Randomized Controlled Trial of Treating Migraine With Acupuncture

NCT ID: NCT00599586

Last Updated: 2010-06-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

480 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-11-30

Study Completion Date

2009-09-30

Brief Summary

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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."

Detailed Description

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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."

Conditions

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Migraine

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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group 1

specific acupoints of Shaoyang meridians

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

acupuncture

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.

Group 2

Non-specific acupoints of Shaoyang meridians

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

acupuncture

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.

group 3

Acupoints of other meridians

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

acupuncture

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.

group 4

Non-acupoints

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

acupuncture

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.

Interventions

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acupuncture

Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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electro-acupuncture

Eligibility Criteria

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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.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Acupuncture & Tuina college of chengdu univeristy of TCM

Principal Investigators

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Fan-rong Liang, master

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Chengdu University of TCM

Locations

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Chengdu University of TCM

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Linde K, Streng A, Jurgens S, Hoppe A, Brinkhaus B, Witt C, Wagenpfeil S, Pfaffenrath V, Hammes MG, Weidenhammer W, Willich SN, Melchart D. Acupuncture for patients with migraine: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2005 May 4;293(17):2118-25. doi: 10.1001/jama.293.17.2118.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15870415 (View on PubMed)

Zheng H, Huang W, Li J, Zheng Q, Li Y, Chang X, Sun G, Liang F. Association of pre- and post-treatment expectations with improvements after acupuncture in patients with migraine. Acupunct Med. 2015 Apr;33(2):121-8. doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2014-010679. Epub 2014 Dec 30.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25549933 (View on PubMed)

Deng ZQ, Zheng H, Zhao L, Zhou SY, Li Y, Liang FR. Health economic evaluation of acupuncture along meridians for treating migraine in China: results from a randomized controlled trial. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012 Jun 14;12:75. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-75.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22697367 (View on PubMed)

Li Y, Zheng H, Witt CM, Roll S, Yu SG, Yan J, Sun GJ, Zhao L, Huang WJ, Chang XR, Zhang HX, Wang DJ, Lan L, Zou R, Liang FR. Acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis: a randomized controlled trial. CMAJ. 2012 Mar 6;184(4):401-10. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.110551. Epub 2012 Jan 9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22231691 (View on PubMed)

Zhao L, Zhang FW, Li Y, Wu X, Zheng H, Cheng LH, Liang FR. Adverse events associated with acupuncture: three multicentre randomized controlled trials of 1968 cases in China. Trials. 2011 Mar 24;12:87. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-87.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21435214 (View on PubMed)

Li Y, Liang F, Yu S, Liu X, Tang Y, Yang X, Tian X, Yan J, Sun G, Chang X, Zheng H, Zhang H, Ma T. Randomized controlled trial to treat migraine with acupuncture: design and protocol. Trials. 2008 Oct 20;9:57. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-9-57.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 18928574 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2006CB5045011

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2006CB5045011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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