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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN71598245
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Efficacy of the epidural blood patch for the treatment of post lumbar puncture headache
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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BLOPP
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Serial number at source
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N/A
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Study hypothesis
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The purpose of the study is to assess the effect of an epidural blood on postpunctional headache after a diagnostic lumbar puncture (the formal hypothesis would be that there is no effect on postpunctional headache).
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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Netherlands
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Post Lumbar Puncture Headache
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Patients with postpunctional headache after a diagnostic lumbar puncture
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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01/01/2002
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Anticipated end date
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31/12/2005
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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40
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Interventions
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Blood patch versus conservative treatment
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Presence of postpunctional headache at 24 hours after inclusion in the study
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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1. Presence of postpunctional headache at 7 days
2. The number of days until headache subsides
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Sources of funding
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Netherlands Headache Society (Nederlandse Hoofdpijn Vereniging) (The Netherlands)
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Trial website
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Publications
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Results in:
1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15998467
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17635971
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Contact name
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Dr
Diederik WJ
Dippel
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Address
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Erasmus Medical Centre
PO Box 1738
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City/town
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Rotterdam
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Zip/Postcode
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3000 DR
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Country
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Netherlands
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Tel
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+31 (0)10 408 7979
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Fax
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+31 (0)10 408 9446
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Email
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d.dippel@erasmusmc.nl
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Sponsor
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Netherlands Headache Society (Nederlandse Hoofdpijn Vereniging) (The Netherlands)
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Address
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Schubertlaan 11
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City/town
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Breda
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Zip/Postcode
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4837 CP
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Country
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Netherlands
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Date applied
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28/04/2005
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Last edited
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18/02/2008
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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18/05/2005
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