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Human Studies

PAIN TYPE:
Migraine/Headache


2020 Jul 09


Pain Ther

Remote Electrical Neuromodulation for the Acute Treatment of Migraine in Patients with Chronic Migraine: An Open-Label Pilot Study.

Authors

Nierenburg H, Vieira JR, Lev N, Lin T, Harris D, Vizel M, Ironi A, Lewis B, Wright P
Pain Ther. 2020 Jul 09.
PMID: 32648205.

Abstract

Remote electrical neuromodulation (REN) is a novel acute treatment of migraine. Upper arm peripheral nerves are stimulated to induce conditioned pain modulation (CPM)-an endogenous analgesic mechanism in which conditioning stimulation inhibits pain in remote body regions. The REN device (Nerivio, Theranica Bio-Electronics LTD., Israel) is FDA-authorized for acute treatment of migraine in adults who do not have chronic migraine. The current study assessed the consistency of response over multiple migraine attacks in people with chronic migraine who are typically characterized with severe pain intensity, high disability, and less robust response to triptans.