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Efficacy of Light Therapy in Treatment of Chronic Cluster Headache
Sponsor: Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Summary
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.
Official title: Proof-of-concept Study on the Efficacy of Light Therapy in the Prophylactic Treatment of Chronic Cluster Headache
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
48
Start Date
2025-02-06
Completion Date
2027-05-05
Last Updated
2025-03-17
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
use of Luminettes ® with active light emission
Spectrum of 400 \< X \< 750 nm assumed active
use of Luminettes ® with a light emission presumed to have no therapeutic effect
Modification of spectrum parameters for wavelengths covered, with light emission in a spectrum of 560 \< X \< 650 nm assumed to have no therapeutic effect
Locations (2)
Hopital La Timone
Marseille, France
Hôpital de Cimiez
Nice, France