Introvision for Migraine and Headaches

Last updated: March 30, 2025
Sponsor: Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Pain (Pediatric)

Chronic Pain

Oral Facial Pain

Treatment

Introvision: mental and emotional self-regulation

Clinical Study ID

NCT03507400
IntroMig 632-15
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

To evaluate the effect of Introvision, a mental and emotional self-regulation-technique developed by Angelika C. Wager, as migraine preventative compared to a waiting list group.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Episodic migraine with at least 5 headache days per month, episodic migraine andtension type headache with at least 5 migraine headache days per month, chronicmigraine

  • Stable prophylactic headache medication

  • Stable non-medication headache prophylaxis (sports, relaxation techniques, ...)

  • Informed consent

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Other causes of headache, symptomatic headaches

  • Other primary headaches such as Cluster headache, trigeminal neuralgia, idiopathicfacial pain, new daily persistent headache

  • Severe depression (more than 13 points in the Beck Depression inventory fast screen (BDI-FS)

  • Drug - or alcohol abuse

  • Non-compliance, especially significant missing entries in the headache diaries

  • Active psychosis

Study Design

Total Participants: 72
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Introvision: mental and emotional self-regulation
Phase:
Study Start date:
September 20, 2017
Estimated Completion Date:
July 19, 2020

Study Description

Randomized, single-center, waiting-list control group study: Introvision as preventative in Migraine

Randomized, single center, waiting-list group control study to evaluate the effect of Introvison, a mental and emotional self regulation method to reduce headache days in patients with migraine, migraine and tension type headache and chronic migraine. The number of headache days 3 months after completion of the last session of Introvision will be compared with the number of headache days of the waiting list group in the month before the course to learn Introvision.

Connect with a study center

  • Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University

    Munich, Bavaria 81377
    Germany

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