Clinical Trial: Caffeine Versus Placebo for Spinal Headaches

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: A Prospective Trial of IV Caffeine vs Placebo for Post-Dural-Puncture Headache in the Emergency Department

Brief Summary: Caffeine will be studied against placebo in patients with positional headache after a lumbar puncture (aka "spinal headache").

Detailed Summary: Pain will be assessed at set intervals using a Visual Analog Scale. Blood patch therapy will be offered to all those still in pain at the end of one hour after drug administration.
Sponsor: United States Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth

Current Primary Outcome: Pain as measured by Visual Analog Scale [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: United States Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth

Dates:
Date Received: December 16, 2008
Date Started: January 2007
Date Completion:
Last Updated: October 28, 2013
Last Verified: October 2013