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CompletedNCT06077812Updated Dec 16, 2024

NYU Langone Health Headache Center Learning Migraine Self-Management Techniques Study

An interventional study of RELAXaHEAD Smartphone App and In-Person Training in Migraine, sponsored by NYU Langone Health. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-16.

Sponsored by NYU Langone Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The investigators aim to determine the feasibility of a migraine self-management program.

Read the detailed description

Patients with migraine seen by neurologists/headache specialists within or affiliated with the NYU Langone Health system will be identified via electronic medical record system, or in person. The investigators will randomize 50 participants to an in-person migraine self-management protocol, or a remote migraine self-management protocol. The investigators will examine benefits through follow-up at 2, 4, and 6 month time points.

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Conditions studied

  • Migraine

Keywords

  • Migraine
  • Self-Management
  • Headache
  • Behavioral Intervention
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In context

Migraine Disorders

1,528 studies on the registry are indexed under Migraine Disorders; 299 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 50 is below the median of 80 across 1,175 interventional studies indexed under Migraine Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

NYU Langone Health is the lead sponsor of 1,391 studies on the registry; 254 are open to participants now.

Of its 227 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 191 (84%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • English speaking. (At this time, the validated app is only available in English.)
  • 18-65 years of age
  • Meets International Classification of Headache Disorder (ICHD)-3 migraine criteria based on a headache specialist or neurologist
  • Headaches for ≥1 year
  • Has not begun a new migraine preventative medication in the last month
  • Agreement to not make any preventive medication changes from the time of trial start until 3 months after beginning the study (Note - Acute medications may be changed if needed. Changes in preventive and acute medication and the time initiated will be recorded to evaluate the potential for medication confounds)
  • 4-29 headache days a month (so the study includes those in whom the investigators typically offer preventive treatment [>4 headache days/month] and those with more frequent migraines including chronic migraine [15 days or more/month] but exclude those with continuous headaches)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of Medication Overuse Headache (MOH)
  • Patients who have had Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Biofeedback, or other Relaxation Therapy for migraine in the past year
  • Alcohol or other substance abuse as determined by self-report or prior documentation in the medical record
  • Current opioid or barbiturate use
  • PHQ-8 scores greater than 15, indicating a conservative score of moderately severe depressive symptoms based on the PHQ-9 (in this group, more intense psychological intervention targeted to the depression may be needed, as depression is a significant predictor of migraine chronification and people with migraine and comorbid depression are more likely to be refractory to migraine treatments and to develop medication overuse headache)
  • Unable or unwilling to follow a treatment program that relies on written and audio-taped materials
  • Coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke, diabetes mellitus Type 1 or II
  • Pregnant (because hormonal fluctuations in pregnancy can affect migraine outcomes)
  • Other physical limitations which would prevent participating in the standard protocol of biofeedback being studied
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
50 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    In-Person Migraine Self-Management

    Behavioral: RELAXaHEAD Smartphone App · Behavioral: In-Person Training

  • Active comparator
    Remote Migraine Self-Management

    Behavioral: RELAXaHEAD Smartphone App · Behavioral: Virtual Training

Interventions

  • BehavioralRELAXaHEAD Smartphone App

    Participants will receive access to the smartphone application RELAXaHEAD, which contains features for migraine self-management including a headache diary.

  • BehavioralIn-Person Training

    Participants will receive in-person training in migraine self-management techniques.

  • BehavioralVirtual Training

    Participants will receive virtual training in migraine self-management techniques.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of In-Person Sessions Attended by Participants in the In-Person Migraine Self-Management Arm

    Time frame: Up to Month 2

  2. Number of Days of At-Home Practice

    Time frame: Up to Month 2

  3. Satisfaction Scores

    Assessment of satisfaction with the intervention using a Likert scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being strongly disagree, and 5 being strongly agree; the total score is the response; higher scores indicate greater satisfaction with the intervention.

    Time frame: Month 2

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Study locations

1 site
  • NYU Langone Health
    New York, New York 10016, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — The de-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript will be shared upon reasonable request beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication or as required by a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research provided the investigator who proposes to use the data executes a data use agreement with NYU Langone Health. Requests may be directed to Dr. Mia Minen (Mia.Minen@nyulangone.org). The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap

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 Dec 16, 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
NCT06077812
Lead sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 11, 2023
Start date
Nov 27, 2023
Primary completion
Aug 6, 2024
Completion
Dec 10, 2024
Last update
Dec 16, 2024

Study contacts

Mia T Minen, MD
principal investigator · NYU Langone Health

Oversight

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