Short Intervention for Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) - Pilot (SIMOHpilot)

University Hospital, Akershus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Medication Overuse Headache

Treatments: Behavioral: Trained counselling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01078012

SIMOH pilot

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is together with the BIMOH (NCT01314768) RCT study to evaluate whether training of GPs in the detection and treatment of medication overuse headache leads to improved care for these patients as compared to "business as usual".

Full description

The present pilot study focuses on testing the logistics and the methodology of short intervention on a pilot group of GPs and their patients.

Due to low recruitment and the pilot study focus on logistics and methodology, the study was changed to not include a control (business as usual) arm. The outcomes were evaluated as "before - after" data and qualitative comments on acceptability and utility of the method. Primary outcomes were changed to be the acceptability and utility (previously listed as secondary outcomes) while secondary outcomes were headache days and medication days (previously listed as primary).

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with medication overuse headache

Exclusion criteria

• Other complicating pain condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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5 participants in 1 patient group

Trained counselling

Active Comparator group

Description:

Comparison of outcomes before intervention vs. 2 months after

Treatment:

Behavioral: Trained counselling