NCT04216173

Acupuncture for Headache Post-Traumatic Brain Injury: A Feasibility Study

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates and addresses challenges to implementing an acupuncture intervention for adults who have headaches after sustaining a moderate traumatic brain injury. Eligible participants will be recruited from Seattle and the surrounding areas to receive weekly acupuncture for 12 consecutive weeks. Participants will complete questionnaires to assess headache impact, depression, health-related quality of life, and cognitive function at the beginning of the study and every two weeks for the duration of the study. Participants will participate in structured interviews after the study for their views on the acceptability and tolerability of the study protocol.

Conditions

• Post-Traumatic Headache
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Acupuncture	Acupuncture weekly for 12 consecutive weeks. Acupuncture protocol consists of both scalp and body acupuncture points.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-06
• Primary completion: 2020-03-12
• Completion: 2020-03-12
• First posted: 2020-01-02
• Last updated: 2021-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States