Eletriptan for the Treatment of Migraine in Patients With Previous Poor Response or Tolerance to Oral Sumatriptan
- Conditions
- Migraine With or Without Aura
- Interventions
- Registration Number
- NCT01989936
- Lead Sponsor
- Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.
- Brief Summary
To determine the tolerability and efficacy of eletriptan in patients who had discontinued oral sumatriptan due to lack of efficacy or intolerable adverse events (AEs) during previous clinical treatment (not a controlled trial).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 446
- Male and female subjects age ≥ 18 years who met the International Headache Society (IHS) diagnostic criteria for migraine, with or without aura, and could reasonably expect to suffer at least one acute attack of migraine every 6 weeks.
- Subjects required to have discontinued therapy with oral sumatriptan at least 2 weeks, but not longer than 2 years, prior to the screening visit.
- Female subjects required to be adequately protected against pregnancy.
- pregnancy or breastfeeding, known coronary artery disease, significant arrhythmias, heart failure, significant ECG abnormalities, and uncontrolled hypertension.
- Any significant systemic, organ, neurological, endocrine, metabolic, and psychological disorders reported by the patient or discovered during the physical examination
- Subjects considered to have atypical migraine such as frequent attacks, prolonged aura or any migraine that was considered atypical.
- Subjects who, during the course of the trial, required treatment with sumatriptan or any other 5-HT1B/1D agonist in addition to study medication.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Placebo Placebo - Eletriptan 40 mg Eletriptan 40 mg - Eletriptan 80 mg Eletriptan 80 mg -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary efficacy endpoint was 2-h headache response after taking the first dose of study medication for the first attack 18 weeks Subjects recorded the intensity of each migraine headache in the diary based on a 4-point scale: 0, pain absent; 1, mild pain; 2, moderate pain; 3, severe pain. A response was considered a change from severe or moderate pain to mild or absent at various time points after dosing with study medication
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sustained response was defined as achieving a headache response within 2 h post dose, with no recurrence or rescue medication needed 18 weeks Recurrence was defined as a return of headache to moderate or severe intensity within 2-24 h if the subject had an initial response within 2 h of taking the study medication.
Trial Locations
- Locations (43)
Arhus Kommunehospital
🇩🇰Arhus C, Denmark
Centralsygehuset I Esbjerg
🇩🇰Esbjerg, Denmark
Kas Glostrup
🇩🇰Glostrup, Denmark
Hilleroed Sygehus
🇩🇰Hilleroed, Denmark
Knud Kjaersgaard Pedersen
🇩🇰Hjorring, Denmark
Bispebjerg Hospital
🇩🇰København, Denmark
Neubauer, Ole (Private Practice)
🇩🇰Nykoebing F, Denmark
Korsgaard, Anne G. (Private Practice)
🇩🇰Odense C, Denmark
Haukiputaan Laakarikeskus
🇫🇮Haukipudas, Finland
Helsinki University Central Hospital
🇫🇮Helsinki, Finland
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