Migraine and Body Composition

Completed

Conditions studied: Migraine With and Without Aura, Chronic Migraine, Healthy Controls

In brief

This research is being done to look at the association between migraine and obesity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01720862

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

300

Starts

2012-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Premenopausal women (18-55 years)
• Normal weight (BMI = 18.5 - 24.9) or obese (BMI ≥ 30)
• Diagnosis of episodic or chronic migraine or pain free control

You may not qualify if…

• Evidence of pain disorder other than migraine (e.g. irritable bowel syndrome)
• Chronic conditions known to alter risk or pattern of migraine (e.g. hypothyroidism)
• Illnesses that may affect adipokine levels (e.g. diabetes)
• Clinically relevant abnormal glucose/cholesterol levels
• Pregnant women
• Potential participants who are unable to undergo MRI based on standard screening questionnaire (those with brain aneurysm or surgical clips, certain types of artificial heart valves, heart defibrillator or pacemaker, cochlear implants, eye implants, blood vessel coil, recently placed artificial joints, certain types of vascular stents, history of bullets, pellets, BBs, history of any implanted metal or device or who have worked with sheet metal in the past)

Where it is running

• The Johns Hopkins Bayview Headache Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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