NCT01687660

Acupuncture for Migraine Prophylaxis

A Continuous Study on Abiding Effect of Acupuncture for Migraine Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 249 (actual)
• Sponsor: Li ying · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Hypothesis: Acupuncture obtains an abiding effect on migraine prophylaxis Design: A open-label randomized controlled trial. 249 participants will be included. Three arms: acupuncture in acupoint-meridian， non-acupoint-meridian group, and waiting list.

Detailed description

Aim: to attest the abiding efficacy and safety of acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis Design: A open-label randomized controlled trial will be performed in Chengdu, Hunan and Chongqing province. Two hundred and forty-three participants will be randomly assign to acupoint-meridian group, non-acupoint-meridian group, and wait-and-see group. Each participants will receive 20 sessions of acupuncture in 4 weeks, with a duration of 30 minutes in a session. After all the treatments was accomplished, there will be 5 times follow-ups in the impending every 4 weeks. The primary outcome is frequency of migraine attacks 16 weeks after inclusion. Secondary outcomes include frequency of migraine attacks at the 4th and 24th week, headache severity, MSQ(Migraine Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire MSQ Version2.1), etc.

Conditions

• Migraine Without Aura
• Unilateral Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	acupuncture	apply acupuncture to prevent the migraine attack

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2012-09-19
• Last updated: 2020-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China