Mehrnaz Olfat, Sareh Hosseinpour, Safdar Masoumi, Reena Gogia Rastogi, Eric Vance Hastriter, Kara Stuart Lewis, Robert Little, Kavitha T Karnik, Carolyn Hickman, Morteza Heidari, Reza Shervin Badv, Mahmoud Mohammadi, Gholam Reza Zamani, Masoud Mohammadpour, Mahmoud Reza Ashrafi, Ali Reza Tavasoli
BACKGROUND: Pediatric migraine prophylaxis is indicated when headaches are frequent and/or disabling. We aimed to conduct a study to compare the efficacy of cinnarizine and amitriptyline in pediatric migraine prophylaxis. METHODS: In a randomized, double-blind trial, patients aged 4-17 years with migraine who were eligible for prophylaxis enrolled. The primary outcome was a reduction response rate of ≥50% with p < 0.005 with respect to headache characteristics...
April 2024: Cephalalgia: An International Journal of Headache