Acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Migraine without aura [common migraine]migraine.
- Registration Number
- IRCT201108097265N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
a diagnosis for Migraine; more than 3 migraine attacks in a month; inadequacy of three months conventional prophylaxis treatment; Patient's consent to receive acupuncture Exclusion criteria: Absence of a net diagnosis for migraine; Patient's disapproval; Patients who did not fulfill their treatment sessions; Migraine headaches which are responsive to medications; Patients who had received acupuncture treatment in the past six months.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The numbers of monthly headache attacks. Timepoint: baseline, and at the end of first month treatment, at the end of the second, third and fourth months from baseline. Method of measurement: patients' self-report of monthly headache frequency.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method