18 patients. The absolute number of migraine without aura and CH classifications is, however, rather low. Example cases can be identified where activity and stress events explain patient-reported headache triggers. Continuous improvement of the data collection protocol, ML algorithms, and headache classification criteria (including the investigation of integrating physiological data), will further improve future headache follow-up, classification and trigger detection. Trial registration This trial was retrospectively registered with number NCT04949204 on 24 June 2021 at www.clinicaltrials.gov. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12911-022-01813-w.
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.,4BRAIN, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- IDLab, Ghent University - imec, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.,4BRAIN, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- IDLab, Ghent University - imec, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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Vandervorst F, Van Deun L, Van Dycke A, Paemeleire K, Reuter U, Schoenen J, Versijpt J. CGRP monoclonal antibodies in migraine: an efficacy and tolerability comparison with standard prophylactic drugs. J Headache Pain 2021; 22:128. [PMID: 34696711 PMCID: PMC8547103 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-021-01335-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Several drugs are available for the preventive treatment of both episodic and chronic migraine. The choice of which therapy to initiate first, second, or third is not straightforward and is based on multiple factors, including general efficacy, tolerability, potential for serious adverse events, comorbid conditions, and costs. Recently, a new class of migraine preventive drugs was introduced, i.e. monoclonal antibodies against calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or its receptor. METHODS The present article summarizes the evidence gathered with this new migraine preventive drug class from randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials. It further puts this into perspective next to the evidence gained by the most widely used agents for the prevention of episodic and chronic migraine with an emphasis on efficacy and the robustness with which this efficacy signal was obtained. RESULTS Although being a relatively new class of migraine preventive drugs, monoclonal antibodies blocking the CGRP pathway have an efficacy which is at least comparable if not higher than those of the currently used preventive drugs. Moreover, the robustness of this efficacy signal is substantiated by several randomized clinical trials each including large numbers of patients. In addition, because of their excellent tolerability and with long-term safety data emerging, they seem to have an unprecedented efficacy over adverse effect profile, clearly resulting in an added value for migraine prevention. CONCLUSIONS Balancing the data presented in the current manuscript with additional data concerning long term safety on the one hand and cost issues on the other hand, can be of particular use to health policy makers to implement this new drug class in the prevention of migraine.
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- Fenne Vandervorst
- Department of Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, General Hospital Sint-Jan Bruges, Bruges, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Headache Research Unit, Dept of Neurology-Citadelle Hospital, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
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Tinelli M, Leonardi M, Paemeleire K, Mitsikostas D, de la Torre ER, Steiner TJ. Structured headache services as the solution to the ill-health burden of headache. 2. Modelling effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of implementation in Europe: methodology. J Headache Pain 2021; 22:99. [PMID: 34425753 PMCID: PMC8383423 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-021-01310-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Health economic evaluations support health-care decision-making by providing information on the costs and consequences of health interventions. No universally accepted methodology exists for modelling effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions designed to close treatment gaps for headache disorders in countries of Europe (or elsewhere). Our aim here, within the European Brain Council's Value-of-Treatment project, was to develop headache-type-specific analytical models to be applied to implementation of structured headache services in Europe as the health-care solution to headache. METHODS We developed three headache-type-specific decision-analytical models using the WHO-CHOICE framework and adapted these for three European Region country settings (Luxembourg, Russia and Spain), diverse in geographical location, population size, income level and health-care systems and for which we had population-based data. Each model compared current (suboptimal) care vs target care (delivered in accordance with the structured headache services model). Epidemiological and economic data were drawn from studies conducted by the Global Campaign against Headache; data on efficacy of treatments were taken from published randomized controlled trials; assumptions on uptake of treatments, and those made for Healthy Life Year (HLY) calculations and target-care benefits, were agreed with experts. We made annual and 5-year cost estimates from health-care provider (main analyses) and societal (secondary analyses) perspectives (2020 figures, euros). RESULTS The analytical models were successfully developed and applied to each country setting. Headache-related costs (including use of health-care resources and lost productivity) and health outcomes (HLYs) were mapped across populations. The same calculations were repeated for each alternative (current vs target care). Analyses of the differences in costs and health outcomes between alternatives and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios are presented elsewhere. CONCLUSIONS This study presents the first headache-type-specific analytical models to evaluate effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of implementing structured headache services in countries in the European Region. The models are robust, and can assist policy makers in allocating health budgets between interventions to maximize the health of populations.
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- Michela Tinelli
- Care Policy Evaluation Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK.
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Tinelli M, Leonardi M, Paemeleire K, Raggi A, Mitsikostas D, de la Torre ER, Steiner TJ. Structured headache services as the solution to the ill-health burden of headache. 3. Modelling effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of implementation in Europe: findings and conclusions. J Headache Pain 2021; 22:90. [PMID: 34380429 PMCID: PMC8359596 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-021-01305-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There have been several calls for estimations of costs and consequences of headache interventions to inform European public-health policies. In a previous paper, in the absence of universally accepted methodology, we developed headache-type-specific analytical models to be applied to implementation of structured headache services in Europe as the health-care solution to headache. Here we apply this methodology and present the findings. METHODS Data sources were published evidence and expert opinions, including those from an earlier economic evaluation framework using the WHO-CHOICE model. We used three headache-type-specific analytical models, for migraine, tension-type-headache (TTH) and medication-overuse-headache (MOH). We considered three European Region case studies, from Luxembourg, Russia and Spain to include a range of health-care systems, comparing current (suboptimal) care versus target care (structured services implemented, with provider-training and consumer-education). We made annual and 5-year cost estimates from health-care provider and societal perspectives (2020 figures, euros). We expressed effectiveness as healthy life years (HLYs) gained, and cost-effectiveness as incremental cost-effectiveness-ratios (ICERs; cost to be invested/HLY gained). We applied WHO thresholds for cost-effectiveness. RESULTS The models demonstrated increased effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness (migraine) or cost saving (TTH, MOH) from the provider perspective over one and 5 years and consistently across the health-care systems and settings. From the societal perspective, we found structured headache services would be economically successful, not only delivering increased effectiveness but also cost saving across headache types and over time. The predicted magnitude of cost saving correlated positively with country wage levels. Lost productivity had a major impact on these estimates, but sensitivity analyses showed the intervention remained cost-effective across all models when we assumed that remedying disability would recover only 20% of lost productivity. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to propose a health-care solution for headache, in the form of structured headache services, and evaluate it economically in multiple settings. Despite numerous challenges, we demonstrated that economic evaluation of headache services, in terms of outcomes and costs, is feasible as well as necessary. Furthermore, it is strongly supportive of the proposed intervention, while its framework is general enough to be easily adapted and implemented across Europe.
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- Michela Tinelli
- Care Policy Evaluation Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK.
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Eigenbrodt AK, Ashina H, Khan S, Diener HC, Mitsikostas DD, Sinclair AJ, Pozo-Rosich P, Martelletti P, Ducros A, Lantéri-Minet M, Braschinsky M, Del Rio MS, Daniel O, Özge A, Mammadbayli A, Arons M, Skorobogatykh K, Romanenko V, Terwindt GM, Paemeleire K, Sacco S, Reuter U, Lampl C, Schytz HW, Katsarava Z, Steiner TJ, Ashina M. Diagnosis and management of migraine in ten steps. Nat Rev Neurol 2021; 17:501-514. [PMID: 34145431 PMCID: PMC8321897 DOI: 10.1038/s41582-021-00509-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Migraine is a disabling primary headache disorder that directly affects more than one billion people worldwide. Despite its widespread prevalence, migraine remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. To support clinical decision-making, we convened a European panel of experts to develop a ten-step approach to the diagnosis and management of migraine. Each step was established by expert consensus and supported by a review of current literature, and the Consensus Statement is endorsed by the European Headache Federation and the European Academy of Neurology. In this Consensus Statement, we introduce typical clinical features, diagnostic criteria and differential diagnoses of migraine. We then emphasize the value of patient centricity and patient education to ensure treatment adherence and satisfaction with care provision. Further, we outline best practices for acute and preventive treatment of migraine in various patient populations, including adults, children and adolescents, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and older people. In addition, we provide recommendations for evaluating treatment response and managing treatment failure. Lastly, we discuss the management of complications and comorbidities as well as the importance of planning long-term follow-up.
