Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Headache Disorders

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture can reduce pain in long-term headache sufferers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00086021

Run by

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

People needed

74

Starts

2002-02-01

Expected to finish

2007-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-06-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ability to communicate in English
• Presence of headache 15 or more days in the past month

You may not qualify if…

• Known intracranial mass
• Recent surgery to the head and neck region

Where it is running

• Harvard Medical School — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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