The
Institute
of
Neurology,
Queen
Square,
London
WClN 3BG in conjunction with British Oxygen Company want to conduct a
research trial, commencing in March, in to the use of Oxygen as an
abortive therapy for Cluster Headache attacks. If
the results of the trial prove positive, this will enable BOC to
licence 02 as a treatment for CH (which in turn will make it very much
easier for sufferers to persuade our GPs to prescribe it for us).
We
therefore need your urgent help in volunteering to take part in this
the 02 trial.
HOWEVER,
TO TAKE PART, IT’S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED 02 PREVIOUSLY
- OR IF YOU HAVE TRIED IT,
IT’S ONLY BEEN AT THE LOW DOSE OF 2 – 4 LITRES PER MINUTE.
Dr
Anna Cohen wants to conduct the trial using 70 Episodic and 70 Chronic
diagnosed Cluster Headache sufferers.
You
will not need to attend
Queen
Square
personally to take part in the trials.
Simply fill in the relevant form on the link below with a
daytime telephone contact number and email it back to Dr Cohen a.cohen@ion.ucl.ac.uk.
Upon receipt she will carry out a telephone consultation with
you. If accepted on
to the trial, BOC will then send two small cylinders, complete with
relevant high flow regulators, to your home address.
This
is a double blind study. You
will be asked to deal with two attacks from each cylinder (ie four
attacks in total). One
cylinder will contain medical Oxygen, the other cylinder will contain
Air.
If
you’ve never had the opportunity to try Oxygen to see if it will
abort your attacks (or have tried it to no avail using the low dose
regulator) then please, please consider volunteering for this
important trial. Email
the completed form to Dr Cohen as soon as possible.
