NCT01265797

Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation in the Treatment of Migraine Headaches

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Toledo Health Science Campus · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) may be a safe adjunct to medical treatment for pain relief in migraine patients. However, despite the number of CES studies done, many have been open label, single blinded, or have utilized a small group of patients.

Detailed description

This study will evaluate the efficacy of the Fisher Wallace Cranial Stimulator in persons with chronic migraine who have not achieved satisfactory pain control on their current medications.

Conditions

• Migraine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Cranial Electrostimulator	participant wears active cranial electrostimulation device for 20 minutes daily for 28 days
DEVICE	Sham Device	participant wears sham device for 20 minutes daily for 28 days

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-12-01
• Primary completion: 2013-02-01
• Completion: 2013-07-01
• First posted: 2010-12-23
• Last updated: 2015-02-10
• Results posted: 2015-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States