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Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches

Primary Purpose

Headache Disorders

Status

Completed

Phase

Not Applicable

Locations

United States

Study Type

Interventional

Intervention

Acupuncture

About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Headache Disorders focused on measuring Headache, Acupuncture

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria: Ability to communicate in English Presence of headache 15 or more days in the past month Exclusion Criteria: Known intracranial mass Recent surgery to the head and neck region

Sites / Locations

Harvard Medical School
University of North Carolina

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

Full Information

NCT ID

NCT00086021

First Posted

June 21, 2004

Last Updated

June 8, 2007

Sponsor

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number

NCT00086021

Brief Title

Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches

Official Title

Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches

Study Type

Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date

June 2007

Overall Recruitment Status

Completed

Study Start Date

February 2002 (undefined)

Primary Completion Date

undefined (undefined)

Study Completion Date

June 2007 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Name of the Sponsor

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

4. Oversight

5. Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture can reduce pain in long-term headache sufferers.

Detailed Description

Acupuncture has been shown to reduce the frequency and severity of some types of headaches, but the efficacy of acupuncture for chronic daily headaches has not been studied. The long-term goals of this study are to reduce the symptoms that are associated with recurrent headaches and to collect data that can be used for future acupuncture studies. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to receive 8 weeks of either standard care or ten acupuncture treatments in addition to medical care. Self-report questionnaires will be used to assess headaches and daily pain severity.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study

Headache Disorders

Keywords

Headache, Acupuncture

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose

Treatment

Study Phase

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open Label)

Allocation

Randomized

Enrollment

74 (false)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Intervention Type

Procedure

Intervention Name(s)

Acupuncture

10. Eligibility

Sex

All

Minimum Age & Unit of Time

18 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Ability to communicate in English Presence of headache 15 or more days in the past month Exclusion Criteria: Known intracranial mass Recent surgery to the head and neck region

Facility Information:

Facility Name

Harvard Medical School

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

ZIP/Postal Code

02115

Country

United States

Facility Name

University of North Carolina

City

Chapel Hill

State/Province

North Carolina

ZIP/Postal Code

27599

Country

United States

12. IPD Sharing Statement

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