Acupuncture for Migraine Prophylaxis (NCT01687660) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Acupuncture for Migraine Prophylaxis
China249 participantsStarted 2012-09
Plain-language summary
Hypothesis: Acupuncture obtains an abiding effect on migraine prophylaxis Design: A open-label randomized controlled trial. 249 participants will be included. Three arms: acupuncture in acupoint-meridian， non-acupoint-meridian group, and waiting list.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 65 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Age of a subject is between 18 and 65 years old(initially occured beneath the age of 50), male or female;
* in accordance with diagnosis of migraine without aura in International Classification of Headache Disorders, ICHD-2, by IHS;
* 2 to 8 times attack per month in recent 3 months, with each period beyond 15 days;
* with migraine history for over 1 year;
* be able and willing to finish the headache diary in baseline ;
* informed consent form must be signed by patient or lineal relative;
Exclusion Criteria：
* Patients who are unconscious, psychotic.
* Patients with aggravating tumor and other serious consumptive disease, and who are subject to infection and bleeding.
* With serious primary illness or disease of cardiovascular, liver, renal, gastrointestinal, hematological systems and so on.
* Pregnant women or women in lactation.