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RECRUITING
NCT06229834
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Chiropractic Care for Episodic Migraine

Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

Migraine, a chronic intermittent headache disorder, ranks in the top five causes of years lived with disability. One promising non-pharmacologic and integrative treatment for migraine may be chiropractic care due to the co-occurrence of migraine and musculoskeletal complaints. The goal of this application is to perform a pilot study of chiropractic care for episodic migraine to help inform the design of a future, full-scale pragmatic effectiveness trial.

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - 65 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

60

Start Date

2025-03-22

Completion Date

2027-04-30

Last Updated

2025-07-09

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Chiropractic Care

The chiropractic care protocol can be personalized to the patient's clinical needs and follows the scope of chiropractic care practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Connecticut. Components of the chiropractic intervention include: posture correction / spinal stabilization exercises; soft tissue relaxation techniques; spinal manipulation (i.e. chiropractic adjustment) / mobilization; breathing and relaxation techniques; stretches, self-care; ergonomic modifications; bracing and supports.

BEHAVIORAL

Headache Health Education

Participants randomized to the HHE arm will receive 14 interactive 15-minute education sessions delivered via video conference. To partially control for attention and expectation associated with chiropractic care, participants randomized to the control group will receive a modified version of a headache education intervention we employed in our pilot study. Participants randomized to HHE will receive 14 interactive 15-minute education sessions delivered via VA or MGB Teams. Material to be covered will focus on pre-defined migraine-specific topics, compared with the control for our pilot study, in addition to greater contact time, HHE will be delivered in a more interactive manner utilizing active learning principles known to support adult learning. We will also utilize publicly available short videos (e.g., from the American Headache Society) followed by scripted discussions with the participant. Example topics include the physiology of migraine or the contribution of life.

Locations (1)

Osher Center for Integrative Health, Mass General Brigham

Boston, Massachusetts, United States