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NCT Number: NCT00599586

Randomized Controlled Trial of Treating Migraine With Acupuncture

The purpose of the study is to testify whether acupuncture is effective for migraine, and provide evidence for the hypothesis that"Acupuncture effect is based on meridians, and gathering of meridian Qi is the key point."

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Key information

Conditions

Migraine Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Headache Disorders Headache Disorders, Primary Migraine Disorders Nervous System Diseases

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chengdu University of TCM

Chengdu, Sichuan, 610075, China

About this study

The purpose of the study is to testify whether acupuncture is effective for migraine, through treating migraine patients for a month, using different acupoints according to literatures of treating migraine with acupuncture, and try to provide clinical evidence for the hypothesis that"Acupuncture effect is based on meridians, and gathering of meridian Qi is the key point."

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age of a subject is older than 18 and is younger than 65.(The subject is younger than 50 when he was ill for the first time.)
  • Consistent with the diagnostic criteria of Premonitory Migraine and Non- Premonitory Migraine.
  • Attacks of migraine are equal to or more than 2 times in the last three months.
  • With more than one year history of migraine
  • Informed consent is signed by a subject or his lineal relation.

Exclusion criteria

  • With serious protopathy or disease of cardiovascular, liver, renal,gastrointestinal, hematological systems and so on.
  • Psychotic，patients with allergic constitution or easily getting infected or bleeding.
  • Patients have used drugs for preventing migraine in the last four weeks.
  • Pregnant women or women in lactation.

Treatment and study plan

Acupuncture

Other

Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.

Other names: electro-acupuncture

Primary outcomes

  1. number of days with migraine

    Time frame: 4 weeks

  2. frequency of migraine attacks

    Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Migraine-Specific Quality-of-Life Questionnaire

    Time frame: a month

  2. Transcranial Doppler Sonography

    Time frame: a month

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Jan 24, 2008
Registry last updated
Jun 29, 2010

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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