Status:
COMPLETED
Nutrition for Chronic Daily Headache
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsors:
Mayday Fund
Conditions:
Chronic Daily Headache
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is: 1) To assess the feasibility of implementing a clinical trial comparing two potentially analgesic dietary interventions in patients with chronic daily headache (CDH) and ...
Detailed Description
CDH is characterized by structural and functional immune and nervous system derangements. Specifically, disturbed regulation of the following critically important biochemical processes has been demons...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years of age and older
- either gender
- meeting the 2004 International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD - II) criteria for the following forms of CDH (15 or more headache days per month and a headache history of more than two years with chronic migraine, transformed episodic migraine into CDH, chronic tension-type headache and new persistent daily headache)
- under the care of a neurologist
- willing and able to document headache characteristics and use of medications, as well as complete the assessment instruments
- able to come in for 3 dietitian-administered dietary counseling sessions over 12 weeks
- able to speak and understand English
Exclusion
- analgesic rebound headache
- hemicrania continua
- drug-induced headache
- post-traumatic headache
- significant, symptomatic uncontrolled psychosis
- undergoing current treatment for a major medical illness such as malignancy, autoimmune or immune deficiency disorder
- pregnancy
- clotting disorders
- history of cranial or neck surgery within two years
- vasculitis
- chronic subdural hematoma
- history of meningitis
- history of subarachnoid or intracerebral hemorrhage
- history of eating disorder
- regular use of supplemental omega-3 fatty acids or gamma-linolenic acid
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
67 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01157208
Start Date
July 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2011
Last Update
February 23 2017
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599-7200