Randomized Controlled Trial of Treating Migraine With Acupuncture

June 27, 2010 updated by: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The purpose of the study is to testify whether acupuncture is effective for migraine, and provide evidence for the hypothesis that"Acupuncture effect is based on meridians, and gathering of meridian Qi is the key point."

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The purpose of the study is to testify whether acupuncture is effective for migraine, through treating migraine patients for a month, using different acupoints according to literatures of treating migraine with acupuncture, and try to provide clinical evidence for the hypothesis that"Acupuncture effect is based on meridians, and gathering of meridian Qi is the key point."

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

480

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • China
    • Sichuan
      • Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 610075
        • Chengdu University of TCM

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age of a subject is older than 18 and is younger than 65.(The subject is younger than 50 when he was ill for the first time.)
  2. Consistent with the diagnostic criteria of Premonitory Migraine and Non- Premonitory Migraine.
  3. Attacks of migraine are equal to or more than 2 times in the last three months.
  4. With more than one year history of migraine
  5. Informed consent is signed by a subject or his lineal relation.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. With serious protopathy or disease of cardiovascular, liver, renal,gastrointestinal, hematological systems and so on.
  2. Psychotic，patients with allergic constitution or easily getting infected or bleeding.
  3. Patients have used drugs for preventing migraine in the last four weeks.
  4. Pregnant women or women in lactation.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: group 1
specific acupoints of Shaoyang meridians
Other: acupuncture
Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
Other Names:
  • electro-acupuncture
Experimental: Group 2
Non-specific acupoints of Shaoyang meridians
Other: acupuncture
Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
Other Names:
  • electro-acupuncture
Experimental: group 3
Acupoints of other meridians
Other: acupuncture
Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
Other Names:
  • electro-acupuncture
Sham Comparator: group 4
Non-acupoints
Other: acupuncture
Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
Other Names:
  • electro-acupuncture

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
number of days with migraine
Time Frame: 4 weeks
4 weeks
frequency of migraine attacks
Time Frame: 4 weeks
4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Migraine-Specific Quality-of-Life Questionnaire
Time Frame: a month
a month
Transcranial Doppler Sonography
Time Frame: a month
a month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Fan-rong Liang, master, Chengdu University of TCM

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 3, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 14, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

January 24, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 29, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 27, 2010

Last Verified

June 1, 2010

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2006CB5045011 (Other Grant/Funding Number: 973 program)

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