New treatment tested to break vicious cycle of migraines and painkiller overuse

NCT ID NCT05452239

Summary

This study tested if adding a preventive migraine drug called eptinezumab to a brief educational program helps adults who have frequent migraines and also overuse pain medications for headaches. Over 600 participants were randomly assigned to receive either eptinezumab or a placebo (dummy treatment) for 12 weeks, followed by an open-label period where everyone could receive the drug. The main goals were to see if the treatment reduced the number of migraine days, headache days, and the need for acute pain medications.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AP-HP - Hopital Lariboisiere

    Paris, 75010, France

  • ASL 1 Abruzzo - PO Avezzano

    Avezzano, Abruzzo, 67051, Italy

  • Akershus Universitetssykehus

    Nordbyhagen, Akershus, 1474, Norway

  • Alfred Health

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia

  • Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

    Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, 13385, France

  • Austin Hospital

    Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia

  • Aversi Clinic LTD

    Tbilisi, 0160, Georgia

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi

    Florence, Tuscany, 50134, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Luigi Vanvitelli - Piazza Luigi Miraglia 2

    Napoli, Campania, 80138, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone-Palermo-Piazza Delle Cliniche 2

    Palermo, 90127, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia - Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia

    Perugia, Umbria, 06129, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico

    Bari, Apulia, 70124, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Di Modena Policlinico

    Modena, 41100, Italy

  • C.H. Regional Reina Sofia - PPDS

    Córdoba, Córdoba, 14004, Spain

  • CHRU Nantes

    Saint-Herblain, Loire-Atlantique, 44800, France

  • CHU de Nice

    Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, 06000, France

  • CTC Clinical Trial Consultants AB

    Solna, Stockholm County, 176 64, Sweden

  • Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois - Site d'Annecy

    Pringy, Haute-Savoie, 74374, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont Ferrand -58 Rue Montalembert

    Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, 63003, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

    Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Pays de la Loire Region, 42055, France

  • Clinical Research of Central Florida - ClinEdge - PPDS

    Winter Haven, Florida, 33880-3053, United States

  • Clinvest - National Ave - Headlands - PPDS

    Springfield, Missouri, 65807-6012, United States

  • Danish Headache Center

    Glostrup Municipality, Capital, 2600, Denmark

  • Dent Neurologic Institute - Amherst

    Amherst, New York, 14226-1727, United States

  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

    Milan, Lombardy, 20133, Italy

  • Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino IRCCS

    Pavia, 27100, Italy

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli - Rome - PPDS

    Rome, Lazio, 00168, Italy

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico

    Rome, Lazio, 00128, Italy

  • Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph

    Paris, 75014, France

  • Hallands Sjukhus Halmstad

    Halmstad, Halland County, 301 85, Sweden

  • Haukeland Universitetssykehus

    Bergen, Hordaland, 5021, Norway

  • Headache Center - Montefiore Medical Center - BRANY - PPDS

    The Bronx, New York, 10461-2732, United States

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer

    Bron, Rhône, 69500, France

  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

    Barcelona, 08036, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa

    Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid

    Valladolid, 47010, Spain

  • Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis

    Alicante, 03010, Spain

  • Hospital Puerta del Mar

    Cadiz, Cádiz, 11009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova

    Lleida, 25198, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe de Valencia

    Valencia, 46026, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz

    Madrid, 28040, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro - CIOCC

    Madrid, 28050, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro - Majadahonda

    Majadahonda, Madrid, 28222, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron - PPDS

    Barcelona, 8035, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio - PPDS

    Seville, 41013, Spain

  • Hospital de La Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 08041, Spain

  • Hôpital Pierre-Paul Riquet

    Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, 31000, France

  • Hôpital Roger Salengro

    Lille, Nord, 59000, France

  • IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche - Largo B. Nigrisoli

    Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 40139, Italy

  • IRCCS San Raffaele

    Rome, Lazio, 00163, Italy

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Huddinge

    Huddinge, Stockholm County, 141 52, Sweden

  • Klinikverbund Südwest - Kliniken Sindelfingen

    Sindelfingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 71065, Germany

  • Kopfschmerzzentrum Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 65929, Germany

  • Legacy Clinical Solutions: Tandem Clinical Research LLC - Medical Center - Marrero - ClinEdge - PPDS

    Marrero, Louisiana, 70072-3083, United States

  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum

    Leiden, South Holland, 2333 ZA, Netherlands

  • Ltd Israel-Georgia Medical Research Clinic Helsicore

    Tbilisi, 0112, Georgia

  • Malkhaz Katsiashvili Multiprofile Emergency Medicine Center-Gobronidze 10

    Tbilisi, 0101, Georgia

  • Mater Adult Hospital

    South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia

  • MediClubGeorgia Ltd

    Tbilisi, 0160, Georgia

  • Multiprofile Clinic Consilium Medulla

    Tbilisi, 0186, Georgia

  • Oslo Universitetssykehus

    Oslo, Norway

  • Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. - PPDS

    Milan, Lombardy, 20127, Italy

  • Pineo Medical Ecosystem

    Tbilisi, 0114, Georgia

  • Praxis fuer Neurologie, Spezielle Schmerztherapie und Psychotherapie

    Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 45133, Germany

  • Royal Melbourne Hospital

    Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia

  • S. Khechinashvili University Clinic, Ltd.

    Tbilisi, 0179, Georgia

  • Skaneuro Privatmottagning

    Lund, Skåne County, 227 33, Sweden

  • Southern Neurology

    Kogarah, New South Wales, 2217, Australia

  • St. Olav's University Hospital

    Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, 7006, Norway

  • Studienzentrum Nord-West

    Westerstede, Lower Saxony, 26655, Germany

  • Sydvestjysk Sygehus Esbjerg

    Esbjerg, 6700, Denmark

  • Texas Center for Drug Development, Inc

    Houston, Texas, 77081, United States

  • Universitatsklinikum Jena - Am Klinikum 1-Erlanger Allee 101

    Jena, Thuringia, 07747, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU Dresden

    Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen

    Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 45147, Germany

  • Universitätsmedizin Greifswald

    Greifswald, 17475, Germany

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