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Migraine showdown: which drug cuts headaches best?

NCT ID NCT06347497

Symptom relief Sponsor: Kafrelsheikh University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested two drugs, zonisamide and topiramate, to see which works better for preventing migraines. About 600 people with migraines took one of the medicines for three months. Researchers measured how much their monthly migraine days dropped and how many people had at least half fewer headache days.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 3

Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.

Participants

600 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Apr 2024

Finished

Apr 2026

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

10 to 55 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * migraine patients, according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition, * age from 10 to 55 years, Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with major neurological disorders such as ( epilepsy, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, multiple sclerosis, mitochondrial diseases, brain tumors, and patients with essential tremors. * patients with major systemic diseases such as malignancy, collagen, liver, and renal diseases. * Patients with cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension (systolic blood pressure of more than 130 and/or diastolic blood pressure of more than 85 mm/Hg on at least three different occasions), diabetes (fasting plasma glucose level \>126 mg/dl and/or casual plasma glucose \>200 mg/dl), and/or HbA1C more than 6.5. * Patients with valvular and ischemic heart diseases, bradycardia or heart blocks, congestive heart failure patients who received prophylactic treatment for migraine, patients with any contraindications to drugs used in the study patients with bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Conditions

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migraine disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Migraine

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Kafr Elsheikh University Hospital

    Kafr ash Shaykh, 33511, Egypt

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