CBT in Patients With Medication Overuse Headache

NCT ID: NCT01754571

Last Updated: 2012-12-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-07-31

Study Completion Date

2013-06-30

Brief Summary

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According to the definition from International Headache Society, medication overuse headache (MOH) is diagnosed when patients takes painkillers for more than 10 or 15 days per month (depending on what kind of painkillers being used), for more than 3 months, which results in the deterioration of headache. The treatments of MOH include preventive medication of headache and withdrawal of the overused painkillers. Other than the simple oral advice, some researchers recommended non-pharmacological methods. Pryse-Phillips et al. (1998) reviewed the the treatment of migraine and suggested that biofeedback, relaxation, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), psychological therapy, hypnosis and physical treatment are effective. Researches also point out CBT is effective on withdrawing medication in patients with MOH (Kroner-Herwig, 2009). Lake (2006) reported that behavioural therapy maybe an adjunct therapy to preventive medication to reduce the relapse rate of medication overuse.

The purpose of this study is to confirm the effect of CBT in patients with MOH. The target is to reduce the frequency of headache and use of painkillers. Patients could benefit from the education and relaxation training during CBT to cope with headache and reduce the use of painkillers.

The research will recruit 60 patients with MOH at Neurology Clinics, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital. They will be separated into two groups, 30 in control group and the other 30 in the experimental group. Education of MOH, relaxation and cognitive restructuring would be included in the four weeks training program. The training program is under the supervision of a neurologist from Far Eastern Memorial Hospital and a psychology professor from Fu Jen Catholic University. The control group will accept four weeks telephone interview to confirm their headache diary including the frequency of headache and use of painkillers. The frequency of headache and medication use will be used for analyzing the effect of CBT.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Medication Overuse Headache

Keywords

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medication overuse headache

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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CBT treatment

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive behavior therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Behavior therapy, including Relaxation, cognitive rebuilding.

Interventions

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Cognitive behavior therapy

Behavior therapy, including Relaxation, cognitive rebuilding.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Clinical diagnosis of Medication overuse headache

Exclusion Criteria

* other type headache
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

New Taipei City, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Tzu-Hsien Lai, Doctor

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 88677380015

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Tzu-Hsien Lai, Doctor

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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101041-E

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id