Boston Scientific Announces Start of Clinical Trial Assessing Precision® Spinal Cord Stimulator for Treatment of Migraine Headaches
(November 10, 2005) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a prospective, randomized, double-blind pivotal trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of occipital nerve stimulation as a treatment for refractory migraine headache. The study, known as PRISM (PRecision Implantable Stimulator for Migraine), will use Boston Scientific