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Laser Acupuncture for Chronic Migraine
Led by Taichung Veterans General Hospital · Updated on 2025-11-20
60
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
204 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
A single-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted from October 2024 to May 2025. Chronic migraine patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either Laser acupuncture or sham treatment. The co-primary outcomes were changes in monthly migraine days (MMD) and acute headache medications usage days per month from baseline, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Beck's Depression Inventory(BDI) evaluation. Evaluations were taken at baseline and each follow-up point. After \>6 months follow up as washing out time, the sham group received complementary laser acupuncture treatment and follow up for another 3 months, compared the Headache related parameters (onset, duration, pain scale, current medication for headache, menstrual cycle).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Laser Acupuncture for Chronic Migraine
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients aged above 20 years old with chronic migraine managed pharmacologically or who refused preventive agents despite neurologist recommendation
- Patients reporting unsatisfactory effects from current migraine pharmacological treatments
- Patients with a minimum of one-year history of migraine with or without aura
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients who had received laser acupuncture or traditional acupuncture at baseline
- Migraine onset after the age of 50
- Cognitive or psychological impairments preventing participation or symptom description
- Patients with missing data at baseline or during follow-up
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Taichung, Xitun District, Taiwan, 40705
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
C
ChiSheng Wang, M.D
CONTACT
C
Chi-Hsiang Chou, M.D
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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