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- Anna K Eigenbrodt
- Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Metabolic Neurology, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Headache Unit, Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
- Headache and Neurological Pain Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
- Regional Referral Headache Centre, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Department, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
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- Departement d'Evaluation et Traitement de la Douleur, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Nice, Nice, France
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- Headache & Facial Pain Clinic, Laniado Medical Center, Netanya, Israel
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- Department of Neurology, Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Azerbaijan State Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, P. Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Headache Medical Center, Seilerstaette Linz, Linz, Austria
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ordensklinikum Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Evangelical Hospital Unna, Unna, Germany
- EVEX Medical Corporation, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Department of Nervous Diseases of the Institute of Professional Education, IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Department of Nervous Diseases of the Institute of Professional Education, IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
- Danish Knowledge Center on Headache Disorders, Glostrup, Denmark.
- Department of Neurology, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Steiner TJ, Jensen R, Katsarava Z, Stovner LJ, Uluduz D, Adarmouch L, Al Jumah M, Al Khathaami AM, Ashina M, Braschinsky M, Broner S, Eliasson JH, Gil-Gouveia R, Gómez-Galván JB, Gudmundsson LS, Herekar AA, Kawatu N, Kissani N, Kulkarni GB, Lebedeva ER, Leonardi M, Linde M, Luvsannorov O, Maiga Y, Milanov I, Mitsikostas DD, Musayev T, Olesen J, Osipova V, Paemeleire K, Peres MFP, Quispe G, Rao GN, Risal A, de la Torre ER, Saylor D, Togha M, Yu SY, Zebenigus M, Zewde YZ, Zidverc-Trajković J, Tinelli M. Structured headache services as the solution to the ill-health burden of headache: 1. Rationale and description. J Headache Pain 2021; 22:78. [PMID: 34289806 PMCID: PMC8293530 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-021-01265-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
In countries where headache services exist at all, their focus is usually on specialist (tertiary) care. This is clinically and economically inappropriate: most headache disorders can effectively and more efficiently (and at lower cost) be treated in educationally supported primary care. At the same time, compartmentalizing divisions between primary, secondary and tertiary care in many health-care systems create multiple inefficiencies, confronting patients attempting to navigate these levels (the "patient journey") with perplexing obstacles.High demand for headache care, estimated here in a needs-assessment exercise, is the biggest of the challenges to reform. It is also the principal reason why reform is necessary.The structured headache services model presented here by experts from all world regions on behalf of the Global Campaign against Headache is the suggested health-care solution to headache. It develops and refines previous proposals, responding to the challenge of high demand by basing headache services in primary care, with two supporting arguments. First, only primary care can deliver headache services equitably to the large numbers of people needing it. Second, with educational supports, they can do so effectively to most of these people. The model calls for vertical integration between care levels (primary, secondary and tertiary), and protection of the more advanced levels for the minority of patients who need them. At the same time, it is amenable to horizontal integration with other care services. It is adaptable according to the broader national or regional health services in which headache services should be embedded.It is, according to evidence and argument presented, an efficient and cost-effective model, but these are claims to be tested in formal economic analyses.
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- Timothy J Steiner
- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs gate, Trondheim, Norway.
- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- Danish Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Evangelical Hospital Unna, Unna, Germany
- Department of Neurology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- EVEX Medical Corporation, Tbilisi, Georgia
- IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs gate, Trondheim, Norway
- Norwegian Advisory Unit on Headache, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Neurology Department, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Community Medicine and Public Health Department, Cadi Ayyad University School of Medicine, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Department of Neurosciences, King Fahad Medical City, MOH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Danish Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Headache Clinic, Neurology Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Weill Cornell Medicine Headache Program, Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Centralsjukhuset, Kristianstad, Sweden
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- Headache Centre, Neurology Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
- Department of Neurology, University Teaching Hospital Mohammed VI, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Ural State Medical University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
- International Headache Centre "Europe-Asia", Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs gate, Trondheim, Norway
- Norwegian Advisory Unit on Headache, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
- Tjörn Headache Clinic, Rönnäng, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Technical Sciences and Technologies, Bamako, Mali
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry "St Naum", Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- 1st Neurology Department, Aeginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Chief of Department of Health Organization, Ministry of Health, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Danish Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Moscow Research Clinical Centre for Neuropsychiatry, Moscow, Russian Federation
- University Headache Clinic, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Luis Negreiros Vega, Callao, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (KUSMS), Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal
- Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Neurology Ward, Sina Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Headache Department, Iranian Center of Neurological Researches, Institute of Neuroscience, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- International Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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O'Connor E, Fourier C, Ran C, Sivakumar P, Liesecke F, Southgate L, Harder AVE, Vijfhuizen LS, Yip J, Giffin N, Silver N, Ahmed F, Hostettler IC, Davies B, Cader MZ, Simpson BS, Sullivan R, Efthymiou S, Adebimpe J, Quinn O, Campbell C, Cavalleri GL, Vikelis M, Kelderman T, Paemeleire K, Kilbride E, Grangeon L, Lagrata S, Danno D, Trembath R, Wood NW, Kockum I, Winsvold BS, Steinberg A, Sjöstrand C, Waldenlind E, Vandrovcova J, Houlden H, Matharu M, Belin AC. Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Risk Loci for Cluster Headache. Ann Neurol 2021; 90:193-202. [PMID: 34184781 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to identify susceptibility loci for cluster headache and obtain insights into relevant disease pathways. METHODS We carried out a genome-wide association study, where 852 UK and 591 Swedish cluster headache cases were compared with 5,614 and 1,134 controls, respectively. Following quality control and imputation, single variant association testing was conducted using a logistic mixed model for each cohort. The 2 cohorts were subsequently combined in a merged analysis. Downstream analyses, such as gene-set enrichment, functional variant annotation, prediction and pathway analyses, were performed. RESULTS Initial independent analysis identified 2 replicable cluster headache susceptibility loci on chromosome 2. A merged analysis identified an additional locus on chromosome 1 and confirmed a locus significant in the UK analysis on chromosome 6, which overlaps with a previously known migraine locus. The lead single nucleotide polymorphisms were rs113658130 (p = 1.92 × 10-17 , odds ratio [OR] = 1.51, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.37-1.66) and rs4519530 (p = 6.98 × 10-17 , OR = 1.47, 95% CI = 1.34-1.61) on chromosome 2, rs12121134 on chromosome 1 (p = 1.66 × 10-8 , OR = 1.36, 95% CI = 1.22-1.52), and rs11153082 (p = 1.85 × 10-8 , OR = 1.30, 95% CI = 1.19-1.42) on chromosome 6. Downstream analyses implicated immunological processes in the pathogenesis of cluster headache. INTERPRETATION We identified and replicated several genome-wide significant associations supporting a genetic predisposition in cluster headache in a genome-wide association study involving 1,443 cases. Replication in larger independent cohorts combined with comprehensive phenotyping, in relation to, for example, treatment response and cluster headache subtypes, could provide unprecedented insights into genotype-phenotype correlations and the pathophysiological pathways underlying cluster headache. ANN NEUROL 2021;90:193-202.
