Management of chronic cluster headache

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-70

  Leone, Massimo ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a   Proietti Cecchini, Alberto ^a   Mea, Eliana ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a   Bussone, Gennaro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; ERGOTAMINE; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; LITHIUM; MELATONIN; METHYLERGOMETRINE; METHYSERGIDE; OCTREOTIDE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BALANCE DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; BONE NECROSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTAL PARESTHESIA; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EPISODIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; ERYTHEMA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FATIGUE; FLUID RETENTION; FRACTURE; GLAUCOMA; HAIR LOSS; HAND TREMOR; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSOMNIA; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; LEG SWELLING; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NYSTAGMUS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; POLYURIA; PSYCHOSIS; RASH; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLURRED SPEECH; SOMNOLENCE; THIRST; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79551528806     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-010-0106-5     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society. The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition. Cephalalgia 2004, 24 (Supplement 1): 1-160.
2. Kudrow L: Cluster Headache, Mechanism and Management. New York: Oxford University Press; 1980.
3. Sjaastad O 1992 Cluster Headache Syndrome. WB. Saunders Company Ltd. Volume 23: Major Problems in Neurology. London-Philadelphia-Toronto.
4. O Sjaastad LS Bakketeig 2003 Cluster headache prevalence. Vågå study of headache epidemiology Cephalalgia 23 7 528 533 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3svns1Ghtg%3D%3D 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00585.x 12950378 (Pubitemid 37114974)
5. MB Russell 2004 Epidemiology and genetics of cluster headache Lancet Neurol 3 5 279 283 10.1016/S1474-4422(04)00735-5 15099542 (Pubitemid 38510198)
6. GC Manzoni G Micieli F Granella, et al. 1991 Cluster headache-course over ten years in 189 patients Cephalalgia 11 169 174 1:STN:280: DyaK38%2Fns1CntQ%3D%3D 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1991.1104169.x 1742772
7. A May M Leone J Áfra, et al. 2006 EFNS guideline on the treatment of cluster headache and other trigemino-autonomic cephalgias Eur J Neurol 13 1066 1077 1:STN:280:DC%2BD28rmt1SgsQ%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01566.x 16987158 (Pubitemid 44434311)
8. A May 2005 Cluster headache: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management Lancet 366 9488 843 855 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67217-0 16139660 (Pubitemid 41557385)
9. The Sumatriptan Cluster Headache Study Group 1991 Treatment of acute cluster headache with sumatriptan N Engl J Med 325 5 322 326 10.1056/NEJM199108013250505
10. K Ekbom I Monstad A Prusinski, et al. 1993 Subcutaneous sumatriptan in the acute treatment of cluster headache: a dose comparison study. The Sumatriptan Cluster Headache Study Group Acta Neurol Scand 88 1 63 69 1:STN:280:DyaK3szotlKnsg%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1993.tb04189.x 8396833
11. JA Van Vliet A Bahra V Martin, et al. 2003 Intranasal sumatriptan in cluster headache: randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study Neurology 60 4 630 633 10.1001/archneur.60.4.630 12601104 (Pubitemid 36427982)
12. A Bahra MJ Gawel JE Hardebo, et al. 2000 Oral zolmitriptan is effective in the acute treatment of cluster headache Neurology 54 9 1832 1839 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXktVCnu7o%3D 10802793
13. A Rapoport NT Mathew SD Silberstein, et al. 2007 Zolmitriptan nasal spray in the acute treatment of cluster headache: a double-blind study Neurology 28 9 821 826 10.1212/01.wnl.0000267886.85210.37 (Pubitemid 47329580)
14. H Göbel V Lindner A Heinze M Ribbat G Deuschl 1998 Acute therapy for cluster headache with sumatriptan: findings of a one-year long-term study Neurology 51 3 908 911 9748059
