An interventional study of Acupuncture in Headache Disorders, sponsored by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-06-11.
Sponsored by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture can reduce pain in long-term headache sufferers.
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.
162 studies on the registry are indexed under Headache Disorders; 40 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 74 is above the median of 60 across 103 interventional studies indexed under Headache Disorders.
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