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- Emer O'Connor
- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.,Neurogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.,Headache and Facial Pain Group, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK.,Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Neurology Department, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital North Midlands National Health Service Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Science Foundation Ireland FutureNeuro Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Science Foundation Ireland FutureNeuro Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Headache and Facial Pain Group, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.,Department of Neurology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- Headache and Facial Pain Group, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Headache and Facial Pain Group, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.,Neurogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Research, Innovation, and Education, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,K. G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Headache and Facial Pain Group, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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Pavlovic JM, Paemeleire K, Göbel H, Bonner J, Rapoport A, Kagan R, Zhang F, Picard H, Mikol DD. Efficacy and safety of erenumab in women with a history of menstrual migraine. J Headache Pain 2020; 21:95. [PMID: 32746775 PMCID: PMC7398400 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-020-01167-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We performed a post hoc, subgroup analysis of a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of erenumab for prevention of episodic migraine (STRIVE) to determine the efficacy and safety of erenumab in women with self-reported menstrual migraine. METHODS Patients received placebo, erenumab 70 mg, or erenumab 140 mg subcutaneously once monthly during the 6-month double-blind treatment phase of STRIVE. Women who reported history of menstrual migraine and who were ≤ 50 years old were included in the analysis. Endpoints were change from baseline in monthly migraine days (MMD) and monthly acute migraine-specific medication days (MSMD; among patients who took acute migraine-specific medications at baseline), proportion of patients achieving ≥ 50% reduction from baseline in MMD, and incidence of adverse events. RESULTS Among 814 women enrolled in STRIVE, 232 (28.5%) reported a history of menstrual migraine and were ≤ 50 years old. Of the 232 patients, 214 (92%) had a baseline MMD > 5, suggesting a high proportion of women with attacks outside of the 5-day perimenstrual window (2 days before and 3 days after the start of menstruation). Information on "migraine days" includes (and does not discriminate between) perimenstrual and intermenstrual migraine attacks. Between-group differences from placebo over months 4-6 for erenumab 70 mg and 140 mg were - 1.8 (P = 0.001) and - 2.1 (P < 0.001) days for MMD and - 1.6 (P = 0.002) and - 2.4 (P < 0.001) days for acute MSMD, respectively. The odds of having a ≥ 50% reduction from baseline in MMD over months 4-6 were 2.2 (P = 0.024) and 2.8 (P = 0.002) times greater for erenumab 70 mg and 140 mg, respectively, than for placebo. Erenumab had an overall safety profile comparable to placebo. CONCLUSION Data from this subgroup analysis of women with menstrual migraine are consistent with data from the overall STRIVE episodic migraine population, supporting the efficacy and safety of erenumab in women who experience menstrual migraine. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02456740. Registered 28 May 2015.
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- Jelena M Pavlovic
- Department of Neurology, Montefiore Headache Center, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Van Etten 3C9, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA. .,Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
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- Mercy Clinic Neurology, St Louis, MO, USA
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- The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Vandenbussche N, Paemeleire K, Katsarava Z. The Many Faces of Medication-Overuse Headache in Clinical Practice. Headache 2020; 60:1021-1036. [PMID: 32232847 DOI: 10.1111/head.13785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The management of medication-overuse headache (MOH) is multifaceted and headache experts have different views on the optimal strategy to tackle this type of secondary headache. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the literature on the management of MOH, and to highlight important considerations in the clinical evaluation of the MOH patient. Managing MOH in clinical practice starts by evaluating the headache patient with medication overuse, determining the overused drug(s), assessing the impact of headaches on the patient and assessing comorbid conditions and disorders. Withdrawal of the overused medication is the cornerstone of treatment. An inpatient or outpatient setting is chosen based on the clinical profile of the patient. There is evidence for abrupt withdrawal combined with headache preventive treatment. Bridging therapy to bring relief to withdrawal headaches and/or symptoms should be offered. Education and motivational work through multidisciplinary assessment show benefits in sustaining withdrawal and preventing relapse. Although the reversal of chronic headache after cessation of overused acute medication has been noticed worldwide, different aspects of the management of MOH, such as complete or gradual withdrawal, or preventive treatment with or without withdrawal are still debated.
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Evangelical Hospital Unna, Unna, Germany.,EVEX Medical Corporation, Tbilisi, GA, USA.,Sechenov University Moscow, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Mollan SP, Paemeleire K, Versijpt J, Luqmani R, Sinclair AJ. European Headache Federation recommendations for neurologists managing giant cell arteritis. J Headache Pain 2020; 21:28. [PMID: 32183689 PMCID: PMC7079499 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-020-01093-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains a medical emergency because of the risk of sudden irreversible sight loss and rarely stroke along with other complications. Because headache is one of the cardinal symptoms of cranial GCA, neurologists need to be up to date with the advances in investigation and management of this condition. The aim of this document by the European Headache Federation (EHF) is to provide an evidence-based and expert-based recommendations on GCA. METHODS The working group identified relevant questions, performed systematic literature review and assessed the quality of available evidence, and wrote recommendations. Where there was not a high level of evidence, the multidisciplinary (neurology, ophthalmology and rheumatology) group recommended best practice based on their clinical experience. RESULTS Across Europe, fast track pathways and the utility of advanced imaging techniques are helping to reduce diagnostic delay and uncertainty, with improved clinical outcomes for patients. GCA is treated with high dose glucocorticoids (GC) as a first line agent however long-term GC toxicity is one of the key concerns for clinicians and patients. The first phase 2 and phase 3 randomised controlled trials of Tocilizumab, an IL-6 receptor antagonist, have been published. It is now been approved as the first ever licensed drug to be used in GCA. CONCLUSION The present article will outline recent advances made in the diagnosis and management of GCA.
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- S. P. Mollan
- Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7FY UK
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- Metabolic Neurology, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
- Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham, UK
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Kelderman T, Vanschoenbeek G, Crombez E, Paemeleire K. Safety and efficacy of percutaneous pulsed radiofrequency treatment at the C1-C2 level in chronic cluster headache: a retrospective analysis of 21 cases. Acta Neurol Belg 2019; 119:601-605. [PMID: 31482444 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-019-01203-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We performed a study of the safety and efficacy of percutaneous pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) treatment directed at C1 and C2 levels as performed at our local pain clinic in refractory chronic cluster headache (CCH) patients. We identified 21 CCH patients treated with PRF (240 s, max. 45 V, max. 42 °C) directed at the ganglion and/or nerve root of C1 and C2. Data were collected through retrospective analysis of patients' files and include demographic variables, onset and duration of the headache, mean attack frequency, and prior pharmacological treatment. Safety and reduction of attack frequency in the first 3 months after a first PRF treatment was the primary outcome parameter of this study. All patients had been treated with at least two prophylactic drugs and 19 (90%) had previously been treated with verapamil, lithium, and topiramate. Ten patients (47.6%) reported no meaningful effect, four patients (19%) reported a meaningful reduction of < 50%, and seven patients (33.3%) reported a reduction in headache burden of at least 50% in the 3 months following treatment. Two patients reported occurrence or increase in frequency of contralateral cluster attacks. No other adverse events were reported or detected at follow-up. Upper cervical PRF treatment appears to be a safe procedure that could prove effective in the treatment of patients with refractory CCH and warrants a prospective study.
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Steiner TJ, Jensen R, Katsarava Z, Linde M, MacGregor EA, Osipova V, Paemeleire K, Olesen J, Peters M, Martelletti P. Aids to management of headache disorders in primary care (2nd edition) : on behalf of the European Headache Federation and Lifting The Burden: the Global Campaign against Headache. J Headache Pain 2019; 20:57. [PMID: 31113373 PMCID: PMC6734476 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-018-0899-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The Aids to Management are a product of the Global Campaign against Headache, a worldwide programme of action conducted in official relations with the World Health Organization. Developed in partnership with the European Headache Federation, they update the first edition published 11 years ago.The common headache disorders (migraine, tension-type headache and medication-overuse headache) are major causes of ill health. They should be managed in primary care, firstly because their management is generally not difficult, and secondly because they are so common. These Aids to Management, with the European principles of management of headache disorders in primary care as the core of their content, combine educational materials with practical management aids. They are supplemented by translation protocols, to ensure that translations are unchanged in meaning from the English-language originals.The Aids to Management may be individually downloaded and, as is the case for all products of the Global Campaign against Headache, are available without restriction for non-commercial use.
