Single point acupuncture treatment for acute headache

Phase 2

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: R51- Headache

• Registration Number: CTRI/2024/06/068503
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Pavan B Mulimani

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 24 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

1) Met current International Headache Society (IHS) and International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-2) criteria for migraine (with or without aura) at time of entry into the study

2) Who reported an average of at least two headaches per month are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Participants who are taking more than three medications (including over-the-counter) specifically for migraine at the time of interview, or

2) Had failed triptan therapy in the past.

3) History of any current co-morbid illness.

4) Onset of headache disorder less than one year before or at age 50 or older

5) Pregnancy

6) Malignancy

7) Cluster headache (IHS code 3)

8) Suspicion that headache disorder had specific aetiology (IHS code 5-11)

9) Cranial neuralgias (IHS code 12); and

10) Acupuncture treatment in the previous 12 months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified