Device | Study | Authors | CE marked | FDA cleared | AAN Classification of Evidence | GRADE |
nVNS | Acute migraine treatment* | Tassorelli et al 21 | Yes | Yes | I | High |
Migraine prevention*† | Silberstein et al (EVENT)31 | Yes | No | II | Low | |
Acute CH treatment | Silberstein et al (ACT1)22 | Yes | Yes¶ | NA | High | |
Goadsby et al 23 | NA | High | ||||
CH prevention‡ | Gaul et al 24 | Yes | Yes | NA | High | |
Marin et al 25 | NA | Moderate | ||||
e-TNS | Acute migraine treatment | Chou et al 26 | Yes | Yes | NA | Moderate |
Migraine prevention* | Schoenen et al 27 | Yes | Yes | III | Moderate | |
Acute CH treatment§ | NA | No | No | NA | NA | |
CH prevention§ | NA | No | No | NA | NA | |
sTMS | Acute migraine treatment | Lipton et al 28 | Yes | Yes | NA | Moderate |
Migraine prevention | Starling et al 29 | Yes | Yes | NA | Low | |
Acute CH treatment§ | NA | No | No | NA | NA | |
CH prevention§ | NA | No | No | NA | NA |
*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.