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- T. J. Steiner
- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs Gate, Trondheim, Norway
- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Danish Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Evangelical Hospital Unna, Unna, Germany
- Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs Gate, Trondheim, Norway
- Norwegian Advisory Unit on Headache, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Centre for Neuroscience and Trauma, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
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- Research Department of Neurology, First “I. Sechenov” Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Research Center for Neuropsychiatry, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Danish Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Health Services Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
- Regional Referral Headache Centre, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Goadsby PJ, Paemeleire K, Broessner G, Brandes J, Klatt J, Zhang F, Picard H, Lenz R, Mikol DD. Efficacy and safety of erenumab (AMG334) in episodic migraine patients with prior preventive treatment failure: A subgroup analysis of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Cephalalgia 2019; 39:817-826. [PMID: 30982348 DOI: 10.1177/0333102419835459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Erenumab was effective and well tolerated in a pivotal clinical trial of episodic migraine that included subjects both naïve to, and those who had failed, previous preventives. Here we evaluated the efficacy and safety of erenumab (70 mg or 140 mg) versus placebo in the subgroup of patients who had previously failed preventive treatment(s): ≥1 or ≥2 prior failed migraine preventive categories, and in patients who had never failed. METHODS Prespecified subgroup analyses evaluated change from baseline to months 4-6 (the primary endpoint of the blinded study phase) in monthly migraine days, achievement of ≥50% and ≥75% reduction in monthly migraine days, and change from baseline in acute migraine-specific medication days. Adverse events were also evaluated. RESULTS Treatment with both doses of erenumab resulted in greater reductions in monthly migraine days at months 4-6 (treatment difference versus placebo [95% CI], never failed subgroup: -0.9 [-1.5, -0.3] for 70 mg and -1.3 [-1.9, -0.7] for 140 mg; ≥1 prior failed medication categories subgroup: -2.0 [-2.8, -1.2] for 70 mg and -2.5 [-3.4, -1.7] for 140 mg; ≥2 prior failed medication categories subgroup: -1.3 [-2.6, 0.0] for 70 mg and -2.7 [-4.0, -1.4] for 140 mg). Similar results were observed in the monthly acute migraine-specific medication days endpoint, and in the achievement of ≥50% and ≥75% reduction in monthly migraine days. For the ≥50% reduction in monthly migraine day endpoint, placebo response in the no prior treatment failed group was 32.6%, in the ≥1 failed treatment 17.5%, and in the ≥2 failed treatments 11.1%. CONCLUSION Erenumab showed consistent efficacy in episodic migraine patients who had failed prior preventive treatments and was well tolerated across subgroups. The data suggest prior patients with prior treatment failures have lower placebo response rates.
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- Peter J Goadsby
- 1 NIHR-Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility, King's College London, UK.,2 SLaM Biomedical Research Centre, King's College London, UK
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- 3 Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- 4 Department of Neurology, Headache Outpatient Clinic, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- 5 Nashville Neuroscience Group and Vanderbilt University School of Neurology, Nashville, TN, USA
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- 6 Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Steiner TJ, Göbel H, Jensen R, Lampl C, Paemeleire K, Linde M, Braschinsky M, Mitsikostas D, Gil-Gouveia R, Katsarava Z. Headache service quality: the role of specialized headache centres within structured headache services, and suggested standards and criteria as centres of excellence. J Headache Pain 2019; 20:24. [PMID: 30832585 PMCID: PMC6734362 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-019-0970-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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In joint initiatives, the European Headache Federation and Lifting The Burden have described a model of structured headache services (with their basis in primary care), defined service quality in this context, and developed practical methods for its evaluation.Here, in a continuation of the service quality evaluation programme, we set out ten suggested role- and performance-defining standards for specialized headache centres operating as an integral component of these services. Verifiable criteria for evaluation accompany each standard. The purposes are five-fold: (i) to inspire and promote, or stimulate the establishment of, specialized headache centres as centres of excellence; (ii) to define the role of such centres within optimally structured and organized national headache services; (iii) to set out criteria by which such centres may be recognized as exemplary in their fulfilment of this role; (iv) to provide the basis for, and to initiate and motivate, collaboration and networking between such centres both nationally and internationally; (v) ultimately to improve the delivery and quality of health care for headache.
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- T. J. Steiner
- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs Gate, Trondheim, Norway
- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Kiel Headache Centre, Kiel Neurological Pain and Headache Centre, Kiel, Germany
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- Danish Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Headache Medical Centre, Ordensklinikum Linz Barmherzige Schwestern, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs Gate, Trondheim, Norway
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- Headache Clinic, Neurology Clinic, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia
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- Neurology Department A, Aeginition Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Evangelical Hospital Unna, Unna, Germany
- Department of Neurology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- EVEX Medical Corporation, Tbilisi, Georgia
- IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs Gate, Trondheim, Norway
- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Kiel Headache Centre, Kiel Neurological Pain and Headache Centre, Kiel, Germany
- Danish Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
- Headache Medical Centre, Ordensklinikum Linz Barmherzige Schwestern, Linz, Austria
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Headache Clinic, Neurology Clinic, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia
- Neurology Department A, Aeginition Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Hospital da Luz Headache Center, Lisbon, Portugal
- Evangelical Hospital Unna, Unna, Germany
- Department of Neurology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- EVEX Medical Corporation, Tbilisi, Georgia
- IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russian Federation
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Mehuys E, Crombez G, Paemeleire K, Adriaens E, Van Hees T, Demarche S, Christiaens T, Van Bortel L, Van Tongelen I, Remon JP, Boussery K. Self-Medication With Over-the-Counter Analgesics: A Survey of Patient Characteristics and Concerns About Pain Medication. The Journal of Pain 2019; 20:215-223. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vandewiele G, De Backere F, Lannoye K, Vanden Berghe M, Janssens O, Van Hoecke S, Keereman V, Paemeleire K, Ongenae F, De Turck F. A decision support system to follow up and diagnose primary headache patients using semantically enriched data. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2018; 18:98. [PMID: 30424769 PMCID: PMC6234630 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-018-0679-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Headache disorders are an important health burden, having a large health-economic impact worldwide. Current treatment & follow-up processes are often archaic, creating opportunities for computer-aided and decision support systems to increase their efficiency. Existing systems are mostly completely data-driven, and the underlying models are a black-box, deteriorating interpretability and transparency, which are key factors in order to be deployed in a clinical setting. METHODS In this paper, a decision support system is proposed, composed of three components: (i) a cross-platform mobile application to capture the required data from patients to formulate a diagnosis, (ii) an automated diagnosis support module that generates an interpretable decision tree, based on data semantically annotated with expert knowledge, in order to support physicians in formulating the correct diagnosis and (iii) a web application such that the physician can efficiently interpret captured data and learned insights by means of visualizations. RESULTS We show that decision tree induction techniques achieve competitive accuracy rates, compared to other black- and white-box techniques, on a publicly available dataset, referred to as migbase. Migbase contains aggregated information of headache attacks from 849 patients. Each sample is labeled with one of three possible primary headache disorders. We demonstrate that we are able to reduce the classification error, statistically significant (ρ≤0.05), with more than 10% by balancing the dataset using prior expert knowledge. Furthermore, we achieve high accuracy rates by using features extracted using the Weisfeiler-Lehman kernel, which is completely unsupervised. This makes it an ideal approach to solve a potential cold start problem. CONCLUSION Decision trees are the perfect candidate for the automated diagnosis support module. They achieve predictive performances competitive to other techniques on the migbase dataset and are, foremost, completely interpretable. Moreover, the incorporation of prior knowledge increases both predictive performance as well as transparency of the resulting predictive model on the studied dataset.
