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Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches

This study has been completed.
Information provided by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

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Descriptive Information Fields
Brief Title ^†	Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches
Official Title ^†	Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches
Brief Summary	The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture can reduce pain in long-term headache sufferers.
Detailed Description	Acupuncture has been shown to reduce the frequency and severity of some types of headaches, but the efficacy of acupuncture for chronic daily headaches has not been studied. The long-term goals of this study are to reduce the symptoms that are associated with recurrent headaches and to collect data that can be used for future acupuncture studies. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to receive 8 weeks of either standard care or ten acupuncture treatments in addition to medical care. Self-report questionnaires will be used to assess headaches and daily pain severity.
Study Phase
Study Type ^†	Interventional
Study Design ^†	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Primary Outcome Measure ^†
Secondary Outcome Measure ^†
Condition ^†	Headache Disorders
Intervention ^†	Procedure: Acupuncture
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Recruitment Information Fields
Recruitment Status ^†	Completed
Enrollment ^†	74
Start Date ^†	February 2002
Completion Date	June 2007
Eligibility Criteria ^†	Inclusion Criteria: Ability to communicate in English Presence of headache 15 or more days in the past month Exclusion Criteria: Known intracranial mass Recent surgery to the head and neck region
Gender	Both
Ages	18 Years and older
Accepts Healthy Volunteers	No
Contacts ^††
Location Countries ^†	United States

Administrative Information Fields
NCT ID ^†	NCT00086021
Organization ID	K23 AT001194
Secondary IDs ^††
Study Sponsor ^†	National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Collaborators ^††
Investigators ^†
Information Provided By	National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Verification Date	June 2007
First Received Date ^†	June 21, 2004
Last Updated Date	June 8, 2007

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