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Filter by:This study evaluates the short and long-term effects of application of Wet Cupping Therapy (WCT) in the treatment of migraine headaches in adults.Half of the participants will continue WCT application and the other half will not.
A study to test the efficacy of a partial rebreathing device in treating and/or preventing migraine pain
The majority of migraineurs seeking secondary or tertiary medical care develop cutaneous allodynia during the course of migraine, a sensory abnormality mediated by sensitization of central trigeminovascular neurons in the spinal trigeminal nucleus. Triptan therapy can render allodynic migraineurs pain-free within a narrow window of time (20-120 min) that opens with the onset of pain and closes with the establishment of central sensitization. This calls for the development of drugs that can tackle ongoing central sensitization and render allodynic migraineurs pain-free after the window for triptan therapy has expired. There are two main objectives the investigators seek to achieve from this study: to determine whether oral administration of DFN-15 (solution of a COX2 inhibitor, Celecoxib) terminates migraine attacks when given to allodynic participants 3 hours after attack onset; and to determine whether mechanical and heat allodynia that develop during acute migraine attacks could be reversed by late (> 3hrs after attack onset) treatment with DFN-15. Participants will be recruited from the Headache Center and randomized in a double-blinded fashion to receive either the active drug (DFN-15) or placebo in a ratio of 4:1.The participants will be instructed to return to the clinic during a migraine. At the 'during-migraine' visit, which will begin 3 hours after onset of headache, the investigators will document headache intensity, associated symptoms, and mechanical and heat pain threshold (first) before treatment (at 180 min after onset of headache) and (second) at a 120 min after treatment (5 hours after headache onset). Based on our prior experience studying migraine patients, the investigators plan to screen 100 patients to achieve 50 participants completing the 2 study visits as planned. The active drug group will consist of 80/100 patients and 20/100 patients will receive the placebo. The study will be terminated as soon as the first 40 participants who received the DFN-15 and first 10 patients who received placebo completed visit 2.
The overarching objective of this protocol is to identify and understand the neural and pain processing mechanisms by which youth with migraine improve in response to preventive treatment. The study design of this mechanistic investigation includes functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), daily headache diaries, assessment of conditioned pain modulation via quantitative sensory testing, and validated psychometric assessments before and after the delivery of one of five treatments over an 8 week period [cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), biofeedback-assisted relaxation training (BART) and cognitive reappraisal (CR) training, amitriptyline, and placebo]. We are examining both distinct and common pathways that may help explain the response to various preventive treatments, as well as potential predictors of outcome.
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a signaling molecule, localized in sensory and parasympathetic perivascular nerves fibres. PACAP exists i to functional iso-forms Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-38 (PACAP38) and PACAP27.
The main objective of this study is to have Phase III evidences of the efficacy of the Cefaly® Abortive Program device used at home for 2 hours to treat a migraine attack. This randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial will study the abortive treatment of migraine using the Cefaly® Abortive Program device.
This ClinicalTrials.gov record pertains only to the clinical trial described below in Aim 4. Aims 1-3 and 5 are described here as background information. This study will be a two-site collaborative research effort (Wake Forest & Duke Univ.) drawing on expertise of investigators steeped in PCST, Internet-based treatment delivery, and development of cost-efficient and maximally-accessible behavioral interventions for migraine and chronic pain. This research will address four specific aims via a mixed-methods approach. In Aim 1 subjects (n=20) will be recruited to participate in user testing of the extant program (PainCOACH1). In Aim 2 subjects (n=64, including migraineurs, members of migraine patient advocacy groups, and clinical professionals trained in headache medicine) will participate in focus groups to provide guidance for appropriately tailoring the program for the treatment of chronic migraine. In Aim 3 feedback from Aims 1 and 2 will be employed to build and develop PainCOACH Migraine which will be beta-tested and refined. In Aim 4 subjects (n=144) will be recruited to participate in a randomized, controlled trial of the PainCOACH Migraine program (versus Medical Treatment as Usual) to demonstrate its feasibility, acceptability and engagement, and promise. Guided by findings from these aims a final exploratory aim will be conducted to optimize the program using prediction models to identify patients at risk for poor outcomes or attrition, and an adaptive therapeutic process targeting improved outcomes for such patients. Ultimately these research efforts will provide data and experience needed to support a subsequent large-scale and methodologically rigorous adaptive trial to test PainCOACH Migraine and enhance understanding of the potentials for Internet-based delivery of behavioral programs for individuals with chronic migraine.
The aim is to compare the effectiveness of a behavioral treatment, the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, provided as an add-on to the prophylactic treatment (treatment as usual-TaU) against TaU only on the reduction of monthly headaches frequency over 12 months in a sample of patients with high-frequency migraine without aura (i.e. reporting 9-14 days with headache per month in the previous three months). ACT will be provided in small groups (5-7 patients each) by specifically trained therapists. The ACT consists in 6 weekly sessions, 90 minutes each, and 2 supplementary "booster" sessions, at two and four weeks after the conclusion of the weekly session. The main focus of the six ACT session will be the following: 1) Creative helplessness: the problem of control; 2) Identifying values: introduction to Mindfulness; 3) Actions guided by values: working with thought; 4) Working with Acceptance and Willingness; 5) Committed Actions: self-as-context; 6) Integration: working with obstacles - wrap-up. The booster session starts with a mindfulness exercise, followed by a review of the contents covered across the ACT program. TaU will consist of education of patients, followed by pharmacological prophylaxis. Prophylaxis is prescribed based on patients' profile, such as previous failures, contraindications and so on by a neurologist with expertise in headache treatments and limited to Topiramate, Propanolol, Amytriptiline or Calcium channel blockers. The study will be a Phase II Trial; randomized, Open-Label; Multicenter study. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to the two groups: 64 patients (32 per group) will be enrolled to detect an absolute difference of at least 2 migraine days/month in the experimental group (assuming alfa 5%, power 95%, up to 15% loss to follow-up).
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of BHV-3000 (rimegepant ODT) versus placebo in subjects with Acute Migraines.
Headache affects the daily quality of life of patients. It has been reported that headaches may be associated with neck muscles, neck movements and trigger points in the neck Drug and non-drug treatments can be used today in the treatment of headaches. Various physical therapies are applied to cranial and cervical regions in non-drug therapies. Therapeutic ultrasound, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Hotpack and manipulation are some of them.This is a randomised placebo- controlled trial to determine the efficacy of the therapeutic ultrasound in the treatment of migraine.