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Effectiveness and Acceptability of MINDFULNESS by Smartphone, for Patients with Chronic Migraine and Medication Overuse

NCT04389372 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2025-01-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Chronic Migraine is a disabling condition that affects the 2% of migraine population. It is often associated with medication overuse that makes this condition very difficult to treat. The literature of the last decades confirm the efficacy of withdrawal for patients with medication overuse but it is also confirmed that patients have to be carefully followed in the last period after withdrawal to avoid relapses and to improve the clinical benefit of the therapeutic approach. It has been also reported how the clinical results can be improved when traditional therapies are combined with behavioral approaches in particular mindfulness, that help patient to become more conscious about their symptoms and able to manage pain without medication. Generally patients after withdrawal follow a specific prophylaxis for migraine, but also come weekly to the hospital for practicing mindfulness for 6 sessionsAs the emergency situation due to the Corona-virus pandemic phenomenon in Italy, patients will miss the possibility to come for the regular practice to the hospital: for this reason the investigator propose a small pilot study to enforce the use of technology for our patients so that they can continue to be followed in their therapeutic process. This preliminary study will be conducted on 25 patients that have been submitted to a withdrawal according to the standard procedure at our hospital and they will practice mindfulness daily by a standard session of 12 minutes on their smartphone recorded by the expert who generally manage their sessions at the hospital and also a weekly video-call to evaluate the clinical condition and to encourage to use strategies for pain management. This modality will allow the patients to continue their therapeutic process and to be followed regularly during the one year after withdrawal

Conditions

  • Migraine Headache

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness

Mindfulness by smartphone combined to video calls for clinical evaluation in patients with chronic migraine and medication overuse after withdrawal program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-15
Primary Completion
2021-12-15
Completion
2021-12-15

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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