15. GL Plosker D McTavish 1994 Sumatriptan: a reappraisal of its pharmacology and therapeutic efficacy in the acute treatment of migraine and cluster headache Drugs 47 4 622 651 1:STN:280:DyaK2c3otlWmsA%3D%3D 10.2165/00003495- 199447040-00006 7516861
16. E Anghileri V Toso F Perini 2006 Acute myocardial infarction after sumatriptan administration for cluster headache Neurol Sci 26 456 459 1:STN:280:DC%2BD287psFCrsw%3D%3D 10.1007/s10072-006-0533-y 16601942
17. MH Bennett C French A Schnabel J Wasiak P Kranke 2008 Normobaric and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for migraine and cluster headache Cochrane Database Syst Rev 16 3 CD005219
18. B Horton R Ryan J Reynolds 1948 Clinical observations of the use of E.C. 110, a new agent for the treatment of headache Mayo Clin Proc 23 104 108
19. PG Andersson LT Jespersen 1986 Dihydroergotamine nasal spray in the treatment of attacks of cluster headache. A double-blind trial versus placebo Cephalalgia 6 1 51 54 1:STN:280:DyaL287ovF2hsA%3D%3D 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1986. 0601051.x 3516408
20. E Magnoux G Zlotnik 2004 Outpatient intravenous dihydroergotamine for refractory cluster headache Headache 44 3 249 255 1:STN:280: DC%2BD2c7it1Kmsg%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.04055.x 15012663 (Pubitemid 38436688)
21. MS Matharu MJ Levy K Meeran PJ Goadsby 2004 Subcutaneous octreotide in cluster headache: randomized placebo-controlled double-blind crossover study Ann Neurol 56 4 488 494 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2cXps1KitrY%3D 10.1002/ana.20210 15455406 (Pubitemid 39319338)
22. A Costa E Pucci F Antonaci, et al. 2000 The effect of intranasal cocaine and lidocaine on nitroglycerin-induced attacks in cluster headache Cephalalgia 20 2 85 91 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3M%2FlsFGltg%3D%3D 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2000.00026.x 10961763 (Pubitemid 32269514)
23. GJ Francis WJ Becker TM Pringsheim 2010 Acute and preventive pharmacologic treatment of cluster headache Neurology 75 5 463 73 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181eb58c8 20679639 This article reviews pharmacologic treatments of cluster headache according to the guidelines of the American Academy of Neurology.
24. JR Saper J Klapper NT Mathew, et al. 2002 For the Intranasal Civamide Study Group: intranasal civamide for the treatment of episodic cluster headaches Arch Neurol 59 990 994 10.1001/archneur.59.6.990 12056936
25. Edlund W, Gronseth G, So Y, Franklin G: Clinical Practice Guideline Process Manual. St. Paul: American Academy of Neurology; 2004:1-57.
26. IJ Gabai EL Spierings 1989 Prophylactic treatment of cluster headache with verapamil Headache 29 167 168 1:STN:280:DyaL1M3htleltQ%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1989.hed2903167.x 2708046
27. M Leone D D'Amico F Frediani, et al. 2000 Verapamil in the prophylaxis of episodic cluster headache: a double-blind study vs. placebo Neurology 54 1382 1385 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXisFOnsLY%3D 10746617 (Pubitemid 30174066)
28. AS Cohen MS Matharu PJ Goadsby 2007 Electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with cluster headache on verapamil therapy Neurology 69 668 675 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2sXos1anur8%3D 10.1212/01.wnl.0000267319.18123.d3 17698788 (Pubitemid 47256009)
29. K Ekbom 1981 Lithium for cluster headache: review of the literature and preliminary results of long-term treatment Headache 21 132 139 1:STN:280:DyaL3M3mtlemtw%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1981.hed2104132.x 7021473
30. G Bussone M Leone C Peccarisi, et al. 1990 Double blind comparison of lithium and verapamil in cluster headache prophylaxis Headache 30 411 417 1:STN:280:DyaK3czotlSmuw%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1990.hed3007411.x 2205598
31. DA Curran H Hinterberger J Lance 1967 Methysergide Res Clin Stud Headache 1 74 122 1:CAS:528:DyaF1cXhtFeisQ%3D%3D
32. K Ekbom 1947 Ergotamine tartrate orally in Horton's histaminic cephalalgia (also called Harris's ciliary neuralgia) Acta Psychiatr Scand 46 106
33. PJ Mather SD Silberstein EA Schulman MM Hopkins 1991 The treatment of cluster headache with repetitive intravenous dihydroergotamine Headache 31 525 532 1:STN:280:DyaK38%2FntFWnug%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1991.hed3108525.x 1960057
