Non-drug Interventions for Migraines
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Migraine, Headache
In brief
This proposal describes a randomized controlled pilot trial investigating feasibility, safety, and migraine frequency in patients with migraines who undergo an 8 week mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) program compared to a wait-list control group.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01545466
- Run by
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- People needed
- 19
- Starts
- 2012-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-03-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Diagnosis of migraine (International Classification of Headache Disorders-II);21
- 4-14 days with migraines/month
- ≥one year of migraines
- ≥18 years
- Able and willing to attend weekly sessions and willing to participate in daily mindfulness assignments, up to 30-45 min/day
- Agreeable to participate and to be randomized to either group
- Fluent in English (since the treatment groups will be run in English)
- Good general health with no additional diseases expected to interfere with the study
You may not qualify if…
- Current regular meditation/yoga practice
- Any major systemic illness or unstable medical or psychiatric condition (e.g. suicide risk) requiring immediate treatment or that could lead to difficulty complying with the protocol
- Diagnosis of medication overuse headache (International Classification of Headache Disorders-II);19
- Current or planned pregnancy or breastfeeding
- New prophylactic migraine medicine started within 4 weeks of the screening visit
- Unwilling to maintain stable current doses of migraine medicines for the duration of trial
- Failure to complete baseline diary recordings of migraine activity and medication use
Where it is running
- Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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