A Pilot Study of Migraine and Appetite Behaviour in Children

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-07-31

Study Completion Date

2010-08-31

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is an association between migraine in children and certain patterns of appetite or eating behaviour that may lead to later obesity.

Related Clinical Trials

Explore similar clinical trials based on study characteristics and research focus.

Nutritional Intervention in Migraine

NCT02703129

Migraine

COMPLETED NA

Migraine in Adolescents

NCT05654012

Migraine

RECRUITING NA

Migraine and Body Composition

NCT01720862

Migraine With and Without Aura Chronic Migraine Healthy Controls

COMPLETED

Do Patients With Chronic Daily Headache Have Continuous Headache or Moments of Headache Relief?

NCT00880425

Chronic Daily Headache

COMPLETED

Educational Video Program to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Migraine Frequency in Adults With Migraine

NCT06993545

Migraine Disorders Exercise Health Education +2 more

COMPLETED NA

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of headache and associated symptoms. The condition affects approximately 11% of the child population and it can impose considerable burdens on the sufferer either due to the headache itself, or associated co-morbidities such as psychological stress, obesity, sleep problems, etc. Increasing attention is focussing on the shared genetic, environmental and neurobiological mechanisms of migraine co-morbidities to gain further insights into improving outcomes.

We are interested in studying eating behaviours in children with migraine since there is evidence that altered patterns of eating behaviour (and underlying changes in appetite) are seen in migraineurs although not studied systematically. Altered appetite and eating behaviours may be a mechanism for the emerging association between obesity (or degree of adiposity) and migraine severity, detected in both adult and paediatric studies to varying extents. Studying the putative association between migraine, degree of adiposity and patterns of eating behaviour in children may help to tease out causal mechanisms, since both migraine and obesity often evolve over the course of childhood.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Migraine Disorders Obesity

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Children and adolescents between 5 years and 16 years of age.
* Clinical diagnosis of migraine (for cases).
* Controls are recruited from children referred with headache, who do not receive diagnosis of migraine.