Table 5

Clinical evidence of available devices

DeviceStudyAuthorsCE markedFDA clearedAAN Classification of EvidenceGRADE
nVNSAcute migraine treatment*Tassorelli et al 21 YesYesIHigh
Migraine prevention*†Silberstein et al (EVENT)31 YesNoIILow
Acute CH treatmentSilberstein et al (ACT1)22 YesYes NAHigh
Goadsby et al 23 NAHigh
CH prevention‡Gaul et al 24 YesYesNAHigh
Marin et al 25 NAModerate
e-TNSAcute migraine treatmentChou et al 26 YesYesNAModerate
Migraine prevention*Schoenen et al 27 YesYesIIIModerate
Acute CH treatment§NANoNoNANA
CH prevention§NANoNoNANA
sTMSAcute migraine treatmentLipton et al 28 YesYesNAModerate
Migraine preventionStarling et al 29 YesYesNALow
Acute CH treatment§NANoNoNANA
CH prevention§NANoNoNANA
  • *AAN Classification of Evidence is published for this study.

  • †The EVENT study was not a pivotal study.

  • ‡Marin et al’s study published outside of predefined date range; included here based on recent FDA clearance.

  • §No studies identified.

  • ¶FDA cleared for episodic CH only.

  • AAN, American Academy of Neurology;ACT, acute CH treatment; CH, cluster headache;FDA, Food and Drug Administration; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation;NA, not available;e-TNS, external trigeminal nerve stimulation;nVNS, non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation;sTMS, single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation.