New behavioral program aims to ease migraine pain without drugs
NCT ID NCT07163559
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a client-centered coping skills training program for people with migraine. Over 8 sessions, participants learn techniques like stress management and activity pacing to reduce pain and improve quality of life. The trial follows 60 adults for 6 months to see if the training helps lower pain intensity and disability.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- coping skills training (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a drug-free way to manage migraine pain and improve daily life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The training requires time and effort, and benefits may vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * a diagnosis of migraine based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3 beta) criteria, * age between 18 and 65 years, * literacy Exclusion Criteria: * psychiatric disorders, * traumatic brain injury, * other types of headaches, * use of antidepressants, analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, or abusive substances (1 week before and during the treatments), * any additional treatment for migraine during the study period, * breastfeeding, * pregnancy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hacettepe University
Ankara, Altındağ, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)
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