Set Point Acupuncture for Migraines Using a Digital Assistant
Completed · Phase 1
Conditions studied: Migraine Headaches
In brief
The object of this research study is to test a standardized set of acupuncture points on migraine patients to reduce frequency and intensity of headaches. Acupuncture has been studied in prior research but the treatment points have varied between subjects, making it difficult to replicate studies.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00714727
- Run by
- Memorial Medical Center
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 2008-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-07-12
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Male and female subjects between the ages of 21 years and 65 years of age
- Subjects with a history of migraine headaches for at least 12 months
- Subjects who have not received acupuncture for any medical condition in the past 6 months.
- A negative pregnancy test for childbearing females since some acupuncture points may be contraindicated in pregnancy. Pregnancy tests will be conducted at MMC.
- Subjects willing and able to use a PDA daily for data collection
You may not qualify if…
- Subjects who plan to receive acupuncture treatment for any other type of medical condition while enrolled in this protocol
- Subjects with the presence of organic pathology (i.e., brain tumor)
- Subjects who have the presence of a systemic disorder or illness, including serious psychiatric illness
- Subjects who began a new headache treatment less than two weeks before proposed enrollment date
- Subjects who are pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant within 6 months
- Subjects that use alcohol on a regular basis
- Subjects that use recreational drugs
- Subjects that have a cardiac pacemaker
- Subjects that use analgesics on more than 10 days per month
- Subjects that exercise prophylactic headache treatment with drugs during the past 4 weeks
Where it is running
- John P Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute — Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
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