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- Gilles Vandewiele
- IDLab, Ghent University - imec, Technologiepark 15, Ghent, 9052 Belgium
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- IDLab, Ghent University - imec, Technologiepark 15, Ghent, 9052 Belgium
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- IDLab, Ghent University - imec, Technologiepark 15, Ghent, 9052 Belgium
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- IDLab, Ghent University - imec, Technologiepark 15, Ghent, 9052 Belgium
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- IDLab, Ghent University - imec, Technologiepark 15, Ghent, 9052 Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent, 9000 Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent, 9000 Belgium
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- IDLab, Ghent University - imec, Technologiepark 15, Ghent, 9052 Belgium
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- IDLab, Ghent University - imec, Technologiepark 15, Ghent, 9052 Belgium
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Hoffmann J, Mollan SP, Paemeleire K, Lampl C, Jensen RH, Sinclair AJ. European headache federation guideline on idiopathic intracranial hypertension. J Headache Pain 2018; 19:93. [PMID: 30298346 PMCID: PMC6755569 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-018-0919-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) is characterized by an elevation of intracranial pressure (ICP no identifiable cause. The aetiology remains largely unknown, however observations made in a number of recent clinical studies are increasing the understanding of the disease and now provide the basis for evidence-based treatment strategies. Methods The Embase, CDSR, CENTRAL, DARE and MEDLINE databases were searched up to 1st June 2018. We analyzed randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews that investigate IIH. Results Diagnostic uncertainty, headache morbidity and visual loss are among the highest concerns of clinicians and patients in this disease area. Research in this field is infrequent due to the rarity of the disease and the lack of understanding of the underlying pathology. Conclusions This European Headache Federation consensus paper provides evidence-based recommendations and practical advice on the investigation and management of IIH. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s10194-018-0919-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jan Hoffmann
- Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Wellcome Foundation Building, Denmark Hill Campus, King's College London, London, SE5 9PJ, UK.
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- Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Headache Medical Centre, Seilerstaette Linz, Ordensklinikum Linz, Barmherzige Schwestern, Linz, Austria
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- Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Metabolic Neurology, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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Sacco S, Merki-Feld GS, Ægidius KL, Bitzer J, Canonico M, Gantenbein AR, Kurth T, Lampl C, Lidegaard Ø, Anne MacGregor E, MaassenVanDenBrink A, Mitsikostas DD, Nappi RE, Ntaios G, Paemeleire K, Sandset PM, Terwindt GM, Vetvik KG, Martelletti P. Effect of exogenous estrogens and progestogens on the course of migraine during reproductive age: a consensus statement by the European Headache Federation (EHF) and the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESCRH). J Headache Pain 2018; 19:76. [PMID: 30171365 PMCID: PMC6119173 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-018-0896-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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We systematically reviewed data about the effect of exogenous estrogens and progestogens on the course of migraine during reproductive age. Thereafter a consensus procedure among international experts was undertaken to develop statements to support clinical decision making, in terms of possible effects on migraine course of exogenous estrogens and progestogens and on possible treatment of headache associated with the use or with the withdrawal of hormones. Overall, quality of current evidence is low. Recommendations are provided for all the compounds with available evidence including the conventional 21/7 combined hormonal contraception, the desogestrel only oral pill, combined oral contraceptives with shortened pill-free interval, combined oral contraceptives with estradiol supplementation during the pill-free interval, extended regimen of combined hormonal contraceptive with pill or patch, combined hormonal contraceptive vaginal ring, transdermal estradiol supplementation with gel, transdermal estradiol supplementation with patch, subcutaneous estrogen implant with cyclical oral progestogen. As the quality of available data is poor, further research is needed on this topic to improve the knowledge about the use of estrogens and progestogens in women with migraine. There is a need for better management of headaches related to the use of hormones or their withdrawal.
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- Simona Sacco
- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
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- Clinic for Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg Hospital and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Université Paris-Saclay, University Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, Inserm UMRS1018, Paris, France
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- Neurology & Neurorehabilitation, RehaClinic, Bad Zurzach, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Public Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Headache Medical Center Seilerstaette Linz, Linz, Austria.,Department of Geriatric Medicine Ordensklinikum Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Neuroscience & Trauma, BICMS, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.,Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Research Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Gynecological Endocrinology and Menopause, IRCCS S. Matteo Foundation, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,University Consortium for Adaptive Disorders and Head Pain (UCADH), University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Vandenbussche N, Laterza D, Lisicki M, Lloyd J, Lupi C, Tischler H, Toom K, Vandervorst F, Quintana S, Paemeleire K, Katsarava Z. Medication-overuse headache: a widely recognized entity amidst ongoing debate. J Headache Pain 2018; 19:50. [PMID: 30003412 PMCID: PMC6043466 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-018-0875-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Medication overuse in primary headache disorders is a worldwide phenomenon and has a role in the chronification of headache disorders. The burden of disease on individuals and societies is significant due to high costs and comorbidities. In the Third Edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, medication-overuse headache is recognized as a separate secondary entity next to mostly primary headache disorders, although many clinicians see the disease as a sole complication of primary headache disorders. In this review, we explore the historical background of medication-overuse headache, its epidemiology, phenomenology, pathophysiology and treatment options. The review explores relevant unanswered questions and summarizes the current debates in medication-overuse headache.
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- Nicolas Vandenbussche
- Headache Group, Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King’s College London, and NIHR-Wellcome Trust King’s Clinical Research Facility, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9PJ UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, St. Agostino Estense Hospital, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via P. Giardini 1355, 41100 Modena, Italy
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- Headache Research Unit, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Headache Research-Wolfson CARD, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Headache Centre, Careggi University Hospital, Health Sciences Department, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia
- Estonian Headache Society, Tartu, Estonia
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- Headache Center, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Evangelical Hospital Unna and University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
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Leonardi M, Ruiz De La Torre E, Steiner TJ, Tinelli M, Raggi A, D'Amico D, Grazzi L, Paemeleire K, Mitsikostas D. Value of treatment of headache patients and need to improve headache patients' journey. Neurol Sci 2018; 39:115-116. [PMID: 29904860 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-018-3366-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- M Leonardi
- Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute Carlo Besta;, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy. .,Lifting The Burden, London, UK.
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- Lifting The Burden, London, UK.,NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- London School of Economics, London, UK
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- Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute Carlo Besta;, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute Carlo Besta;, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute Carlo Besta;, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Sinnaeve L, Vanopdenbosch L, Paemeleire K. Association of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Intracranial Hypotension: Review of 3 Cases. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Schramm S, Uluduz D, Gouveia RG, Jensen R, Siva A, Uygunoglu U, Gvantsa G, Mania M, Braschinsky M, Filatova E, Latysheva N, Osipova V, Skorobogatykh K, Azimova J, Straube A, Eren OE, Martelletti P, De Angelis V, Negro A, Linde M, Hagen K, Radojicic A, Zidverc-Trajkovic J, Podgorac A, Paemeleire K, De Pue A, Lampl C, Steiner TJ, Katsarava Z. Headache service quality: evaluation of quality indicators in 14 specialist-care centres. J Headache Pain 2016; 17:111. [PMID: 27933580 PMCID: PMC5145818 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-016-0707-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The study was a collaboration between Lifting The Burden (LTB) and the European Headache Federation (EHF). Its aim was to evaluate the implementation of quality indicators for headache care Europe-wide in specialist headache centres (level-3 according to the EHF/LTB standard). METHODS Employing previously-developed instruments in 14 such centres, we made enquiries, in each, of health-care providers (doctors, nurses, psychologists, physiotherapists) and 50 patients, and analysed the medical records of 50 other patients. Enquiries were in 9 domains: diagnostic accuracy, individualized management, referral pathways, patient's education and reassurance, convenience and comfort, patient's satisfaction, equity and efficiency of the headache care, outcome assessment and safety. RESULTS Our study showed that highly experienced headache centres treated their patients in general very well. The centres were content with their work and their patients were content with their treatment. Including disability and quality-of-life evaluations in clinical assessments, and protocols regarding safety, proved problematic: better standards for these are needed. Some centres had problems with follow-up: many specialised centres operated in one-touch systems, without possibility of controlling long-term management or the success of treatments dependent on this. CONCLUSIONS This first Europe-wide quality study showed that the quality indicators were workable in specialist care. They demonstrated common trends, producing evidence of what is majority practice. They also uncovered deficits that might be remedied in order to improve quality. They offer the means of setting benchmarks against which service quality may be judged. The next step is to take the evaluation process into non-specialist care (EHF/LTB levels 1 and 2).
