Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation as acute therapy for migraine: the randomized PRESTO study
Tassorelli C, Grazzi L, de Tommaso M, Pierangeli G, Martelletti P, Rainero I, Dorlas S, Geppetti P, Ambrosini A, Sarchielli P, et al.
Neurology · 2018
Key finding
Non-invasive cervical VNS was safe and well-tolerated for acute migraine treatment, though the primary endpoint of pain-free status at 2 hours did not reach significance versus sham.
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- Condition
- Migraine
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 248
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Tassorelli, C., Grazzi, L., de Tommaso, M., Pierangeli, G., Martelletti, P., Rainero, I., Dorlas, S., Geppetti, P., Ambrosini, A., Sarchielli, P., Liebler, E., Barbanti, P., Tassorelli, C., Bitetto, V., De Icco, R., Martinelli, D., Sances, G., Bianchi, M., Grazzi, L., … Di Maro, D. (2018). Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation as acute therapy for migraine: the randomized PRESTO study. Neurology, 91(4). https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000005857
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