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Clinical Trials/NCT00894556
NCT00894556CompletedPhase 3

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Tolerability of Rizatriptan 10 mg for the Treatment of Acute Migraine in Sumatriptan Non-Responders

Organon and Co0 sites109 target enrollmentStarted: June 10, 2009Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 3
Status
Completed
Enrollment
109
Primary Endpoint
Pain Relief (PR)

Study Overview

Brief Summary

A study to provide evidence supporting the benefit of Rizatriptan in patients who have an inadequate response to sumatriptan.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Crossover
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patient has a history of migraine with or without aura for 1 year or more with 2-8 moderate or severe migraine attacks per month
  • Patient generally does not respond to treatment with sumatriptan
  • Patient of reproductive potential agrees to remain abstinent or use one method of highly effective birth control (i.e. IUD, condoms, hormonal contraceptive, diaphragm, vasectomy) for the duration of the study
  • Patient is able to complete paper diary

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patient is pregnant or breast feeding or excepts to become pregnant during the study
  • Patient has history of mild migraine attacks or migraines that usually resolve spontaneously in less than 2 hours
  • Patient has basilar or hemiplegic migraines
  • Patient is unable to distinguish between migraine attacks from other types of headaches
  • Patient has more than 15 headache-days per month
  • Patient was greater than 50 years old at age of migraine onset
  • Patient has failed to respond to 3 or more triptans
  • Patient has a repeated history of failing to respond to or tolerate rizatriptan
  • Patient uses opioids as primary migraine therapy
  • Patient uses daily opioids
  • Patient has a history of Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) or other significant cardiovascular disease
  • Patient has uncontrolled hypertension
  • Patient has a history of neoplastic disease
  • Patient is taking a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI or SNRI) where the dose has changed 3 months prior to screening
  • Patient has a history of drug or alcohol abuse

Arms & Interventions

Treatment Sequence A

Experimental

Rizatriptan - Rizatriptan - Placebo

Intervention: rizatriptan (Drug)

Treatment Sequence B

Experimental

Rizatriptan - Placebo - Rizatriptan

Intervention: rizatriptan (Drug)

Treatment Sequence C

Experimental

Placebo - Rizatriptan - Rizatriptan

Intervention: rizatriptan (Drug)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain Relief (PR)

Time Frame: 2 hours post dose

Pain severity was rated by the participants in a paper diary. Pain severity rating scale: 0 (no pain), 1 (mild pain), 2 (moderate pain), or 3 (severe pain). Pain relief (PR) is defined as a reduction in headache severity from Grade 3/2 at baseline to Grade 1/0 post dose.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Pain Freedom (PF)(2 hours post dose)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Industry
Responsible Party
Sponsor

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