Atkins Diet for Difficult-to-Control Headaches in Teenagers

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Chronic Daily Headache

In brief

This is a 3-month pilot study of 10 adolescents with chronic daily headache. Teens will be placed on a modified Atkins diet and followed with 2 subsequent visits to assess for headache improvement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00181064

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

10

Starts

2005-09-01

Expected to finish

2009-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-07-02

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ages 12-19
• Minimum 15 headaches/month for at least 3 months
• Tried 2 preventative medications previously

You may not qualify if…

• Prior use of the Atkins diet for more than 1 week
• Pregnancy
• Significant heart or kidney disease
• Dangerously underweight
• Using acute pain medications more than 11 days in the past month
• Medications being changed

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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