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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Improve Disability in Chronic Migraine
Led by Brigham and Women's Hospital · Updated on 2025-10-31
40
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
149 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the behavioral treatment called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) works to improve disability in adults with chronic migraine. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the use of ACT added to usual treatment improve scores on questionnaires designed to measure daily functioning and activity? Does the use of ACT added to usual treatment improve scores on diaries designed to measure headache frequency and pain? Researchers will compare adding ACT to usual headache treatments to usual headache treatments without ACT. Participants who are selected for ACT will take 8 classes to learn ACT and then will practice it at home, in addition to their regular headache treatment. Those not selected will continue their regular headache treatment. Four times over the following year, participants will answer questions about their symptoms during each of four virtual visits. They will also keep a daily headache diary during the study
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Improve Disability in Chronic Migraine
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Willingness and ability to engage in the consent process
- Willingness to participate in the study, despite randomization outcome
- Availability for the duration of the study
- Diagnosis of chronic migraine followed at the Graham Headache Center
- Access to the necessary resources for participating in a technology-based intervention
You will not qualify if you...
- Known major depression or other psychiatric condition
- Non-English speaking
- Secondary headache diagnosis
- Psychotherapy in the prior 18 months
- Any reason the provider feels would limit participant ability to learn or practice ACT
- Any previous experience with mindfulness or meditation approaches
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Brigham and Women's / Faulkner Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02130
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Research Team
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Paul Rizzoli, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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