Acupuncture for Prophylaxis of Vestibular Migraine

Summary

With its high incidence rate and low diagnosis rate, vestibular migraine (VM) can seriously affect patients' quality of life. Current treatment of VM mainly contain rescue treatment and prophylaxis, both of which are often pharmacological-based therapies and bring a series of unavoidable side effects, which leads to poor compliance of patients. Moreover, frequent VM attacks can seriously affect patients' daily life and work. Therefore, prophylaxis treatment is of great significance for VM patients. As a non-pharmarceutical therapy, acupuncture is widely used for a wide range of migrainous and emotional disorders. Thus, it might be an alternative treatment for VM, but current evidence remains inconclusive. The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to investigate the prophylactic efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy in patients with VM.

Timeline

Start

2021-01-01

Primary completion

2023-06-30

Completion

2023-12-31

Publications

• Background Beh SC. Vestibular Migraine: How to Sort it Out and What to Do About it. J Neuroophthalmol. 2019 Jun;39(2):208-219. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000791.
• Background Bednarczuk NF, Bonsu A, Ortega MC, Fluri AS, Chan J, Rust H, de Melo F, Sharif M, Seemungal BM, Golding JF, Kaski D, Bronstein AM, Arshad Q. Abnormal visuo-vestibular interactions in vestibular migraine: a cross sectional study. Brain. 2019 Mar 1;142(3):606-616. doi: 10.1093/brain/awy355.
• Background Tedeschi G, Russo A, Conte F, Laura M, Tessitore A. Vestibular migraine pathophysiology: insights from structural and functional neuroimaging. Neurol Sci. 2015 May;36 Suppl 1:37-40. doi: 10.1007/s10072-015-2161-x.
• Background Morganti LO, Salmito MC, Duarte JA, Bezerra KC, Simoes JC, Gananca FF. Vestibular migraine: clinical and epidemiological aspects. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Jul-Aug;82(4):397-402. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2015.06.003. Epub 2015 Oct 29.
• Background Nowaczewska M. Vestibular migraine - an underdiagnosed cause of vertigo. Diagnosis and treatment. Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2020;54(2):106-115. doi: 10.5603/PJNNS.a2020.0031. Epub 2020 Apr 14.

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