SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
The New England Institute for Neurology and Headache, 30 Buxton Farms Rd, Stamford, CT, USA.
J Headache Pain. 2024 Mar 7;25(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s10194-024-01732-3.
New guidelines for cluster headache clinical trials were recently published. We welcome these new guidelines and raise additional considerations in trial methodologies.
We present non-inferiority trials to overcome ethical issues with placebo use, and additionally discuss issues with trial recruitment.
We highlight some possible issues and solutions to be considered with the recently published cluster headache trial guidelines.
最近发布了簇状头痛临床试验的新指南。我们欢迎这些新指南,并在试验方法学方面提出了其他考虑因素。
我们提出非劣效性试验以克服安慰剂使用的伦理问题,并进一步讨论试验招募的问题。
我们强调了最近发布的簇状头痛试验指南中需要考虑的一些可能问题和解决方案。