Music Intervention on Migraine Headaches
CompletedNot applicableNCT03763058
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Migraine is a frequent pathology, highly linked to anxio-depressive factors. Non-drug approaches are part of the therapeutic arsenal. Music therapy is a recent discipline expanding in hospital services and specialised ambulatory centers. The main objective of this study is to assess the effect of " U " technique in receptive music therapy on migraine frequency, on patients suffering from episodic migraines, through " Music care " software home use. Secondary objectives are to assess this technique impact on migraine intensity, duration, emotional effect (HAD score), functional impact (HIT-6 score), and acute treatment administration. This is a monocentric prospective before-after study carried out in chronic pain department of the CHU Sud Reunion.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Music Therapy on Episodic Migraine Patients Under the Care of Chronic Pain Department - A Pilot Trial
- Conditions
- Migraine Headache
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Association de Musicothérapie Applications et Recherches Cliniques
- Collaborators
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion
- Start date
- 2018-12-03
- Primary completion
- 2019-03-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- Reunion
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with episodic migraine with at least 4 attacks per month * Patients with migraines with or without aura with diagnostic criteria per International Headache Society * Patients with a migraine for more than one year * Diagnosis age \< 50 years * Patients with an available internet connexion to access Music Care application * Patients with minimal knowledge in informatics * Patients who sign their inform consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients aged less than 18 years * Patients with chronic migraine * Patients with epilepsy * Patients with a deficiency on auditive function * Patients with a disease that could be fatal within the study period.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03763058