OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to test the hypothesis that ketamine would affect aura in a randomized controlled double-blind trial, and thus to provide direct evidence for the role of glutamatergic transmission in human aura. METHODS: We performed a double-blinded, randomized parallel-group controlled study investigating the effect of 25 mg intranasal ketamine on migraine with prolonged aura in 30 migraineurs using 2 mgintranasal midazolam as an active control. Each subject recorded data from 3 episodes of migraine. RESULTS:Eighteen subjects completed the study. Ketamine reduced the severity (p = 0.032) but not duration of aura in this group, whereas midazolam had no effect. CONCLUSIONS: These data provide translational evidence for the potential importance of glutamatergic mechanisms in migraine aura and offer a pharmacologic parallel between animal experimental work on cortical spreading depression and the clinical problem. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This study provides class III evidence that intranasal ketamine is effective in reducing aura severity in patients with migraine with prolonged aura.
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to test the hypothesis that ketamine would affect aura in a randomized controlled double-blind trial, and thus to provide direct evidence for the role of glutamatergic transmission in human aura. METHODS: We performed a double-blinded, randomized parallel-group controlled study investigating the effect of 25 mg intranasal ketamine on migraine with prolonged aura in 30 migraineurs using 2 mg intranasal midazolam as an active control. Each subject recorded data from 3 episodes of migraine. RESULTS: Eighteen subjects completed the study. Ketamine reduced the severity (p = 0.032) but not duration of aura in this group, whereas midazolam had no effect. CONCLUSIONS: These data provide translational evidence for the potential importance of glutamatergic mechanisms in migraine aura and offer a pharmacologic parallel between animal experimental work on cortical spreading depression and the clinical problem. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This study provides class III evidence that intranasal ketamine is effective in reducing aura severity in patients with migraine with prolonged aura.
Authors: Gábor Veres; Annamária Fejes-Szabó; Dénes Zádori; Gábor Nagy-Grócz; Anna M László; Attila Bajtai; István Mándity; Márton Szentirmai; Zsuzsanna Bohár; Klaudia Laborc; István Szatmári; Ferenc Fülöp; László Vécsei; Árpád Párdutz Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) Date: 2016-09-14 Impact factor: 3.575