Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches

This study has been completed.

First Received: June 21, 2004 Last Updated: June 8, 2007 History of Changes

Sponsor:	National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Information provided by:	National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00086021

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture can reduce pain in long-term headache sufferers.

Condition	Intervention
Headache Disorders	Procedure: Acupuncture

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Daily Headaches

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Acupuncture Headache

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM):

Estimated Enrollment:	74
Study Start Date:	February 2002
Study Completion Date:	June 2007

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.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

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

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00086021

Locations

United States, Massachusetts
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
United States, North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	K23 AT001194
Study First Received:	June 21, 2004
Last Updated:	June 8, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00086021 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM):

Headache
Acupuncture

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Signs and Symptoms
Nervous System Diseases
Headache
Central Nervous System Diseases

Neurologic Manifestations
Pain
Brain Diseases
Headache Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 05, 2009