| Literature DB >> 33179323 |
Richard B Lipton1,2, Joshua M Cohen3, Kristen Bibeau3, Maja Galic4, Michael J Seminerio3, Verena Ramirez Campos3, Rashmi B Halker Singh5, Jessica Ailani6.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Migraine preventive medications are used to reduce headache frequency, severity, and duration. In patients with chronic migraine (CM), reversion to episodic migraine (EM) is an important treatment goal.Entities:
Keywords: all headache; all pain; clinical trials randomized controlled; migraine
Year: 2020 PMID: 33179323 PMCID: PMC7756262 DOI: 10.1111/head.13997
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Headache ISSN: 0017-8748 Impact factor: 5.887
Baseline Characteristics of Patients by Treatment Group and Reversion Status†
| Characteristic | Total | Fremanezumab | Placebo | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | Monthly | |||||||
| CM–CM n = 548 | CM–EM n = 540 | CM–CM n = 181 | CM–EM n = 185 | CM–CM n = 169 | CM–EM n = 196 | CM–CM n = 198 | CM–EM n = 159 | |
| Age, mean (SD), year | 41.8 (12.3) | 41.1 (12.0) | 42.7 (12.6) | 40.9 (12.2) | 41.4 (12.2) | 40.7 (11.7) | 41.3 (12.1) | 41.7 (12.1) |
| BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 | 26.3 (5.2) | 26.7 (5.2) | 26.6 (5.2) | 26.6 (5.5) | 26.4 (5.1) | 26.6 (5.1) | 26.0 (5.2) | 27.0 (5.0) |
| Sex, female, n (%) | 479 (87) | 472 (87) | 157 (87) | 165 (89) | 145 (86) | 172 (88) | 177 (89) | 135 (85) |
| Years since initial migraine diagnosis, mean (SD) | 20.2 (13.0) | 19.8 (12.2) | 20.2 (13.5) | 19.0 (12.1) | 20.9 (12.7) | 20.0 (11.4) | 19.6 (12.9) | 20.6 (13.3) |
| Concomitant preventive medication use, n (%) | 132 (24) | 98 (18) | 43 (24) | 30 (16) | 44 (26) | 40 (20) | 45 (23) | 28 (18) |
| Any acute headache medication use, n (%) | 516 (94) | 520 (96) | 171 (94) | 178 (96) | 157 (93) | 189 (96) | 188 (95) | 153 (96) |
| Medication overuse, n (%) | 314 (57) | 268 (50) | 105 (58) | 94 (51) | 95 (56) | 102 (52) | 114 (58) | 72 (45) |
| Previous onabotulinumtoxinA use, n (%) | 108 (20) | 55 (10) | 44 (24) | 21 (11) | 31 (18) | 19 (10) | 33 (17) | 15 (9) |
| Previous topiramate use, n (%) | 182 (33) | 148 (27) | 58 (32) | 47 (25) | 54 (32) | 58 (30) | 70 (35) | 43 (27) |
Based on the <15 monthly average number of headache days for the 3‐month treatment period criteria for reversion.
Medication overuse was defined as the use of acute headache medication on ≥15 days or use of migraine‐specific acute medication on ≥10 days or use of combination medications for headache on ≥10 days.
BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation.
Fig. 1Reversion from chronic migraine (CM) to episodic migraine (EM) based on the monthly average number of headache days criteria. (A) Proportion of patients who reverted from CM to EM. (B) Percentage change in the monthly average number of headache days from baseline to Month 3 in patients who reverted from CM to EM. Missing data were not imputed.
Fig. 2Reversion from chronic migraine (CM) to episodic migraine (EM) based on the monthly headache day count at Months 1, 2, and 3 criteria. (A) Proportion of patients in the full analysis set (FAS) population who reverted from CM to EM. (B) Percentage change in the monthly average number of headache days from baseline to Month 3 in patients who reverted from CM to EM. Missing data were not imputed.