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. 2019 Mar 1;90(7):796–804. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-320113

Table 5.

Clinical evidence of available devices

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.