Efficacy of Light Therapy in Treatment of Chronic Cluster Headache
ConditionCluster Headache
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAssistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
About this trial
Cluster headache is a primary headache. The chronic form of the disease is often difficult to treat. It is now considered a chronobiological disease. This chronobiological character is based on clinical, biological and radiological arguments.
This study focuses on the use of light therapy in cluster headache. Light therapy has already been used in the treatment of other chronobiological diseases, such as seasonal depression, but also recently in the therapy of other primary headaches (such as migraine). Its aim is to re-adjust chronobiological rhythms, and it therefore seems worth testing in the chronic form of cluster headache.
Light therapy is delivered to the patient using a consumer electronics device.The main objective is to evaluate the prophylactic efficacy of light therapy in patients with chronic cluster headache.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Male or female, of 18 years years old or more;
Diagnosis of chronic cluster headache according to ICHD-3 criteria;
Number of seizures during baseline equal to at least 24;
Stability of prophylactic treatment for at least 1 month and commitment not to change it for the duration of the study;
Disqualifiers
Contraindication to the use of light therapy: use of a photosensitizing treatment;
Ophthalmological history: cataract, macular degeneration, glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa;
Patients who work at night;
Other neurological, psychiatric or developmental pathologies considered incompatible with the study;
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- use of Luminettes ® with active light emission
- use of Luminettes ® with a light emission presumed to have no therapeutic effect
Treatment groups
48 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov