Exploratory Study to Evaluate 2 Acupuncture Methods for the Treatment of Headaches Associated With TBI
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Official title
A Randomized Exploratory Study to Evaluate Two Acupuncture Methods for the Treatment of Headaches Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury
Brief summary
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This study investigates whether acupuncture can help to decrease the number and severity of headaches in people who have Traumatic Brain Injury. The aim of this study is to compare two different types of acupuncture-either Traditional Chinese Acupuncture or ear acupuncture-to a group that receives no acupuncture at all. Acupuncture has been demonstrated to reduce pain, improve health-related quality of life, prevent migraine headaches, and improve tension and chronic daily headaches.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01338701
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2, Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 45 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Traditional Chinese Acupuncture (TCA) Procedure
- Auricular (Ear) Acupuncture Procedure
- Usual Care Other
Procedure · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 69 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2011
- Primary completion
- Mar 31, 2015
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2015
- Last update posted
- May 12, 2016
2011 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Reed Army Medical Center | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20307 | — |
| Fort Belvoir Community Hospital | Alexandria | Virginia | 22060 | — |
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- Last update posted May 12, 2016 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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