Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Headache and Pain Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy.
J Headache Pain. 2018 Nov 1;19(1):101. doi: 10.1186/s10194-018-0929-0.
BACKGROUND: Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) has been shown to be practical, safe, and well tolerated for treating primary headache disorders. The recent multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled PRESTO trial provided Class I evidence that for patients with episodic migraine, nVNS significantly increases the probability of having mild pain or being pain-free 2 h post stimulation. We report additional pre-defined secondary and other end points from PRESTO that demonstrate the consistency and durability of nVNS efficacy across a broad range of outcomes. METHODS: After a 4-week observation period, 248 patients with episodic migraine with/without aura were randomly assigned to acute treatment of migraine attacks with nVNS (n = 122) or a sham device (n = 126) during a double-blind period lasting 4 weeks (or until the patient had treated 5 attacks). All patients received nVNS therapy during the subsequent 4-week/5-attack open-label period. RESULTS: The intent-to-treat population consisted of 243 patients. The nVNS group (n = 120) had a significantly greater percentage of attacks treated during the double-blind period that were pain-free at 60 (P = 0.005) and 120 min (P = 0.026) than the sham group (n = 123) did. Similar results were seen for attacks with pain relief at 60 (P = 0.025) and 120 min (P = 0.018). For the first attack and all attacks, the nVNS group had significantly greater decreases (vs sham) in pain score from baseline to 60 min (P = 0.029); the decrease was also significantly greater for nVNS at 120 min for the first attack (P = 0.011). Results during the open-label period were consistent with those of the nVNS group during the double-blind period. The incidence of adverse events (AEs) and adverse device effects was low across all study periods, and no serious AEs occurred. CONCLUSIONS: These results further demonstrate that nVNS is an effective and reliable acute treatment for multiple migraine attacks, which can be used safely while preserving the patient's option to use traditional acute medications as rescue therapy, possibly decreasing the risk of medication overuse. Together with its practicality and optimal tolerability profile, these findings suggest nVNS has value as a front-line option for acute treatment of migraine. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02686034 .
背景:非侵入性迷走神经刺激(nVNS)已被证明在治疗原发性头痛疾病方面具有实用性、安全性和良好的耐受性。最近的多中心、随机、双盲、假对照 PRESTO 试验提供了 I 级证据,表明对于发作性偏头痛患者,nVNS 可显著增加刺激后 2 小时轻度疼痛或无痛的可能性。我们报告了 PRESTO 的其他预先定义的次要和其他终点,这些结果证明了 nVNS 疗效的一致性和持久性,跨越了广泛的结果范围。
方法:在 4 周观察期后,248 例有/无先兆的发作性偏头痛患者被随机分配至急性偏头痛发作期的 nVNS 治疗组(n=122)或假设备治疗组(n=126),进行为期 4 周的双盲期(或直至患者治疗 5 次发作)。所有患者在随后的 4 周/5 次发作开放性标签期内均接受 nVNS 治疗。
结果:意向治疗人群包括 243 例患者。nVNS 组(n=120)在双盲期内治疗的头痛发作中,无疼痛的比例显著高于假设备组(60 分钟时 P=0.005;120 分钟时 P=0.026)。60 分钟(P=0.025)和 120 分钟(P=0.018)时疼痛缓解的发作也有类似的结果。对于首次发作和所有发作,nVNS 组的疼痛评分从基线到 60 分钟时显著降低(与假设备相比,P=0.029);首次发作时 nVNS 在 120 分钟时的降幅也显著更大(P=0.011)。开放性标签期的结果与 nVNS 组在双盲期的结果一致。在所有研究期间,不良事件(AE)和不良设备效应的发生率均较低,且无严重 AE 发生。
结论:这些结果进一步表明,nVNS 是一种有效的、可靠的急性偏头痛多次发作治疗方法,在保留患者使用传统急性药物作为解救治疗的选择的同时,可以安全使用,可能降低药物过度使用的风险。结合其实用性和最佳耐受谱,这些发现表明 nVNS 作为急性偏头痛治疗的一线选择具有价值。
试验注册:ClinicalTrials.gov 标识符:NCT02686034。
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