🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-07-17

Treatment for Migraine and Mood (NCT05576467)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: Amanda Shallcross

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

The researchers propose a three-arm pilot study of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) delivered via telephone (MBCT-T), video (MBCT-V) or Enhanced Usual Care (EUC).

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (7 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (11 items).

Location: Albert Einstein College of Medicine — The Bronx, New York

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Meeting ICHD-3 criteria for persistent headache attributed to traumatic injury to the head (post- traumatic headache) on the American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Diagnostic Module
  • Changes in anti-depressant medication within 6 weeks of intake
  • Starting or changing a migraine preventive treatment (i.e., oral medication, injection, preventive medicine, neuromodulatory device) within 12 weeks of intake
  • Changes in acute migraine treatment started within 4 weeks of enrollment
  • Comorbid psychiatric illness or clinical features that would interfere with participant's ability to participate in or receive benefit from the MBCT-T intervention, including but not limited to: active suicidal ideation; current or recent history (in the last six months) of psychosis or mania; borderline, histrionic or narcissistic personality disorder; cognitive impairment; sensory disabilities;, discomfort participating in a group-based intervention, drug use
  • Prior history of engaging in formal mindfulness-based interventions including: MBSR, MBCT, Acceptance and Commitment therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Current daily meditation practice
  • Unwilling to maintain stable current acute or preventive medication dosages for study duration
  • Any condition that would prevent being a suitable candidate for the group intervention
  • Medication overuse headache with migraine treatment

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (3 Sites)

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine — The Bronx, New York
  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine — Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • The Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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