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Migraine study tests mind vs. medicine in headache relief

NCT ID NCT06617832

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at how the way treatment information is given affects how well migraine medication works and what side effects people notice. Researchers will give 128 adults with episodic migraine six different treatments in a random order to compare drug effects, placebo effects, and their interaction. The goal is to better understand the role of expectations in migraine relief, not to test a new drug.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

About 128 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Nov 2024

Expected to finish

Sep 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: 1. Adults (18-65 years) 2. ≥ 1-year history of migraine with or without aura according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3) diagnostic criteria 3. Known episodic migraine (≥ 1 and \< 15 headache days with features of migraine on at least 2-8 days per month for \> 3 months) with and without aura and diagnosed before age 50 4. Previous or active use of triptans as acute treatment for migraine 5. Ability to speak and read Danish Exclusion Criteria: 1. Chronic migraine or history of chronic migraine in the last 12 months 2. Other concomitant primary headache types except for infrequent tension-type headache 3. Secondary headache disorders including medication overuse headache 4. Severe psychiatric, vascular or liver diseases 5. Opioid or barbiturate use in the month preceding screening 6. Current use of preventive migraine treatment (i.e., onabotulinum toxin A, and/or Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibodies) (however, stable medical treatment with other migraine prophylactic agents is permitted, e.g. antidepressant, calcium channel blockers, beta blockers and antiepileptic drugs, 4 weeks prior to inclusion until the completion of participation in the study) 7. Contraindications or inability to tolerate triptans 8. Current substance use disorder 9. Implanted metallic or electronic device in the head 10. Cardiac pacemaker or implanted or wearable defibrillator 11. Use of illegal psychotropic drugs less than a week before participation in the study; regarding cannabis: less than four weeks before participation in the study 12. Current pregnancy or planned pregnancy (confirmed by pregnancy test and by use of safe contraception as defined by the Danish Medicines Agency) and lactation

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Conditions

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How to take part

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Aarhus N, 8200, Denmark

  • Dept. of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

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