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Pilot Study of the Osteo-Fluidic-Sensitive (OFS) in Tension-type Headache.

Pilot Study of the Osteo-Fluidic-Sensitive (OFS) in Tension-type Headache.

Non Recruiting
18-75 years
All
Phase N/A

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Overview

The hypothesis of the study is the Osteo-fluidic-Senstive is effective for lowering headache pains (Reduction of the number of days of headaches per month) for patients having frequent episodic tension-type headache. The OFS method will improve quality of life and will reduce the consumption of crisis treatments.

Compare the efficacy of the Osteo-Fluidic-Sensitive method versus a placebo method on patients with tension type headache for the reduction of the number of days of headaches per month after 3 months of treatment at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 and 75 years' old
  • Person having highly frequent episodic tension type headache (between 2 and 14 days of headaches per month) associated or not to headache with characteristic of a migraine per International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition criteria
  • Person who completed his headache agenda the month before the study.
  • Patient who understands and accepts the effects of the study
  • Signed consent
  • Person with health insurance coverage

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Person having secondary or primary headaches (chronic tension type headache, migraines only, Cluster headaches, Neuralgias ...)
  • Person on treatment of venlafaxine, gabapentine, duloxetine, clomipramine et toxine botulique.
  • Concomitant participation to another clinical research
  • Pregnant or lactating women, women of child-bearing age who do not have effective contraception.
  • People with reinforced protection (juvenile), people deprived of liberty per justice or administrative decision, people living in a sanitary and social establishment, adults under legal protection and people in critical medical conditions

Study details
    Tension-Type Headache Episodic

NCT05229224

Poitiers University Hospital

20 August 2025

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