Efficacy and Safety of Minidosing Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) for Chronic Cluster Headache: a Randomized Placebo-controlled Study

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2
SUMMARY

This study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of LSD 25μg every 3 days for 3 weeks versus placebo in the treatment of chronic cluster headache (cCH). It is a 3-week double-blind placebo-controlled intervention study, preceded by a 4-week baseline observation period and followed by a 5-week post-treatment observation period. Primary objective: to evaluate the efficacy of LSD 25μg every 3 days for 3 weeks in cCH. Additional objectives: * To evaluate the safety of LSD 25μg every 3 days for 3 weeks in cCH. * To explore the exposure-response relationship of 25μg LSD in cCH. * To explore cost-effectiveness of treatment with LSD in cCH. * To evaluate the efficacy of LSD on health-related quality of life.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 16
Maximum Age: 75
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• CCH according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders version 3 (ICHD-3)

• At screening: stable weekly attack frequency in the 4 weeks prior to screening (assessed retrospectively), averaging at least 8 per week and each week within a 40% window around the average

• At randomization: average of at least 8 attacks per week and no absence of attacks on more than two consecutive days during baseline

Locations
Other Locations
Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
RECRUITING
Leiden
Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis (CWZ)
RECRUITING
Nijmegen
Contact Information
Primary
Julia Jansen, MD
julia.jansen@cwz.nl
+31 24 3658765
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-04-16
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-04
Participants
Target number of participants: 65
Treatments
Experimental: Verum
Lysergic diethylamide tartrate (equivalent to 25 microgram LSD base), one dose every 3 days for 3 weeks (totalling 7 vials)
Placebo_comparator: Placebo
Placebo vial looking like verum vial, one vial every 3 days for 3 weeks (totalling 7 vials)
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Radboud University Medical Center
Collaborators: Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, Leiden University Medical Center

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