34. M Leone D Dodick A Rigamonti, et al. 2003 Topiramate in cluster headache prophylaxis: an open trial Cephalalgia 23 1001 1002 1:STN:280: DC%2BD2c%2FpsVGltw%3D%3D 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00665.x 14984235 (Pubitemid 37521955)
35. J Pascual MJ Láinez D Dodick R Hering-Hanit 2007 Antiepileptic drugs for the treatment of chronic and episodic cluster headache: a review Headache 47 1 81 89 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00653.x 17355498 (Pubitemid 46096061)
36. K Ekbom 1969 Prophylactic treatment of cluster headache with a new serotonin antagonist, BC 105 Acta Neurol Scand 45 601 610 1:STN:280: DyaE3c%2FovF2rtA%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1969.tb01270.x 4391566
37. R Hering A Kuritzky 1989 Sodium valproate in the treatment of cluster headache: an open clinical trial Cephalalgia 9 195 198 1:STN:280: DyaK3c%2FgtlWqug%3D%3D 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1989.0903195.x 2507161 (Pubitemid 19228220)
38. S Schuh-Hofer H Israel L Neeb, et al. 2007 The use of gabapentin in chronic cluster headache patients refractory to first-line therapy Eur J Neurol 14 6 694 696 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2szislyrsQ%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01738.x 17539953 (Pubitemid 46849047)
39. M Leone D D'Amico F Moschiano, et al. 1996 Melatonin versus placebo in the prophylaxis of cluster headache: a double-blind pilot study with parallel groups Cephalalgia 16 494 496 1:STN:280:DyaK2s%2FovVSmtA%3D%3D 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1996.1607494.x 8933994 (Pubitemid 26373787)
40. JR Couch DK Ziegler 1978 Prednisone therapy for cluster headache Headache 18 219 221 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1978.hed1804219.x 721451
41. A May A Bahra C Büchel, et al. 1998 Hypothalamic activation in cluster headache attacks Lancet 352 275 278 1:STN:280:DyaK1czlt1OitQ%3D%3D 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)02470-2 9690407 (Pubitemid 28340145)
42. A May J Ashburner C Buchel, et al. 1999 Correlation between structural and functional changes in brain in an idiopathic headache syndrome Nat Med 5 836 838 1:CAS:528:DyaK1MXksVCrur0%3D 10.1038/10561 10395332 (Pubitemid 29318621)
43. M Leone A Franzini G Bussone 2001 Stereotactic stimulation of posterior hypothalamic gray matter in a patient with intractable cluster headache N Engl J Med 345 19 1428 1429 1:STN:280:DC%2BD38%2FmsFGhtQ%3D%3D 10.1056/ NEJM200111083451915 11794190
44. M Leone A Franzini G Broggi, et al. 2004 Long-term follow up of bilateral hypothalamic stimulation for intractable cluster headache Brain 127 2259 2264 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2cvnsVCguw%3D%3D 10.1093/brain/awh245 15329350 (Pubitemid 39382234)
45. M Leone A Franzini G Broggi G Bussone 2006 Hypothalamic stimulation for intractable cluster headache: long-term experience Neurology 67 1 150 152 10.1212/01.wnl.0000223319.56699.8a 16832097 (Pubitemid 44305482)
46. M Leone A Proietti Cecchini A Franzini, et al. 2008 Lessons from 8 years' experience of hypothalamic stimulation in cluster headache Cephalalgia 28 789 797 This article reviews published data on patients with chronic drug-resistant cluster headache who received hypothalamic stimulation for their condition.
47. M Leone A Proietti E Mea, et al. 2008 Therapeutic neurostimulation in chronic headaches: problems of patient selection Neurol Sci 29 S59 S61 10.1007/s10072-008-0889-2 18545899 This paper discusses new and emerging problems regarding the selection of cluster headache patients for neurostimulation procedures. (Pubitemid 351836966)
48. B Burns L Watkins PJ Goadsby 2007 Treatment of medically intractable cluster headache by occipital nerve stimulation: long-term follow-up of eight patients Lancet 369 9567 1099 1106 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60328-6 17398309 (Pubitemid 46483638)
49. D Magis M Allena M Bolla, et al. 2007 Occipital nerve stimulation for drug-resistant chronic cluster headache: a prospective pilot study Lancet Neurol 6 314 321 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70058-3 17362835 (Pubitemid 46389615)
50. TJ Schwedt DW Dodick J Hentz, et al. 2007 Occipital nerve stimulation for chronic headache-long-term safety and efficacy Cephalalgia 27 153 157 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2s%2FlsValtg%3D%3D 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01272.x 17257236 (Pubitemid 46169441)