|
ISRCTN
|
ISRCTN18249834
|
|
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
|
|
|
Public title
|
Acupuncture versus metoprolol for interval treatment of migraine
|
|
Scientific title
|
|
|
Acronym
|
PEP-COMP
|
|
Serial number at source
|
N/A
|
|
Study hypothesis
|
Not provided at time of registration
|
|
Lay summary
|
|
|
Ethics approval
|
Not provided at time of registration
|
|
Study design
|
Randomised controlled trial
|
|
Countries of recruitment
|
Germany
|
|
Disease/condition/study domain
|
Migraine
|
|
Participants - inclusion criteria
|
Adult patients with migraine fulfilling the criteria of the International Headache Society
(planned number of participants was 480; recruitment had to be terminated early, in summer 2004, due to recruitment problems and time limits of the project after recruiting 115 patients)
|
|
Participants - exclusion criteria
|
Not provided at time of registration
|
|
Anticipated start date
|
01/10/2002
|
|
Anticipated end date
|
31/01/2005
|
|
Status of trial
|
Completed |
|
Patient information material
|
|
|
Target number of participants
|
115
|
|
Interventions
|
Individualised acupuncture (up to 15 sessions) or 100 to 200 mg metoprolol
|
|
Primary outcome measure(s)
|
Not provided at time of registration
|
|
Secondary outcome measure(s)
|
Not provided at time of registration
|
|
Sources of funding
|
The study is funded by a group of 10 German statutory sickness funds (Germany)
|
|
Trial website
|
|
|
Publications
|
2006 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17115982
|
|
Contact name
|
Dr
Dieter
Melchart
|
|
Address
|
Centre for Complementary Medicine Research
Department of Internal Medicine II
Technische Universität München
|
|
City/town
|
Munich
|
|
Zip/Postcode
|
80801
|
|
Country
|
Germany
|
|
Tel
|
+49 (0)89 726697 11
|
|
Fax
|
+49 (0)89 393484
|
|
Email
|
Dieter.Melchart@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
|
|
Sponsor
|
Munich Technical University - Centre for Complementary Medicine Research (Germany)
|
|
Address
|
Department of Internal Medicine II
Technische Universität München
|
|
City/town
|
Munich
|
|
Zip/Postcode
|
80801
|
|
Country
|
Germany
|
|
Tel
|
+49 (0)89 726697 11
|
|
Fax
|
+49 (0)89 393484
|
|
Email
|
Dieter.Melchart@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
|
|
Date applied
|
12/01/2005
|
|
Last edited
|
10/09/2009
|
|
Date ISRCTN assigned
|
29/07/2005
|
