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NCT05446649: DN
Dry Needling Versus Instrumented Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization In the Patient With Cervicogenic Treatment Headache
NA trial testing dry needling in Cervicogenic Headache in 60 participants. Completed in 30 April 2024.
30 April 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Cairo University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 60 |
| Start date | 30 August 2022 |
| Primary completion | 30 April 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 30 April 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across Egypt |
Drugs / interventions tested
- dry needling
- instrumented assisted soft tissue mobilization
- conventional therapy — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Cervicogenic Headache — all drugs for Cervicogenic Headache →
Sponsor
Cairo University
Who can join
Adults 20 to 60, any sex, with Cervicogenic Headache. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
the aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of Dry Needling Versus Instrumented Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization In the Patient With Cervicogenic Treatment Headache
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Dry needling versus instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization in patients with cervicogenic headache: a randomized controlled trial.
Elhafez HM, Mohammed OA, Fahmy EM, Elkhateeb YS, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41437643 · DOI 10.1080/09638288.2025.2605621
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- PubMed search for NCT05446649
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05446649 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Cairo University
- Last refreshed: 19 September 2024
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