migraine
Conditions
Interventions
Acupuncture
Sham acupuncture
Sponsors
University of Tsukuba, Mito medical center, Mito kyodo general hospital.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subjects must satisfy the following conditions for inclusion: 1. Migraine 2. Understand the explanation of the experiment and express consent. 3. patients could be treated with acupuncture therapy once a week for three months. 4. no history of other neurological disease 5. no other type of primary or secondary headache 6. over three years since the diagnosis of migraine 7. no another acupuncture treatment during the study period
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Neurological deficit and/or intracranial abnormality. 2. another acupuncture treatment during study period 3. Pregnant 4. Perticipate another clinical trials 5. prophylactic medications added and/or changed during the study period."
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Headache Impact Test (HIT-6): baseline and after 3months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Numerical rating scale (NRS) Self-rating depression scale (SDS) Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) Resting state functional MRI (rsfMRI) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactSumire Ishiyama
Tsukuba university of technology Faculty of Health Sciences
Outcome results
None listed