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- Sara Schramm
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Hospital da Luz Headache Centre, Neurology Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Danish Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Aversi Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Neurology, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia
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- Alexander Vein Headache Clinic, Moscow, Russian Federation
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Alexander Vein Headache Clinic, Moscow, Russian Federation
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
- University Headache Clinic, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- University Headache Clinic, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Klinikum Großhadern, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Klinikum Großhadern, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Regional Referral Headache Centre, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Regional Referral Headache Centre, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Regional Referral Headache Centre, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Norwegian Advisory Unit on Headaches, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Norwegian Advisory Unit on Headaches, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Evangelical Hospital Unna, Unna, Germany
- Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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BACKGROUND Cluster headache is classified as a primary headache by definition not caused by an underlying pathology. However, symptomatic cases of otherwise typical cluster headache have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 47-year-old male suffered from primary chronic cluster headache (CCH, ICHD-3 beta criteria fulfilled) since the age of 35 years. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the brain in 2006 came back normal. He tried several prophylactic treatments but was never longer than 1 month without attacks. He was under chronic treatment with verapamil with only a limited effect on the attack frequency. Subcutaneous sumatriptan 6 mg injections were very effective in aborting attacks. By February 2014 the patient developed a continuous interictal pain ipsilateral to the right-sided cluster headache attacks. An indomethacin test (up to 225 mg/day orally) was negative. Because of the change in headache pattern we performed a new brain MRI, which showed a cystic structure in the pituitary gland. The differential diagnosis was between a Rathke cleft cyst and a cystic adenoma. Pituitary function tests showed an elevated serum prolactin level. A dopamine agonist (cabergoline) was started and the headache subsided completely. Potential pathophysiological mechanisms of pituitary tumor-associated headache are discussed. CONCLUSION Neuroimaging should be considered in all patients with CCH, especially those with an atypical presentation or evolution. Response to acute treatment does not exclude a secondary form of cluster headache. There may be shared pathophysiological mechanisms of primary and secondary cluster headache.
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- Annelien De Pue
- />Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- />Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- />Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Mitsikostas DD, Ashina M, Craven A, Diener HC, Goadsby PJ, Ferrari MD, Lampl C, Paemeleire K, Pascual J, Siva A, Olesen J, Osipova V, Martelletti P. European Headache Federation consensus on technical investigation for primary headache disorders. J Headache Pain 2016; 17:5. [PMID: 26857820 PMCID: PMC4747925 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-016-0596-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The diagnosis of primary headache disorders is clinical and based on the diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society (ICHD-3-beta). However several brain conditions may mimic primary headache disorders and laboratory investigation may be needed. This necessity occurs when the treating physician doubts for the primary origin of headache. Features that represent a warning for a possible underlying disorder causing the headache are new onset headache, change in previously stable headache pattern, headache that abruptly reaches the peak level, headache that changes with posture, headache awakening the patient, or precipitated by physical activity or Valsalva manoeuvre, first onset of headache ≥50 years of age, neurological symptoms or signs, trauma, fever, seizures, history of malignancy, history of HIV or active infections, and prior history of stroke or intracranial bleeding. All national headache societies and the European Headache Alliance invited to review and comment the consensus before the final draft. The consensus recommends brain MRI for the case of migraine with aura that persists on one side or in brainstem aura. Persistent aura without infarction and migrainous infarction require brain MRI, MRA and MRV. Brain MRI with detailed study of the pituitary area and cavernous sinus, is recommended for all TACs. For primary cough headache, exercise headache, headache associated with sexual activity, thunderclap headache and hypnic headache apart from brain MRI additional tests may be required. Because there is little and no good evidence the committee constructed a consensus based on the opinion of experts, and should be treated as imperfect.
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- D D Mitsikostas
- Neurology Department, Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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- Danish Headache Center, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- European Headache Alliance, President, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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- Basic and Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, and King's Clinical Research Facility, Kings College London, Wellcome Foundation Building, King's College Hospital, London, SE5 9PJ, UK.
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Medical Headache Center, Hospital Sisters of Mercy, Seilerstaette Linz, Linz, 4020, Austria.
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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- University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla and IDIVAL, 39011, Santander, Spain.
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Cad, 34390, Capa/Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Danish Headache Centre and Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Neurology, First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
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Marin JCA, Gantenbein AR, Paemeleire K, Kaube H, Goadsby PJ. Nociception-specific blink reflex: pharmacology in healthy volunteers. J Headache Pain 2015; 16:87. [PMID: 26449227 PMCID: PMC4598330 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-015-0568-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The physiology and pharmacology of activation or perception of activation of pain-coding trigeminovascular afferents in humans is fundamental to understanding the biology of headache and developing new treatments. METHODS The blink reflex was elicited using a concentric electrode and recorded in four separate sessions, at baseline and two minutes after administration of ramped doses of diazepam (final dose 0.07 mg/kg), fentanyl (final dose 1.11 μg/kg), ketamine (final dose 0.084 mg/kg) and 0.9 % saline solution. The AUC (area under the curve, μV*ms) and the latency (ms) of the ipsi- and contralateral R2 component of the blink reflex were calculated by PC-based offline analysis. Immediately after each block of blink reflex recordings certain psychometric parameters were assessed. RESULTS There was an effect due to DRUG on the ipsilateral (F 3,60 = 7.3, P < 0.001) AUC as well as on the contralateral (F 3,60 = 6.02, P < 0.001) AUC across the study. A significant decrement in comparison to placebo was observed only for diazepam, affecting the ipsilateral AUC. The scores of alertness, calmness, contentedness, reaction time and precision were not affected by the DRUG across the sessions. CONCLUSION Previous studies suggest central, rather than peripheral changes in nociceptive trigeminal transmission in migraine. This study demonstrates a robust effect of benzodiazepine receptor modulation of the nociception specific blink reflex (nBR) without any μ-opiate or glutamate NMDA receptor component. The nociception specific blink reflex offers a reproducible, quantifiable method of assessment of trigeminal nociceptive system in humans that can be used to dissect pharmacology relevant to primary headache disorders.
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- J C A Marin
- NIHR-Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- NIHR-Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility, King's College Hospital, London, UK
- Current address: Neurorehabilitation Center, RehaClinic, Bad Zurzach, Switzerland
- Current address: University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- NIHR-Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility, King's College Hospital, London, UK
- Current address: Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- NIHR-Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility, King's College Hospital, London, UK
- Neurology and Headache Center, Munich, Germany
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- NIHR-Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK.
- Wellcome Foundation Building, King's College Hospital, London, SE5 9PJ, UK.
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Dewaele F, Kalmar AF, Baert E, Van Haver A, Hallaert G, De Mets F, Williams L, Kalala Okito JP, Paemeleire K, Caemaert J, Van Roost D. The use of the trendelenburg position in the surgical treatment of extreme cerebellar slump. Br J Neurosurg 2015; 30:115-9. [PMID: 26313234 DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1073220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND State-of-the-art treatment for Chiari Malformation I (CM-I) consists of decompression by posterior fossa craniectomy. A rare but severe complication that develops over months to years after this procedure is cerebellar slump. Treatment options for this condition are limited. We present a new and promising approach to treat this rare condition. METHODS The patients were placed in the Trendelenburg position to facilitate ascent of the cerebellum. After almost complete dissolution of neurologic symptoms, surgical reconstruction was performed by tonsillar resection and the creation of a new structural support using a bone graft. RESULTS Both patients experienced good clinical and morphological outcomes immediately after surgery, and for two years thereafter. CONCLUSIONS Neurological symptoms related to cerebellar or brainstem slump can be adequately reversed by placing the patient in the Trendelenburg position. After uneventful gravitational reversal of the slump, safe surgical reconstruction of the cerebellar support can be performed to securely preserve the anatomical reversal.
