Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, Netherlands.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Neurol Sci. 2022 Feb;43(2):1267-1272. doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05399-5. Epub 2021 Jun 22.
Current prophylactic drugs for cluster headache are associated with limited efficacy, serious side effects and poor tolerability. Greater occipital nerve injection (GON-injection) has been proven effective and safe as a single, one-time injection in episodic (ECH), and to a lesser extent, chronic cluster headache (CCH). We aim to analyse the effectiveness and safety of repeated GON-injections in medically intractable chronic cluster headache (MICCH).
Clinical data of all cluster headache patients who had received at least one GON-injection between 2014 and 2018 in our tertiary headache centre were retrieved from patients' medical records. Clinical history was taken as part of routine care shortly before and 6 weeks after GON-injection.
We identified 47 MICCH patients (79 injections), and compared results with 22 non-MI CCH patients (30 injections) and 50 ECH patients (63 injections). Nineteen MICCH patients received repeated injections (32 in total, range 2-8). Rates of clinical relevant improvement to a first injection were similar in all groups (MICCH: 60%, non-MICCH 73%, ECH 76%; attack freedom: MICCH: 30%, non-MICCH 32%, ECH 43%). Furthermore, no difference in response to the first and second injection was shown between groups (all p > 0.29). Median effect duration in MICCH was 6 weeks (IQR 2.8-12 weeks). Side effects were only mild and local.
In this retrospective analysis, first and repeated GON-injections were well-tolerated and equally effective in MICCH as in non-MICCH, and ECH.
目前用于丛集性头痛的预防性药物疗效有限,副作用严重,耐受性差。枕大神经注射(GON 注射)已被证明在发作性(ECH)中单次、一次性注射是有效且安全的,在慢性丛集性头痛(CCH)中效果稍差。我们旨在分析重复 GON 注射在医学上无法治疗的慢性丛集性头痛(MICCH)中的有效性和安全性。
从我们的三级头痛中心的患者病历中检索了 2014 年至 2018 年间至少接受过一次 GON 注射的所有丛集性头痛患者的临床数据。临床病史是在 GON 注射前和 6 周后作为常规护理的一部分采集的。
我们确定了 47 名 MICCH 患者(79 次注射),并将结果与 22 名非 MICCH 患者(30 次注射)和 50 名 ECH 患者(63 次注射)进行了比较。19 名 MICCH 患者接受了重复注射(共 32 次,范围 2-8 次)。所有组中首次注射临床相关改善的比例相似(MICCH:60%,非 MICCH:73%,ECH:76%;发作自由:MICCH:30%,非 MICCH:32%,ECH:43%)。此外,各组之间首次和第二次注射的反应无差异(所有 p 值均>0.29)。MICCH 的中位效应持续时间为 6 周(IQR 2.8-12 周)。副作用仅为轻度和局部性的。
在这项回顾性分析中,首次和重复 GON 注射在 MICCH 中的耐受性和疗效与非 MICCH 和 ECH 相同。