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Eletriptan for the Treatment of Migraine in Patients With Previous Poor Response or Tolerance to Oral Sumatriptan

Phase 3
Completed
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
Inclusion Criteria
  • 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.
Exclusion Criteria
  • 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
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlacebo-
Eletriptan 40 mgEletriptan 40 mg-
Eletriptan 80 mgEletriptan 80 mg-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The primary efficacy endpoint was 2-h headache response after taking the first dose of study medication for the first attack18 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
NameTimeMethod
Sustained response was defined as achieving a headache response within 2 h post dose, with no recurrence or rescue medication needed18 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

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Arhus C, Denmark

Centralsygehuset I Esbjerg

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Esbjerg, Denmark

Kas Glostrup

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Glostrup, Denmark

Hilleroed Sygehus

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Hilleroed, Denmark

Knud Kjaersgaard Pedersen

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Hjorring, Denmark

Bispebjerg Hospital

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København, Denmark

Neubauer, Ole (Private Practice)

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Nykoebing F, Denmark

Korsgaard, Anne G. (Private Practice)

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Odense C, Denmark

Haukiputaan Laakarikeskus

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Haukipudas, Finland

Helsinki University Central Hospital

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Helsinki, Finland

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Arhus Kommunehospital
🇩🇰Arhus C, Denmark

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