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- Frank Dewaele
- a Department of Neurosurgery , Ghent University Hospital , Ghent , Belgium
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- b Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine , Maria Middelares Hospital , Ghent , Belgium and Department of Anesthesiology , University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Neurosurgery , Ghent University Hospital , Ghent , Belgium
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- a Department of Neurosurgery , Ghent University Hospital , Ghent , Belgium
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- d Department of Industrial Technology and Construction , University Ghent , Belgium
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- e Department of Psychiatry , Wotton Lawn Hospital , Gloucester, Gloucestershire , UK
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- f Department of Neurology , Ghent University Hospital , Ghent , Belgium
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- a Department of Neurosurgery , Ghent University Hospital , Ghent , Belgium
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- a Department of Neurosurgery , Ghent University Hospital , Ghent , Belgium
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Van Ryckeghem DML, Wens T, Paemeleire K, Crombez G. EHMTI-0252. The frequency of acute medication intake relates to its perceived effectiveness in chronic headache patients. J Headache Pain 2014. [PMCID: PMC4182274 DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-s1-e23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mehuys E, Paemeleire K, Crombez G, Van Hees T, Christiaens T, Van Bortel L, Van Tongelen I, Remon JP, Boussery K. EHMTI-0056. Self-medication of headache: identification of subgroups of patients through cluster analysis. J Headache Pain 2014. [PMCID: PMC4181760 DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-s1-d46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Mitsikostas DD, Edvinsson L, Jensen RH, Katsarava Z, Lampl C, Negro A, Osipova V, Paemeleire K, Siva A, Valade D, Martelletti P. Refractory chronic cluster headache: a consensus statement on clinical definition from the European Headache Federation. J Headache Pain 2014; 15:79. [PMID: 25430992 PMCID: PMC4256964 DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Chronic cluster headache (CCH) often resists to prophylactic pharmaceutical treatments resulting in patients’ life damage. In this rare but pragmatic situation escalation to invasive management is needed but framing criteria are lacking. We aimed to reach a consensus for refractory CCH definition for clinical and research use. The preparation of the final consensus followed three stages. Internal between authors, a larger between all European Headache Federation members and finally an international one among all investigators that have published clinical studies on cluster headache the last five years. Eighty-five investigators reached by email. Proposed criteria were in the format of the International Classification of Headache Disorders III-beta (description, criteria, notes, comments and references). Following this evaluation eight drafts were prepared before the final. Twenty-four (28.2%) international investigators commented during two rounds. Refractory CCH is described in the present consensus as a situation that fulfills the criteria of ICHD-3 beta for CCH with at least three severe attacks per week despite at least three consecutive trials of adequate preventive treatments. The condition is rare, but difficult to manage and invasive treatments may be needed. The consensus addresses five specific clinical and paraclinical diagnostic criteria followed by three notes and specific comments. Although refractory CCH may be not a separate identity these specific diagnostic criteria should help clinicians and investigators to improve patient’s quality of life.
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- Dimos D Mitsikostas
- Athens Naval Hospital, Neurology Department, 77A Vas, Sofias Avenue, 11521 Athens, Greece.
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Rainero I, Rubino E, Paemeleire K, Gai A, Vacca A, De Martino P, Gentile S, Sarchielli P, Pinessi L. Genes and primary headaches: discovering new potential therapeutic targets. J Headache Pain 2013; 14:61. [PMID: 23848401 PMCID: PMC3716727 DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-14-61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Genetic studies have clearly shown that primary headaches (migraine, tension-type headache and cluster headache) are multifactorial disorders characterized by a complex interaction between different genes and environmental factors. Genetic association studies have highlighted a potential role in the etiopathogenesis of these disorders for several genes related to vascular, neuronal and neuroendocrine functions. A potential role as a therapeutic target is now emerging for some of these genes. The main purpose of this review is to describe new advances in our knowledge regarding the role of MTHFR, KCNK18, TRPV1, TRPV3 and HCRTR genes in primary headache disorders. Involvement of these genes in primary headaches, as well as their potential role in the therapy of these disorders, will be discussed.
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- Innocenzo Rainero
- Headache Center, Neurology I, Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Via Cherasco 15, Torino 10126, Italy.
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Cambron M, Maertens H, Paemeleire K, Crevits L. Autonomic function in migraine patients: ictal and interictal pupillometry. Headache 2013; 54:655-62. [PMID: 23808550 DOI: 10.1111/head.12139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND Pupillometric investigations into migraine have suggested that an autonomic disturbance is part of the pathogenesis of that condition. This observation is controversial, however, which may reflect that the putative sympathetic hypofunction is either subtle or transient. In this study, we assessed the sympathetic function of migraine patients and controls during both a symptom-free phase and a migraine attack, and challenged patients with apraclonidine to reveal small changes in autonomic function. METHODS Infrared pupillometry was used to measure pupillometric parameters in 37 controls and 46 migraine patients in the interictal phase of disease. Fifteen migraine patients were also studied during a migraine attack. In addition, 26 controls and 18 migraine patients were tested interictally both with and without apraclonidine. Of these 18 migraine patients, seven were also tested with and without apraclonidine during a migraine attack. RESULTS We found no significant differences between migraine patients and controls in the interictal phase. Additionally, no differences in pupil parameters were detected during the migraine attack. However, after administration of apraclonidine, migraine patients had a longer latency of the light reflex compared with controls. This increase in latency was more pronounced ictally (oculus dexter: P = .046, oculus sinister: P = .023) than interictally (oculus dexter: P = .075, oculus sinister: P = .021). CONCLUSIONS We conclude that there is evidence for a subtle pupillary sympathetic hypofunction in migraine patients, observed as a prolonged latency to light reflex, which is revealed after the administration of apraclonidine.
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- Melissa Cambron
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Neurology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Jette, Belgium
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Wilbrink LA, Teernstra OPM, Haan J, van Zwet EW, Evers SMAA, Spincemaille GH, Veltink PH, Mulleners W, Brand R, Huygen FJPM, Jensen RH, Paemeleire K, Goadsby PJ, Visser-Vandewalle V, Ferrari MD. Occipital nerve stimulation in medically intractable, chronic cluster headache. The ICON study: Rationale and protocol of a randomised trial. Cephalalgia 2013; 33:1238-47. [DOI: 10.1177/0333102413490351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Background About 10% of cluster headache patients have the chronic form. At least 10% of this chronic group is intractable to or cannot tolerate medical treatment. Open pilot studies suggest that occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) might offer effective prevention in these patients. Controlled neuromodulation studies in treatments inducing paraesthesias have a general problem in blinding. We have introduced a new design in pain neuromodulation by which we think we can overcome this problem. Methods/design We propose a prospective, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group international clinical study in medically intractable, chronic cluster headache patients of high- versus low-amplitude ONS. Primary outcome measure is the mean number of attacks over the last four weeks. After a study period of six months there is an open extension phase of six months. Alongside the randomised trial an economic evaluation study is performed. Discussion The ICON study will show if ONS is an effective preventive therapy for patients suffering medically intractable chronic cluster headache and if there is a difference between high- and low-amplitude stimulation. The innovative design of the study will, for the first time, assess efficacy of ONS in a blinded way.
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- Leopoldine A Wilbrink
- Department of Neurology, LUMC, the Netherlands
- Department of Neurosurgery, MUMC+, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, LUMC, the Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, Rijnland Hospital, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Statistics & BioInformatics, LUMC, the Netherlands
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- Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Caphri School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Signals and Systems University of Twente, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Statistics & BioInformatics, LUMC, the Netherlands
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- Danish Headache Centre, Department of Neurology, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Headache Group, Department of Neurology, University of California, CA, USA
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Martelletti P, Mitsikostas DD, Lampl C, Katsarava Z, Osipova V, Paemeleire K, Edvinsson L, Siva A, Valade D, Steiner TJ, Jensen RH. Framing education on headache disorders into the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The European Headache Federation stands ready. J Headache Pain 2013; 14:41. [PMID: 23663423 PMCID: PMC3671171 DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-14-41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Framing education on headache disorders into the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The European Headache Federation stands ready.
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Mehuys E, Boussery K, Paemeleire K. Reply to Günther Haag. Eur J Neurol 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03809.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Els Mehuys
- Pharmaceutical Care Unit; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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- Pharmaceutical Care Unit; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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- Department of Neurology; Ghent University Hospital; Ghent Belgium
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Van Driessche A, Sermijn E, Paemeleire K, Van Coster R, Vogelaers D. Cyclic vomiting syndrome: case report and short review of the literature. Acta Clin Belg 2012; 67:123-6. [PMID: 22712168 DOI: 10.2143/acb.67.2.2062642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a functional disorder that is considered to be a manifestation of migraine diathesis. It is characterized by stereotypical episodes of severe nausea and vomiting lasting several hours or days, with return to baseline health between episodes. CVS is still an insufficiently known syndrome among physicians, and is therefore often misdiagnosed. Treatment focuses on the different phases of CVS, with interepisodic prophylaxis, abortive therapy in the prodromal phase of CVS, and supportive care during an acute vomiting episode. Anti-migraine medications have been effectively used for prophylaxis in many patients. We report a case of CVS successfully treated with flunarizine, a non-selective calcium antagonist.
