Headache Education and Awareness vs. Daily Mindfulness Strategies - Understanding Pain
Recruiting
Feasibility Trial of a Remotely-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Adolescents With Migraine
Who can join
Ages 12 to 17 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 12 to 17 years old * Diagnosed with migraine by medical provider using criteria from the International Classification of Headache Disorders, Third Edition * Patient report of at least 6 headache days per month * At least mild headache-related disability, as assessed by PedMIDAS score \> 10 * Stable dose (≥4 weeks) of prophylactic migraine medication or no current prophylactic medication at enrollment * Adolescent participant fluent in English for the intervention content Exclusion Criteria: * Currently engaged in, or previously received 4 or more sessions of behavioral interventions for pain management (e.g., mindfulness or cognitive-behavioral therapy) in the past 6 months * Current psychiatric crisis (e.g., active suicidal ideation) * Cognitive impairments or developmental delays that interfere with their ability to participate in the study * Inability to provide consent/assent
About the study
The goal of this study (supported by and included in the NIH HEAL Initiative: https://heal.nih.gov/) is to learn if a fully virtual study comparing two telehealth group interventions for adolescents with migraine is feasible and acceptable:
1. Telehealth group mindfulness-based intervention 2. Telehealth group headache education
What is being tested
- BREATHE with Headache (BREATHE-HA) (behavioral)
- Enhanced Standard-of-Care: Headache Education (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Participants: 72 · Started: Nov 10, 2026
Contact the study team
- Michelle A Clementi, Ph.D. · Phone: 720-777-7487
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07513662
Locations in the U.S.
| Colorado | Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Nov 15, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.