The Effect of Wet Cupping Therapy on Headache and Migraine-related Disability

Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects of wet cupping therapy (cupping) applied once to the head and neck region on the severity of headache and disability in patients diagnosed with migraine. Method: The research will be conducted as a pre-test-post-test, randomized controlled and qualitative study. Participants in the wet cupping group will receive wet cupping therapy using disposable plastic vacuum cups in a total of 4 regions including the cervical spine C7 (DU14 acupuncture point), bilateral T2-4 lateral spine (BL41-42 acupuncture point) and the suboccipital region (FengFu DU-16 acupuncture point). No intervention other than medical treatment will be applied to the control group. Patients in both groups will continue their routine treatments throughout the study. Before the intervention, the Patient Introduction Form, Wet Cupping Therapy Patient Feedback Form (pre-intervention) and Migraine Disability Assessment Scale (MIDAS) will be filled out. One month after the intervention, the Wet Cupping Therapy Patient Opinion Form (post-intervention) and the MIDAS will be re-evaluated after 3 months. Results: Statistical analyses of the data will be performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (Version 22.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA, License: Hitit University). Depending on the homogeneity of the data distribution, appropriate parametric or non-parametric tests will be applied for data evaluation.

NCT Number	NCT06568757
Lead Sponsor	Mersin University
Conditions	Migraine-related Headache
Enrollment	60 participants
Start Date	2024-09-23
Primary Completion	2024-10-24 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-03-17 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2024-08-23