Effect of acupuncture added to standard treatment of migraine.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- G43.9Migraine, unspecified
- Registration Number
- DRKS00009803
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Hospital Hradec Kralove
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 86
Inclusion Criteria
Patients (men and women) in the age interval 18-80 years old with a history of migraines at least 12 months with a minimum rate of 4 attacks / days per month.
Exclusion Criteria
Malignant disease, pregnant women, patients with a history of acupuncture in the face, hands, feet and the front of the body in the previous 6 months, with a history of head injury or cringe spine, severe arrhythmias, heart failure, brain tumor, epilepsy, haemophilia patients participating other clinical trials within the previous 6 months, patients unable to distinguish between tension headache and migraine patients receiving anticoagulant therapy, patients taking Chinese herbs (Chinese herbal medicine).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary objective of monitoring is to determine the frequency, duration and intensity of migraines. The intensity of migraine will be determined by visual analogue scale (Visual Analogue Scale, VAS hereinafter). Pain intensity ratings will be subject recorded in his diary during the whole project. At the same time we determined the percentage of patients with more than 50% reduction in the attack / migraine days for 4 weeks. Duration of the project is 36 weeks: 12 weeks treatment period + 24 weeks patient follow-up.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary objective is monitoring the drop in intake migraine medications, evaluating the severity and course of migraine and quality of life, including psychosocial factors. To evaluate the quality of life questionnaire will be used MIDAS (Migraine Disability Assessment) questionnaire (visits W4, W8, W12, W24, W36). WHO Life satisfaction questionnaire is used for measuring the quality of life and life satisfaction.