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Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches

This study has been completed.

Sponsored by: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Information provided by: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

Purpose

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

Condition Treatment or Intervention
Headache Disorders
 Procedure: Acupuncture

MedlinePlus related topics:  Brain Diseases

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Further Study Details: 

Expected Total Enrollment:  74

Study start: February 2002;  Study completion: March 2004

Acupuncture has been shown to reduce the frequency and severity of some types of headaches, but the efficacy of acupuncture for chronic daily headaches has not been studied. The long-term goals of this study are to reduce the symptoms that are associated with recurrent headaches and to collect data that can be used for future acupuncture studies.

Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to receive 8 weeks of either standard care or ten acupuncture treatments in addition to medical care. Self-report questionnaires will be used to assess headaches and daily pain severity.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:  18 Years and above,  Genders Eligible for Study:  Both

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:


Location Information


Massachusetts
      Harvard Medical School, Boston,  Massachusetts,  02115,  United States

North Carolina
      University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,  North Carolina,  27599,  United States

More Information

Study ID Numbers:  K23-AT-001194
Record last reviewed:  June 2004
Record first received:  June 21, 2004
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT00086021
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2004-10-20
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