New hope for teens with chronic migraine?

NCT ID NCT04616326

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether galcanezumab, a monthly injection, can prevent chronic migraine in 312 adolescents aged 12 to 17. Participants receive either the drug or a placebo for 3 months. The main goal is to see if the drug reduces the number of migraine days per month.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
galcanezumab
What this could lead to
If it works, this could give teens with chronic migraine a new preventive option to reduce headache days.
What could go wrong
This is a single phase 3 trial; results may not confirm benefit. Side effects or lack of efficacy are possible.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • 21st Century Neurology, a Division of Xenoscience, Inc.

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85004, United States

  • Access Clinical Trials - Nashville

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • Allied Biomedical Research Institute

    Miami, Florida, 33155, United States

  • Apollo Hospitals Ahmedabad

    Ahmedabad, 382428, India

  • Artemis hospital

    Gurugram, 122003, India

  • Ascension Via Christi Research

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States

  • Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille - Hôpital de la Timone

    Marseille, 13385, France

  • Atmaram Child Care

    Kanpur, 208011, India

  • Avanza Medical Research Center

    Pensacola, Florida, 32503, United States

  • Bio-Medical Research LLC

    Miami, Florida, 33144, United States

  • Bordeaux University Hospital - Pellegrin

    Bordeaux, 33076, France

  • CHU d'Amiens-Picardie - Hôpital Sud

    Amiens, 80054, France

  • Center for Neurosciences

    Tucson, Arizona, 85718, United States

  • Central India Cardiology and Research Institute

    Nagpur, 440015, India

  • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil

    Créteil, 94010, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille - Hôpital Roger Salengro

    Lille, 59037, France

  • Centro de Investigacion Medica Aguascalientes (CIMA)

    Aguascalientes, 20116, Mexico

  • Children Mercy Pediatric Clinical Research Unit

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Clinica De Enfermedades Cronicas y Procedimientos Especiales

    Morelia, 58249, Mexico

  • Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc. dba CNS Healthcare

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32256, United States

  • Coastal Pediatric Research

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29414, United States

  • Cohen Children's Northwell Health Physician Partners - Pediatric Neurology

    New Hyde Park, New York, 11042, United States

  • D&H Tamarac Research Center

    Tamarac, Florida, 33321, United States

  • Dent Neurologic Institute

    Amherst, New York, 14226, United States

  • Department of Pediatrics

    Nagpur, 441108, India

  • EMDA Clinical Research

    Miami, Florida, 33126, United States

  • Ezy Medical Research

    Miami Lakes, Florida, 33015, United States

  • G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research

    New Delhi, 110002, India

  • Getwell Hospital and Research Institute

    Nagpur, 440012, India

  • Headache Center of Hope

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236, United States

  • Herlev and Gentofte Hospital

    Copenhagen, 2730, Denmark

  • Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde

    Guadalajara, 44280, Mexico

  • Hospital Clinico de Valencia

    Valencia, 46010, Spain

  • Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid

    Valladolid, 47005, Spain

  • Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez

    Mexico City, 6720, Mexico

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Del Rocio

    Seville, 41013, Spain

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 8041, Spain

  • Hôpital Armand Trousseau

    Paris, 75571, France

  • IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

    Milan, 20133, Italy

  • Infinity Life Research Group

    Tamarac, Florida, 33321, United States

  • Isala, locatie Zwolle

    Zwolle, 8025 AB, Netherlands

  • Konan Hospital

    Kobe, 658-0064, Japan

  • Mangala Hospital & Mangala Kidney Foundation

    Mangalore, 575003, India

  • MedVadis Research Corporation

    Waltham, Massachusetts, 02451, United States

  • Medical Research Partners

    Ammon, Idaho, 83406, United States

  • Medical Research Partners - Logan

    Logan, Utah, 84341, United States

  • Medipoint Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.

    Pune, 411007, India

  • Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach

    Long Beach, California, 90806, United States

  • Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology - Burnsville Office

    Burnsville, Minnesota, 55337, United States

  • Neuroscience

    Roma, 165, Italy

  • Northwest Clinical Research Center

    Bellevue, Washington, 98007, United States

  • Northwest Clinical Trials

    Boise, Idaho, 83704, United States

  • Northwest Florida Clinical Research Group

    Gulf Breeze, Florida, 32561, United States

  • Operadora Unidad de Investigación en Salud de Chihuahua S.A. de C.V.

    Chihuahua City, 31203, Mexico

  • Palm Beach Research Center

    West Palm Beach, Florida, 33409, United States

  • PanAmerican Clinical Research - Guadalajara

    Guadalajara, 44670, Mexico

  • Pharmasite Research, Inc.

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21208, United States

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States

  • Policlinico Umberto I

    Roma, 161, Italy

  • Ponce Medical School Foundation Inc.

    Ponce, 00716, Puerto Rico

  • Praxis Dr. Astrid Gendolla

    Essen, 45133, Germany

  • Precise Research Centers

    Flowood, Mississippi, 39232, United States

  • Prime Clinical Research - Lewisville

    Lewisville, Texas, 75067, United States

  • Proven Endpoints

    Ridgeland, Mississippi, 39157, United States

  • Providence Health & Services

    Portland, Oregon, 97225, United States

  • Rehabilitation & Neurological Services

    Huntsville, Alabama, 35805, United States

  • Saint Peter's University Hospital

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States

  • Sanos Clinic - Nordjylland

    Aalborg, 9362, Denmark

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

  • Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

    New Delhi, 110060, India

  • St. Alexius Medical Center

    Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 60169, United States

  • Tanaka Neurosurgery&Headache Clinic

    Kagoshima, 892-0844, Japan

  • Tatsuoka Neurology Clinic

    Kyoto, 600-8811, Japan

  • Tokyo Headache Clinic

    Tokyo, 151-0051, Japan

  • Tokyo Medical University Hospital

    Shinjuku-ku, 160-0023, Japan

  • Tominaga Hospital

    Osaka, 556-0017, Japan

  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • USF Health

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States

  • Umenotsuji Clinic

    Kochi, 780-8011, Japan

  • University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States

  • Velocity Clinical Research at Raleigh Neurology

    Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607, United States

  • Vitaly Clinical Research

    Miami, Florida, 33125, United States

  • Wellness Clinical Research

    Miami Lakes, Florida, 33016, United States

  • Yamaguchi Clinic

    Nishinomiya, 663-8204, Japan

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