BE WELL With Migraine: Brain Education and WELLness With Migraine (NCT05987592)
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate two different non-drug, virtual treatment options designed to improve the lives of patients with migraine. Both interventions involve 8 weekly sessions and an online platform with additional content and learning. Participants can stay on all their medications during this study. Information from this study may help determine how to better treat migraine.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (9 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (11 items).
Location: Cambridge Health Alliance - Center for Mindfulness and Compassion — Cambridge, Massachusetts
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck 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:
- Major unstable medical/psychiatric condition that could be unsafe for participants or for the group environment.
- Medication overuse headache, with migraine treatment
- Pregnant women who are more than 16 weeks gestation at enrollment
- Unstable migraine treatment at enrollment: any preventive treatment (oral or injectable medication or neuromodulatory device) started within 12 weeks OR acute treatment within 4 weeks to ensure stability
- Unwillingness to maintain stable current medication dosages for study duration
- Failure to complete baseline headache logs
- Heavy alcohol and illicit drug use
- Participation in another intervention clinical trial or one that would interfere in this study
- Experience with stress reduction training (daily meditation practice, regular use of a mindfulness app, or prior experience with MBSR)
- Any, and all other diagnoses or conditions which, in the opinion of the site investigator, would prevent the patient from being a suitable candidate for the study or interfere with the medical care needs of the study participant: COVID-positive test within 30 days of enrollment
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (3 Sites)
- Cambridge Health Alliance - Center for Mindfulness and Compassion — Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center — Cincinnati, 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.