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Atkins Diet for Difficult-to-Control Headaches in Teenagers

NCT00181064 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2009-07-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a 3-month pilot study of 10 adolescents with chronic daily headache. Teens will be placed on a modified Atkins diet and followed with 2 subsequent visits to assess for headache improvement.

Conditions

  • Chronic Daily Headache

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Modified Atkins diet

15 grams of carbohydrates per day - high fat diet

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Eric H Kossoff, MD · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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