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CompletedNCT04983186MBRAIN-21Updated Feb 6, 2024

mBrain-21 : a Three-month Study on Context-awareness, Physiological Monitoring, and Machine Learning in Migraine and Cluster Headache

An interventional study of Wearable sensor and smartphone application in Migraine and Cluster Headache, sponsored by University Hospital, Ghent. Completed at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-02-06.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Ghent · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study collects data from migraine and cluster headache patients during a three-month study. Contextual data (e.g. location or smartphone usage) and physiological variables will be used to assist machine learning algorithms in making predictions on activity, stress and sleep in patients with migraine or cluster headache.

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Migraine and cluster headache are brain disorders with disabling headache attacks and assoicated symptoms. Attacks have multiple phases such as the premonitory phase, aura phase, headache phase and postdromal phase. During those phases, symptoms of homeostatic disturbance or sensory alterations may occur.

The goal of the study is to observe activity, stress and sleep parameters in relation to registered headache attacks.

Participation in the mBrain-21 study will last maximum 90 days. Participants are patients with migraine or cluster heacache recruited within the headache clinic of Ghent University Hospital. Physiological variables such as heart rate, movement and galvanic skin resonse will be measured by the Empatica E4 wrist sensor. Patient-specific experiences during headache attacks and activities of daily life will be registered with a custom-made headache smartphone applications. Contextual data (e.g. smartphone usage or location) can be autonomously collected through smartphone applications.

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Conditions studied

  • Migraine
  • Cluster Headache

Keywords

  • Migraine
  • Cluster Headache
  • Smartphone application
  • Machine Learning
  • Wearable sensor
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In context

Migraine Disorders

1,657 studies on the registry are indexed under Migraine Disorders; 339 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 30 is below the median of 80 across 1,269 interventional studies indexed under Migraine Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Ghent is the lead sponsor of 689 studies on the registry; 160 are open to participants now.

Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 4 (80%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult participants between the age of 18 en 65 years.
  • Diagnosis of migraine without aura (ICHD-3 diagnosis 1.1) or migraine with aura (ICHD-3 diagnosis 1.2) or chronic migraine (ICHD-3 diagnosis 1.3)
  • Headache crystal clear days on minimum 5 days per month on average.
  • Onset of headache syndrome before the age of 50.
  • Attacks of migraine or cluster headache are clearly distinguishable from other types of headache disorders if present.
  • Participant complies with protocol to use smartphone applications on his or her own Android-based smartphone (minimum version 8.0) and to provide access to his or her smartphone dataplan.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Participants

    Participants wear the Empatica E4 wearable sensor and use the smartphone applications developed by the research team.

    Device: Wearable sensor and smartphone application

Interventions

  • DeviceWearable sensor and smartphone application

    Empatica E4 wearable sensor and custom-made headache smartphone application

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Accuracy (F1-scores) machine learning algorithms

    Machine learning algorithms for stress detection, sleep detection, activity detection and headache attack detection

    Time frame: After 90 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Demographics

    Demographic characteristics of participants

    Time frame: At the beginning of the study

  2. Headache phenotype characteristics

    Headache phenotype characteristics

    Time frame: At the beginning of the study

  3. Migraine Specific Questionnaire v2.1

    Migraine Specific Questionnaire v2.1

    Time frame: After 90 days

  4. MIDAS Migraine Disability Assessment

    MIDAS Migraine Disability Assessment

    Time frame: After 90 days

  5. MOS Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-20)

    MOS Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-20)

    Time frame: After 90 days

  6. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality index

    Pittsburgh Sleep Quality index

    Time frame: After 90 days

  7. MUltilevel Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness v2 (MAIAv2)

    MUltilevel Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness v2 (MAIAv2)

    Time frame: After 90 days

  8. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)

    Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)

    Time frame: After 90 days

  9. Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 25)

    Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 25)

    Time frame: After 90 days

  10. Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ)

    Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ)

    Time frame: After 90 days

  11. Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ)

    Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ)

    Time frame: After 90 days

  12. Ruminative Response Scale (RRS)

    Ruminative Response Scale (RRS)

    Time frame: After 90 days

  13. Basic Needs Scale

    Basic Needs Scale

    Time frame: After 90 days

  14. Emotion Regulation Scale

    Emotion Regulation Scale

    Time frame: After 90 days

  15. Neuroticism (subscale from BFI)

    Neuroticism (subscale from BFI)

    Time frame: After 90 days

Other outcomes

  1. Feedback from participants

    Feedback from participants on compliance, adherence, usability and user experience of study infrastructure

    Time frame: After 90 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • University Hospital, Ghent: Department of Neurology
    Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 6, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04983186
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 30, 2021
Start date
Jul 19, 2021
Primary completion
Sep 7, 2023
Completion
Sep 7, 2023
Last update
Feb 6, 2024

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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