Status:
COMPLETED
Treatment of Headache Disorders With Acupuncture: Observational Study: OBSERVATIONAL STUDY (HDACU)
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital Son Llatzer
Conditions:
Chronic Headache Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Headache disorders (HDs), which are characterized by recurrent headache, constitute a public-health problem of enormous proportions, with an impact on both the individual sufferer and society. The sta...
Detailed Description
A Cochrane systematic review published in 2016 concluded that acupuncture was at least as effective as, or possibly more effective than, preventive drug treatment for migraine prophylaxis with fewer s...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Clinical diagnosis of headache (\> 12 months) and at least two headaches per month (Physicians classified patients according to the criteria of the International Headache Society to differentiate between patients with, tension-type headache, trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (cluster headache and Horton's headache), trigeminal neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, cervicogenic headache and post-surgery headache).
- Age ≥ 18 years.
Exclusion
- Headache caused by somatic diseases such as hypertension, meningioma or meningoencephalitis
- Onset of headache less than 1-year before.
- acupuncture treatment less than 1-year before
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 20 2017
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 30 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
482 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03250754
Start Date
March 20 2017
End Date
April 30 2018
Last Update
November 12 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Son Llàtzer University Hospital
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain, 07198