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Laser stimulation energy of 4.5 J for 30 seconds at each of the following acupoints: bilateral Cuanzhu (BL2), Fengchi (GB20), Taiyang (EX-HN5), Shuaigu (GB8), Hegu (LI4), Taichong (LR3) and midline Yintang (EX-HN3)",[13],"Device: Laser Acupuncture",{"label":15,"type":16,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Sham treatment","SHAM_COMPARATOR","CM patients with unsatisfactory pharmacological effects receive sham treatment for 8 sessions that spanned 4 weeks. Sham treatment had no laser output.",[19],"Device: Sham",[21,27],{"type":22,"name":23,"description":24,"armGroupLabels":25,"otherNames":26},"DEVICE","Laser Acupuncture","Laser stimulation energy of 4.5 J for 30 seconds at each of the following acupoints: bilateral Cuanzhu (BL2), Fengchi (GB20), Taiyang (EX-HN5), Shuaigu (GB8), Hegu (LI4), Taichong (LR3) and midline Yintang (EX-HN3)",[9],null,{"type":22,"name":28,"description":29,"armGroupLabels":30,"otherNames":26},"Sham","Sham treatment with no laser output, stimulate the same acupoints as laser acupuncture group as follows: 30 seconds at bilateral Cuanzhu (BL2), Fengchi (GB20), Taiyang (EX-HN5), Shuaigu (GB8), Hegu (LI4), Taichong (LR3) and midline Yintang (EX-HN3)\n\nAfter \\> 6 months followed up, the sham group received truely Laser stimulation energy of 4.5 J for 30 seconds at each of the following acupoints: bilateral Cuanzhu (BL2), Fengchi (GB20), Taiyang (EX-HN5), Shuaigu (GB8), Hegu (LI4), Taichong (LR3) and midline Yintang (EX-HN3), and followed up for another 3 months.",[15],[32,35],{"name":33,"affiliation":5,"role":34},"Yuan-Chen Liu, M.D","STUDY_DIRECTOR",{"name":36,"affiliation":5,"role":34},"Ching-Chun Chung, M.D",[38,43],{"name":39,"role":40,"phone":41,"phoneExt":26,"email":42},"ChiSheng Wang, M.D","CONTACT","+886933375721","sam7227632@gmail.com",{"name":44,"role":40,"phone":26,"phoneExt":26,"email":26},"Chi-Hsiang Chou, M.D",[46],{"facility":5,"status":47,"city":48,"state":49,"zip":50,"country":51,"countryCode":52,"cosmosGeoPoint":53,"geoPoint":58,"contacts":59},"RECRUITING","Taichung","Xitun District","40705","Taiwan","TW",{"type":54,"coordinates":55},"Point",[56,57],120.6839,24.1469,{"lat":57,"lon":56},[60],{"name":61,"role":40,"phone":41,"phoneExt":26,"email":42},"Chi-Sheng Wang, MD",{"type":63,"investigatorFullName":26,"investigatorTitle":26,"investigatorAffiliation":26,"oldNameTitle":26,"oldOrganization":26},"SPONSOR","100532967","laser-acupuncture-for-chronic-migraine-100532967",false,"NCT06219694","Laser Acupuncture for Chronic Migraine","Enhancing Chronic Migraine Preventive Therapy: Laser Acupuncture as an Add-On Treatment for Patients With Unsatisfactory Pharmacological Effect, a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial","LAFCM","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* patients aged above 20 years old and had CM managed pharmacologically, including preventive and\u002For acute migraine medications, and in addition, those who had refused preventive agent despite recommendation of the neurologist;\n* patients who had unsatisfactory effect of current pharmacological treatments, defined as they self-reported\n* patients who had a minimum of one-year history of migraine with or without aura.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* patients who had received another LA therapy or traditional acupuncture at baseline\n* migraine onset after the age of 50\n* cognitive or psychological impairment interfering with the participant's ability to receive LA protocol and describe symptoms\n* patients with missing data at baseline or during the follow-up period.","ALL","20 Years",{"count":75,"type":76},60,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[79],"NA","A single-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted from October 2024 to May 2025. 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