Could immune cells be key to chronic migraine?
NCT ID NCT07067112
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether a type of immune cell called regulatory T cells works properly in people with chronic migraine. Researchers will compare blood samples from 24 women with chronic migraine to healthy controls. The goal is to understand if problems with these cells contribute to migraine pain, which could lead to new treatment ideas.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could point toward new treatments that target immune system problems in chronic migraine.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early observational study with only 24 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It aims to understand the disease, not test a treatment.
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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 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
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 50 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Females * 18 to 50 years old * Chronic migraine participants : chronic migraine (at least 15 days of headache/month, according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition criteria Exclusion Criteria: * BMI \< or = 17kg/m² or \> or = 30kg/m² * Diagnosis or suspicion of type 2 diabetes, auto-immune or inflammatory diseases, immunodeficiency diseases * Diagnosis of headache of non-migraine origin, except for tension type headache \< or = 4 days per month (i.e.: cluster headache, post-traumatic headache, cerebral tumour…) * Pregnancy, delivery, miscarriage, breastfeeding, participation in a medically assisted human reproduction program (ovary stimulation/hormone therapy) \< 3 months before blood sampling * Menopause, hysterectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy * Flare of the autoimmune/inflammatory disease of interest \< 1 month before blood sampling * Modification of maintenance therapy for the autoimmune/inflammatory disease of interest (start, change of molecule, interruption) \< 3 months before blood sampling * Modification of prophylactic anti-migraine therapy (start, change of molecule, interruption) \< 3 months before blood sampling (for migraine participants) * Hormone therapy (besides contraception and treatment of endometriosis) * Transplantation (solid organ or bone marrow) * Cancer (active or remitting) \< 1 year before blood sampling (solid organ or blood) * Haematologic disease (benign or malignant) of the lymphoid lineage * Guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice or deprivation of liberty * For controls : diagnosis of migraine
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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