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

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Son Llàtzer University Hospital

Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain, 07198