NCT04369911

Acupuncture in Traumatic Brain Injury

Acupuncture Treatment for Chronic Post-traumatic Headache in Individuals With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: HealthPartners Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of a low vs. high dose of acupuncture treatment in individuals with chronic post-traumatic headache (CPTH). A total of 36 people with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) suffering from CPTH will be enrolled in this study to receive acupuncture treatment for 5 weeks. Participants will be randomized into two groups: 1) Low Acupuncture group (5 treatments) and 2) High Acupuncture group (10 treatments). It is hypothesized that both treatment groups will have decreased headaches, but that 10 treatments will greater alleviate headaches when compared to 5 treatments.

Conditions

• Chronic Post-traumatic Headache
• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Acupuncture	Acupuncture treatments will be separated by a minimum of two days and a maximum of 14 days. Treatment sessions will be identical for both groups. Standard, sterile stainless-steel, disposable needles will be inserted at acupuncture points with a total of 18 needles for each treatment session. The depth of the needle will be approximately 10-20 millimeters. Needles will be left in place for 30 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-11-23
• Primary completion: 2023-10-17
• Completion: 2023-10-17
• First posted: 2020-04-30
• Last updated: 2025-01-27
• Results posted: 2025-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States