Status:
COMPLETED
Set Point Acupuncture for Migraines Using a Digital Assistant
Lead Sponsor:
Memorial Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
United States Department of Defense
Conditions:
Migraine Headaches
Eligibility:
All Genders
21-65 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
The object of this research study is to test a standardized set of acupuncture points on migraine patients to reduce frequency and intensity of headaches. Acupuncture has been studied in prior researc...
Detailed Description
Subjects will be recording daily headache activity on personal digital assistants (PDA's) for 12 weeks before and 12 weeks after 8 weeks of acupuncture intervention. MIDAS, HIT-6 and BDI-II measuremen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male and female subjects between the ages of 21 years and 65 years of age
- Subjects with a history of migraine headaches for at least 12 months
- Subjects who have not received acupuncture for any medical condition in the past 6 months.
- A negative pregnancy test for childbearing females since some acupuncture points may be contraindicated in pregnancy. Pregnancy tests will be conducted at MMC.
- Subjects willing and able to use a PDA daily for data collection
Exclusion
- Subjects who plan to receive acupuncture treatment for any other type of medical condition while enrolled in this protocol
- Subjects with the presence of organic pathology (i.e., brain tumor)
- Subjects who have the presence of a systemic disorder or illness, including serious psychiatric illness
- Subjects who began a new headache treatment less than two weeks before proposed enrollment date
- Subjects who are pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant within 6 months
- Subjects that use alcohol on a regular basis
- Subjects that use recreational drugs
- Subjects that have a cardiac pacemaker
- Subjects that use analgesics on more than 10 days per month
- Subjects that exercise prophylactic headache treatment with drugs during the past 4 weeks
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00714727
Start Date
July 1 2008
End Date
January 1 2011
Last Update
July 12 2013
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John P Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, 15904