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OBJECTIVE To summarize and evaluate proton ((1)H) and phosphorus ((31)P) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) findings in migraine. METHODS A thorough review of (1)H and/or (31)P-MRS studies in any form of migraine published up to September 2011. RESULTS Some findings were consistent in all studies, such as a lack of ictal/interictal brain pH change and a disturbed energy metabolism, the latter of which is reflected in a drop in phosphocreatine content, both in the resting brain and in muscle following exercise. In a recent interictal study ATP was found to be significantly decreased in the occipital lobe of migraine with aura patients, reinforcing the concept of a mitochondrial component to the migraine threshold, at least in a subgroup of patients. In several studies a correlation between the extent of the energy disturbance and the clinical phenotype severity was apparent. Less consistent but still congruent with a disturbed energy metabolism is an observed lactate increase in the occipital cortex of several migraine subtypes (MwA, migraine with prolonged aura). No increases in brain glutamate levels were found. CONCLUSION The combined abnormalities found in MRS studies imply a mitochondrial component in migraine neurobiology. This could be due to a primary mitochondrial dysfunction or be secondary to, for example, alterations in brain excitability. The extent of variation in the data can be attributed to both the variable clinical inclusion criteria used and the variation in applied methodology. Therefore it is necessary to continue to optimize MRS methodology to gain further insights, especially concerning lactate and glutamate.
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Mehuys E, Paemeleire K, Van Hees T, Christiaens T, Van Bortel L, Van Tongelen I, Philippe G, Prévôt ML, Evrard B, Piette M, De Bolle L, Remon JP, Boussery K. [Self-medication of regular headache: a community pharmacy-based survey in Belgium]. J Pharm Belg 2012:4-10. [PMID: 22978009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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AIM This observational community pharmacy-based study aimed to investigate headache characteristics and medication use of persons with regular headache presenting for self-medication. METHODS Participants (n=1205) completed ii) a questionnaire to assess current headache medication and previous physician diagnosis, (ii) the ID Migraine Screener [ID-M] and (iii) the MIDAS questionnaire. RESULTS Forty-four % of the study population (n=528) did not have a physician diagnosis of their headache, and 225 of them (225/528, 42.6%) were found to be ID-M positive. The most commonly used acute headache drugs were paracetamol (used by 62% of the study population), NSAIDs (39%) and combination analgesics (36%). Only 12% of patients physician-diagnosed with migraine used prophylactic migraine medication, and 25% used triptans. About 24% of our sample (n=292) chronically overused acute medication, which was combination analgesic overuse (n=166), simple analgesic overuse (n=130), triptan overuse (n=19), ergot overuse (n=6) and opioid overuse (n=51). Only 14.5% was ever advised to limit intake frequency of acute headache treatments. CONCLUSIONS This study identified underdiagnosis of migraine, low use of migraine prophylaxis and triptans, and high prevalence of medication overuse among subjects seeking self-medication for regular headache. Community pharmacists have a strategic position in education and referral of these self-medicating headache patients.
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- E Mehuys
- Eenheid Farmaceutische Zorg, Universiteit Gent.
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Paemeleire K, Goodman AM. Results of a patient survey for an implantable neurostimulator to treat migraine headaches. J Headache Pain 2012; 13:239-41. [PMID: 22395639 PMCID: PMC3311826 DOI: 10.1007/s10194-012-0430-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Migraine attacks are believed to involve activation of the trigeminovascular system and trigeminal-parasympathetic reflex, which is mediated through the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG). An implantable SPG neurostimulator has been developed to apply on-demand SPG stimulation for the treatment of severe primary headache. The neurostimulator is implanted via an oral incision and placed along the maxilla, with the lead placed at the SPG. The neurostimulator contains no battery and is powered and controlled via a handheld remote controller. The potential interest of patients with high-frequency, high-disability migraine in having a SPG neurostimulator implanted to treat migraine is unknown. We aimed to evaluate patient interest to undergo such an implantation procedure and to participate in a clinical investigation of on-demand SPG stimulation for migraine by conducting a survey at the Ghent University Hospital in 41 migraineurs. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of subjects expressed an interest in participating in a clinical investigation requiring implantation of a SPG neurostimulator when headache frequency and severity were considered and 69% when pain relief experienced with current migraine treatment was considered. Preventive and acute medications were used in 64 and 95% of the subjects, respectively, and provided a reported reduction of headache frequency, duration and pain. However, acute medications were frequently associated with headache recurrence and bothersome side effects. Results indicate that a majority of high-frequency, high-disability migraineurs, many of whom achieve pain relief with their current medications, have an interest in participating in a clinical investigation of an implantable SPG neurostimulator for the treatment of migraine headache.
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- Koen Paemeleire
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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Lauwerier E, Van Damme S, Goubert L, Paemeleire K, Devulder J, Crombez G. To control or not? A motivational perspective on coping with pain. Acta Neurol Belg 2012; 112:3-7. [PMID: 22427282 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-012-0020-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pain relief is often the primordial treatment objective in pain patients. However, an exclusive focus upon pain relief may have costs. Evidence is accumulating that persistent attempts to gain control over pain may, paradoxically, hinder successful adaptation to pain and increase frustration and limitations due to pain. To better understand these apparently paradoxical findings, we propose to adopt a motivational perspective on coping with pain. Within this perspective, pain control is recast as an attempt to protect and restore valued life goals threatened by pain. This framework explains why some patients engage excessively in pain control strategies despite the costs associated with this, such as overuse of medication. A clinical implication is that cautiousness is warranted in promoting strategies exclusively aimed at pain relief. Beyond standard medical care, interventions should also be aimed at the improvement of functioning despite pain. Certainly those patients for whom there is no definite or sound cure to pain and who increasingly experience emotional and physical problems due to pain might benefit from paramedical help by psychologists and/or physiotherapists.
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- Emelien Lauwerier
- Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Mehuys E, Paemeleire K, Van Hees T, Christiaens T, Van Bortel LM, Van Tongelen I, De Bolle L, Remon JP, Boussery K. Self-medication of regular headache: a community pharmacy-based survey. Eur J Neurol 2012; 19:1093-9. [PMID: 22360745 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03681.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND This observational community pharmacy-based study aimed to investigate headache characteristics and medication use of persons with regular headache presenting for self-medication. METHODS Participants (n = 1205) completed (i) a questionnaire to assess current headache medication and previous physician diagnosis, (ii) the ID Migraine Screener (ID-M), and (iii) the Migraine Disability Assessment questionnaire. RESULTS Forty-four percentage of the study population (n = 528) did not have a physician diagnosis of their headache, and 225 of them (225/528, 42.6%) were found to be ID-M positive. The most commonly used acute headache drugs were paracetamol (used by 62% of the study population), NSAIDs (39%), and combination analgesics (36%). Only 12% of patients physician-diagnosed with migraine used prophylactic migraine medication, and 25% used triptans. About 24% of our sample (n = 292) chronically overused acute medication, which was combination analgesic overuse (n = 166), simple analgesic overuse (n = 130), triptan overuse (n = 19), ergot overuse (n = 6), and opioid overuse (n = 5). Only 14.5% was ever advised to limit intake frequency of acute headache treatments. CONCLUSIONS This study identified underdiagnosis of migraine, low use of migraine prophylaxis and triptans, and high prevalence of medication overuse amongst subjects seeking self-medication for regular headache. Community pharmacists have a strategic position in education and referral of these self-medicating headache patients.
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- E Mehuys
- Pharmaceutical Care Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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