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Study on 30 Outpatients With Chronic Migraine Treated With Well-Being Therapy or With a Control Therapy

NCT03404336 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-05-05

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Summary

Chronic migraine is a disabling type of migraine and is often resistant to treatment. Non-pharmacological interventions have been investigated as potential treatment although, unfortunately, the literature on their efficacy is poor and showed mixed results. Well-Being Therapy (WBT) is a brief psychotherapy which has shown efficacy in decreasing the relapse rates of depression in adults, in generalized anxiety disorder and in cyclothymia. It can be implemented to empower psychological well-being. The aim of the present study is to test the efficacy of WBT in a sample of patients with chronic migraine to verify if it reduces the disability due to migraine and distress, it increases the psychological well-being as well as the level of euthymia.

Conditions

  • Chronic Migraine

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Well-Being Therapy

Session 1: identifying and setting episodes of wellbeing into situational context. Session 2: identifying interfering thoughts and behaviors. Session 3: illustrating autonomy, reflecting and practicing it. Session 4: illustrating environmental mastery, reflecting and practicing it. Session 5: illustrating positive relations with others, reflecting and practicing it. Session 6: illustrating personal growth, reflecting and practicing it. Session 7: illustrating self-acceptance, reflecting and practicing it. Session 8: illustrating purpose in life, reflecting and practicing it.

OTHER

Control condition

Session 1: illustrating the concept of lifestyle and well-being. Session 2 and session 3: illustrating healthy eating and steps to healthy eating. Session 4: illustrating physical exercise and how it promotes health. Session 5: illustrating smoking and tobacco and how they can damage health. Session 6: illustrating alcohol and how it can damage health. Session 7: illustrating drugs misuse and how it can damage health. Session 8: illustrating sexual health. No access to specific WBT ingredients will be allowed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Florence

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-01
Primary Completion
2026-12-30
Completion
2026-12-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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