Status:

UNKNOWN

Acupuncture for Prophylaxis of Vestibular Migraine

Lead Sponsor:

Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University

Conditions:

Vestibular Migraine

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

With its high incidence rate and low diagnosis rate, vestibular migraine (VM) can seriously affect patients' quality of life. Current treatment of VM mainly contain rescue treatment and prophylaxis, b...

Detailed Description

This randomized controlled trial will enroll patients with vestibular migraine from the First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University. All participants will be randomly assigned to two groups. Parti...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with age 18 to 80 , male or female;
  • Patients meet the criteria proposed by the collaboration of Barany Society and the International Headache Society in 2012;
  • Vertigo/migraine attacks at least 3 times per month in the last 3 months; or vertigo/migraine days are at least 4 days per month;
  • Patients have unsatisfactory response to rescue treatments and seek for preventive treatments;
  • Patients can fully understand the study protocol and agree to sign written informed consent forms.

Exclusion

  • Patients'vertigo and headache are caused by other diseases, such as vestibular neuritis, Meniere disease, tension headache, and other cerebrovascular diseases.
  • Patients have prophylactic headache treatment with drugs in the past 3 months.
  • Patients are receiving adjunctive therapy that is not widely accepted for treating VM, such as Chinese herbs.
  • Patients have severe complications in cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, hematopoietic and other systems that are not controlled significantly;
  • Pregnant and lactating female patients;
  • Patients have mental illness that affects cognitive function.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

72 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04664088

Start Date

January 1 2021

End Date

December 31 2023

Last Update

December 11 2020

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The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University

Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, 314000