Clinical Effectiveness of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Chronic Migraine

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Migraine
• Interventions: Other: sham treatment; Other: osteopathic manipulative treatment; Drug: triptans

• Registration Number: NCT01851148
• Lead Sponsor: European Institute for Evidence Based Osteopathic Medicine

Brief Summary

The aim of the present study is to determine the extend to which OMT is effective on a sample of subjects affected by migraine evaluated using the headache impact test (HIT-6) questionnaire.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-03
• Primary Completion: 2011-11
• Study Completion: 2012-03
• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-08
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-10
• Status Verified: 2013-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 2013-09-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 105

Inclusion Criteria

• aged between 18 and 60 years old
• chronic migraine

Exclusion Criteria

• secondary forms of headache,
• chronic illness,
• psychiatric illness,
• post-menopausal women

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
OMT	triptans	8 sessions of osteopathic manipulative treatment
sham therapy	sham treatment	subtracting serial sevel (McPartland 2003)
sham therapy	triptans	subtracting serial sevel (McPartland 2003)
usual care	triptans	triptans treatment only
OMT	osteopathic manipulative treatment	8 sessions of osteopathic manipulative treatment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
difference in HIT-6 score	at entry and after 26 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of migraine attacks	26 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ancona's Hospital, division of neurology; 🇮🇹 Ancona, Italy