ACT for High Frequency Migraine; A Virtual Mindfulness Intervention

Mass General Brigham

Status

Completed

Conditions

Migraine

Treatments

Behavioral: ACT

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05003362

2018P001239

Details and patient eligibility

About

Mindfulness Training specifically for pain to be offered to migraine patients

Full description

Patients with high frequency migraine will be randomized to UC or intervention. Those in intervention will attend a multi session training on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. All participants will track responses.

Enrollment

75 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Women ages 18-65
Diagnosis of episodic migraine (according to International Classification for Headache Diagnosis criteria)
4-14 migraine days per month over the past 3 months
No change in medication in the past 3 months
Greater than 1 year of migraines
Agreeable to participate, commit to all study procedures and to be randomized to either group
Fluent in English

Exclusion criteria

Any unstable medical or psychiatric conditions requiring immediate treatment or could lead to difficulty complying with the protocol
Active suicidal ideation
Moderate to severe depression
Current alcohol or substance abuse
Recent Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy within past 3 years
Current use of narcotics
Psychiatric hospitalization within past year
Comorbid pain condition rated as more painful than migraine
Starts new migraine treatment during study
Inability to complete study visits