NCT00714727

Set Point Acupuncture for Migraines Using a Digital Assistant

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Memorial Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The object of this research study is to test a standardized set of acupuncture points on migraine patients to reduce frequency and intensity of headaches. Acupuncture has been studied in prior research but the treatment points have varied between subjects, making it difficult to replicate studies.

Detailed description

Subjects will be recording daily headache activity on personal digital assistants (PDA's) for 12 weeks before and 12 weeks after 8 weeks of acupuncture intervention. MIDAS, HIT-6 and BDI-II measurements will be done at the beginning of the study (12 weeks pre-intervention), directly before the intervention, directly after, and 12 weeks post-intervention. Measurements will be compared before and after intervention. This is a follow-up to a successful earlier study when these same acupuncture points were used on subjects with chronic daily headache, the majority being migraine.

Conditions

• Migraine Headaches

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	acupuncture	8 weeks of acupuncture, starting with twice a week for 4 weeks, followed by once a week for 4 weeks, using 8 standardized, bilateral acupuncture points.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-07-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-01-01
• First posted: 2008-07-14
• Last updated: 2013-07-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States