Consistent effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) for the acute treatment of migraine: additional findings from the randomized, sham-controlled, double-blind PRESTO trial
Martelletti P, Barbanti P, Grazzi L, Pierangeli G, Rainero I, Geppetti P, Ambrosini A, Sarchielli P, Tassorelli C, Liebler E, et al.
The Journal of Headache and Pain · 2018
Key finding
The intent-to-treat population consisted of 243 patients.
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- Condition
- Migraine
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 243
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Martelletti, P., Barbanti, P., Grazzi, L., Pierangeli, G., Rainero, I., Geppetti, P., Ambrosini, A., Sarchielli, P., Tassorelli, C., Liebler, E., & de Tommaso, M. (2018). Consistent effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) for the acute treatment of migraine: additional findings from the randomized, sham-controlled, double-blind PRESTO trial. The Journal of Headache and Pain, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-018-0929-0
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