Differential efficacy of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for the acute treatment of episodic and chronic cluster headache: A meta-analysis
de Coo IF, Marin JC, Silberstein SD, Friedman DI, Gaul C, McClure CK, Tyagi A, Liebler E, Tepper SJ, Ferrari MD, et al.
Cephalalgia · 2019
Key finding
The pooled population included 225 participants (episodic: n = 112; chronic: n = 113) from ACT1 (n = 133) and ACT2 (n = 92) in the nVNS (n = 108) and sham (n = 117) groups.
- Condition
- Cluster Headache
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Systematic Review / Meta-Analysis
- Participants
- 225
Cite this study
de Coo, I. F., Marin, J. C., Silberstein, S. D., Friedman, D. I., Gaul, C., McClure, C. K., Tyagi, A., Liebler, E., Tepper, S. J., Ferrari, M. D., & Goadsby, P. J. (2019). Differential efficacy of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for the acute treatment of episodic and chronic cluster headache: A meta-analysis. Cephalalgia, 39(8), 967-977. https://doi.org/10.1177/0333102419856607
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