Treatment of Headache Disorders With Acupuncture: Observational Study (HDACU)
| Registry | NCT03250754, acronym HDACU |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Study type | Observational |
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| Enrollment | 482 (Actual) |
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| Sponsor | Hospital Son Llatzer (Other) |
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| Conditions | Chronic Headache Disorder |
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| Interventions | Electroacupuncture (Device) |
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| Dates | start 2017-03-20, primary completion 2017-07-30, completion 2018-04-30, first posted 2017-08-16, last updated 2024-11-12 |
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| Locations | 1 site in Spain |
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-Summary
Headache disorders (HDs), which are characterized by recurrent headache, constitute a public-health problem of enormous proportions, with an impact on both the individual sufferer and society. The stated goals of long-term headache treatment are to reduce the frequency, severity, and disability associated with acute attacks; decrease the reliance on poorly tolerated, ineffective, or unwanted acute pharmacotherapies; and avoid acute headache medication escalation. There is risk for adverse events, leading some patients to refuse prophylactic therapy. Acupuncture is widely used for the treatment of headaches and it may be applied as a single modality as well as part of a more complex treatment program. The objective of this study will be to investigate whether acupuncture in routine clinical practice ((Real World Data) is more effective than treatment of acute migraine attacks or routine care only in reducing headache frequency.
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+Detailed description
A Cochrane systematic review published in 2016 concluded that acupuncture was at least as effective as, or possibly more effective than, preventive drug treatment for migraine prophylaxis with fewer side effects compared with conventional treatments . Cochrane reviews of tension-type headache conclude that acupuncture could be a valuable non-pharmacological tool in patients with frequent, episodic, and chronic tension-type headache.
An observational, cross-sectional study, according to the STROBE guide, was conducted. The study was carried out in the Pain Service Unit of the Son Llàtzer University Hospital of Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Between January 2010 and December 2015, data from patients with chronic refractory headache, which did not respond to conventional treatment for at least 6 months, referred to the Pain Service Unit were examined to ascertain their eligibility.
+Arms and interventions
| Arm | Type | Interventions | Description |
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| Pharmacological treatment group | | | Treatment decision making is based on physician's choice and patient preferences. Patients were referred to the Pain Service Unit. Patients continued with a prophylactic treatment alone |
| Electroacupuncture group | | Device: Electroacupuncture | Treatment decision making is based on physician's choice and patient preferences. Patients were referred to the Pain Service Unit. Patients continued with a new prophylactic treatment and additionally, received 12 sessions of acupuncture. The treatments, which included electro-stimulation. |
- Electroacupuncture (Device): Needles on the extremities were stimulated by electro-stimulation device applied by a biphasic pulse generator apparatus at a frequency of pulses alternated between 2 Hz and 100 Hz and the maximum tolerable intensity.
+Outcome measures
Primary outcomes
- Number of days with headache per month [At the end of the third month of treatment]: Because the improvements observed were essentially proportional to the headache at study entry, we also calculated the percent reduction of headache days for each patient. Treatment responders were also calculated: a patient with a reduction of ≥ 50% was considered to be a treatment responder.
Secondary outcomes
- Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain [at baseline, 1 month and 3-months]: a continuous scale comprised of a horizontal line, anchored by "no pain" (score of 0) and "worst imaginable pain" (score of 100 \[100-mm scale\]). (VAS pain intensity score)
- The change of headache days after 1 month [at baseline, 1 month and 3-months]: Number of headache days per month
- Assessment of satisfaction with treatment [at baseline, 1 month and 3-months]: ranging from 10 (extremely Satisfied) to 0 (extremely dissatisfied)
- Sleep quality assessment [at baseline, 1 month and 3-months]: ranging from 10 (good quality) to 0 (poor quality)
+Eligibility
Sex: All, ages: 18 Years to any
Inclusion Criteria:
* Clinical diagnosis of headache (> 12 months) and at least two headaches per month (Physicians classified patients according to the criteria of the International Headache Society to differentiate between patients with, tension-type headache, trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (cluster headache and Horton's headache), trigeminal neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, cervicogenic headache and post-surgery headache).
* Age ≥ 18 years.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Headache caused by somatic diseases such as hypertension, meningioma or meningoencephalitis
* Onset of headache less than 1-year before.
* acupuncture treatment less than 1-year before
+Locations (1)
| Facility | City | Country | Status |
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| Son Llàtzer University Hospital | Palma, Balearic Islands | Spain | |
+Publications
- Headache Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society. The International Classification of Headache Disorders: 2nd edition. Cephalalgia. 2004;24 Suppl 1:9-160. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2003.00824.x. No abstract available. PMID 14979299
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- Linde K, Allais G, Brinkhaus B, Fei Y, Mehring M, Shin BC, Vickers A, White AR. Acupuncture for the prevention of tension-type headache. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Apr 19;4(4):CD007587. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007587.pub2. PMID 27092807
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- Vandenbroucke JP. When are observational studies as credible as randomised trials? Lancet. 2004 May 22;363(9422):1728-31. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16261-2. No abstract available. PMID 15158638
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+Investigators