The Role of Osteopathic Manipulation in the the Management of Post-traumatic Migraine

Migraine Disorders Clinical Trial

— OMT/mTBI  

Official title:

The Role of Osteopathic Manipulation in the the Management of Post-traumatic Migraine

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03588364
• Other study ID #: OMT/mTBI
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 15, 2016
• Est. completion date: June 2019

Study information

• Verified date: June 2019
• Source: University of California, San Diego
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the use of osteopathic manipulation (manual medicine) for migraine headache following traumatic head injury. Headache is an important and very common somatic complaint among people with traumatic brain injury and an important cause of disability in the United States. Over 15-percent of soldiers deployed to Iraq sustained concussion. A majority of these patients suffer from headaches. Many of these are classified as migraine headache that do not respond to medications. Osteopathic manipulation is practiced by physicians in the United States and has been shown to be beneficial in some migraine patients. However, its use in the management of persistent post-traumatic headaches has not been explored. The investigators will use a randomized cross-over design to evaluate post-traumatic migraine patients' response to osteopathic manipulation.

Description:

This is a 30-week prospective, randomized delayed treatment control group design in which 20 participants from the community will be randomized 1:1 into (a) an immediate treatment group that will receive 12 weeks of osteopathic manipulation (OMT) treatment plus standard of care right away or (b) delayed treatment group that will receive 12 weeks of OMT plus standard of care after a 6-week waiting period. The delayed treatment group initially serves as a control condition but then receives the experimental treatment. The investigators selected this control condition to improve our statistical power in this small pilot study. As noted, all participants will continue to receive standard of care throughout the study as a washout is not feasible with osteopathic manipulation and removing standard of care could exacerbate the participant's symptoms. Participants in both arms will be followed for another 12 weeks after the 12 weeks of OMT, resulting in 24 weeks of study participation for the immediate treatment group and 30 weeks of study participation for the delayed treatment group, with participants in both arms answering a series of questionnaires to evaluate migraine frequency and impact, treatment efficacy, side effects, adherence t standard of care and depressive symptoms every 6 weeks throughout their study participation. Participant encounters will consist of screening, psychometric and functional scale administration at every 6 weeks for a total of 24-30 weeks, as well as 12 weeks of OMT treatments for participants in both study arms. Study participants will likely come from UCSD internal referrals.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 11
• Est. completion date: June 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• History of TBI, concussion, post-concussive syndrome

• Headache frequency >/equal 4 per month

• Post-traumatic headache, migraine type

• MIDAS Grade I-IV

• Headaches continue to occur 3 months to 1 year after the injury

• No history of uncontrolled migraine prior to head injury

Exclusion Criteria:

• Headache medication change (Tricyclic antidepressant, antiepileptic medication, propranolol, verapamil, duloxetine, butterbur, Botox) within 30 days

• Non-pharmacologic headache management change (reduction in caffeine intake, reduction in alcohol intake, sleep hygiene, exercise) within 30 days

• Less than 3 months from injury

• History of uncontrolled migraine prior to TBI

• Currently taking oral anti-coagulants

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Headache
• Migraine Disorders
• Post-Traumatic Headache

Intervention

Other:
• Osteopathic Manipulation
Osteopathic manipulation involves a number of different manual techniques. These include muscle inhibition; myofascial release; muscle energy stretch; counterstrain; facilitated positional release ; osteopathy in the cranial field ; balanced ligamentous tension/ligamentous articular strain; one or all of these techniques may be used. Participants will be positioned on an exam table supine, seated, lateral decubitus, prone, or in their position of greatest comfort for the procedure.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of California, San Diego	La Jolla	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, San Diego

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Headache Frequency Log	Participants will complete a form indicating the frequency, location, duration, characteristics, and associated features of their headache.	6 weeks
Secondary	Migraine Disability Assessment Score (MIDAS)	Scale measures migraine disability by asking participants to indicate number of various events missed (or completed with reduced productivity) over the past three months; as well as average pain associated with headaches in the past 3 months.	6 weeks
Secondary	Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D)	20-item measure that asks respondents to rate how often over the past week they experienced symptoms associated with depression, such as restless sleep, poor appetite, and feeling lonely. Response options range from 0 to 3 for each item (0 = Rarely or None of the Time, 1 = Some or Little of the Time, 2 = Moderately or Much of the time, 3 = Most or Almost All the Time). Scores range from 0 to 60, with high scores indicating greater depressive symptoms.	6 weeks
Secondary	36-Item Short Form Survey Instrument (MOS-SF-36)	36-item, patient-reported survey of health-related quality of life. Each of the eight scales is transformed into a 0-100 scale. The 8 scales include: vitality, physical functioning, bodily pain, general health perceptions, physical role functioning, emotional role functioning, social role functioning, and mental health.	6 weeks