Non-drug Interventions for Migraines
- Conditions
- MigraineHeadache
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Registration Number
- NCT01545466
- Lead Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Brief Summary
This proposal describes a randomized controlled pilot trial investigating feasibility, safety, and migraine frequency in patients with migraines who undergo an 8 week mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) program compared to a wait-list control group.
- Detailed Description
Preliminary research has shown MBSR to be effective in chronic pain syndromes and other mind/body interventions have shown good promise in the treatment of headaches. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of yoga in migraine without aura patients by John and colleagues showed that yoga resulted in a significant decrease in headache frequency, pain index, and symptomatic medication usage compared to a self-care group. This RCT demonstrated that patients with headaches may benefit from a mind-body intervention. However, their yoga protocol was not specified, and participants were instructed to practice the technique only during the prodromal phase of a headache (prior to the pain becoming severe), so as an abortive intervention at the time of a headache. Thus, the investigators of this trial are proposing to evaluate the effect of MBSR on adults with migraines compared to an education control group. This study will add to the John study because, unlike many other mind-body interventions, MBSR offers the distinct advantage of a standardized protocol that has been used both clinically and in numerous research studies across a wide variety of conditions. Furthermore, MBSR teaches participants a daily practice that, if effective, could serve as a prophylactic intervention.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 19
- Diagnosis of migraine (International Classification of Headache Disorders-II);21
- 4-14 days with migraines/month
- ≥one year of migraines
- ≥18 years
- Able and willing to attend weekly sessions and willing to participate in daily mindfulness assignments, up to 30-45 min/day
- Agreeable to participate and to be randomized to either group
- Fluent in English (since the treatment groups will be run in English)
- Good general health with no additional diseases expected to interfere with the study
- Current regular meditation/yoga practice
- Any major systemic illness or unstable medical or psychiatric condition (e.g. suicide risk) requiring immediate treatment or that could lead to difficulty complying with the protocol
- Diagnosis of medication overuse headache (International Classification of Headache Disorders-II);19
- Current or planned pregnancy or breastfeeding
- New prophylactic migraine medicine started within 4 weeks of the screening visit
- Unwilling to maintain stable current doses of migraine medicines for the duration of trial
- Failure to complete baseline diary recordings of migraine activity and medication use
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Participants will complete an 8 week course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), meeting once/week for 8 weeks and having a 4-6 hour retreat after the 6th class
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Migraine frequency from Baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Change in the number of migraines per month from baseline(tracked with headache logs)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in self-efficacy from baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Change in self-efficacy from baseline(Headache Management Self-Efficacy Scale)
Change in perceived stress from baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Change in Perceived stress scale from baseline
Change in migraine-related disability/impact from baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Change in migraine-related disability/impact from baseline(one month MIDAS and HIT-6)
Change in anxiety from baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Change in anxiety from baseline (state-trait anxiety measure)
Change in depression from baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Change in depression from baseline(PHQ-9)
Change in mindfulness from baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Change in mindfulness from baseline(Five facet mindfulness scale)
Qualitative interviews immediately post-intervention Participants will be interviewed qualitatively
Change in migraine severity from baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Change in Migraine intensity (1-10) tracked via headache logs from baseline
Change in Migraine duration from baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Length of migraines (tracked via headache logs)
Change in quality of life from baseline baseline, immediately post-intervention, 4 weeks post-intervention Change in Migraine specific quality of life from baseline
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Brigham and Women's Hospital
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States