Laser acupuncture offers new hope for tough migraines
NCT ID NCT06219694
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if adding laser acupuncture to standard care can reduce migraine days and medication use in people with chronic migraine who don't get enough relief from drugs. About 60 adults will receive either real or sham laser acupuncture over several months. Researchers will track headache frequency, severity, and mood changes.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 60 people
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- Started
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Jan 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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20 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * patients aged above 20 years old and had CM managed pharmacologically, including preventive and/or acute migraine medications, and in addition, those who had refused preventive agent despite recommendation of the neurologist; * patients who had unsatisfactory effect of current pharmacological treatments, defined as they self-reported * patients who had a minimum of one-year history of migraine with or without aura. Exclusion Criteria: * patients who had received another LA therapy or traditional acupuncture at baseline * migraine onset after the age of 50 * cognitive or psychological impairment interfering with the participant's ability to receive LA protocol and describe symptoms * patients with missing data at baseline or during the follow-up period.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Taichung Veterans General Hospital
RECRUITINGTaichung, Xitun District, 40705, Taiwan
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