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Efficacy and Safety Study of Dysport® Used for Migraine Prophylaxis

Information source: Ipsen
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Migraine

Intervention: Botulinum toxin type A (Drug)

Phase: Phase 2

Status: Completed

Sponsored by: Ipsen

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Stefan Lempereur, MD, Study Director, Affiliation: Ipsen

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of botulinum toxin type A (Dysport®) injections into pericranial muscles compared to placebo to prevent migraine attacks.

Clinical Details

Official title: A Phase II, Multicentre, Randomised, Double-Blind, Parallel Groups, Placebo Controlled Clinical Study of Efficacy and Safety of Dysport® for Migraine Prophylaxis

Study design: Prevention, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Primary outcome: Significant decrease of the number of migraine attacks with Dysport® compared to placebo.

Secondary outcome:

Reduction of the intensity of the migraine attacks.

Reduction of duration of the migraine attacks.

Reduction of migraine medication consumption.

Improvement of quality of life.

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 65 Years. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients having migraine without aura or with typical aura as defined by International

Headache Society criteria

- Migraine attacks have been persisting for more than 1 year

- 2 to 6 migraine attacks per month of at least moderate severity over the 3 months

preceding the pre-inclusion visit

- 2 to 6 migraine attacks of at least moderate severity during the screening period

Exclusion Criteria:

- Non-migraine headaches such as tension-type headaches

- Migraine with prolonged aura, familial hemiplegic migraine, basilar migraine, migraine

aura without headache, migraine with acute onset aura, ophthalmoplegic migraine, retinal migraine, complications of migraine

- Onset of migraine is after age of 50

- Overuse of acute migraine medications (individuals who take medications for acute

migraine more than 10 days per month) or have a history of drug or alcohol abuse

Locations and Contacts

General Faculty Hospital, Prague 2 120 00, Czech Republic

University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove 50005, Czech Republic

St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno 65691, Czech Republic

Medical Academy of Poznan, Poznan 60-355, Poland

City Hospital of Wolomin, Wolomin 05-200, Poland

Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, Warsaw, Poland

Voivodeship (Provincial) Specialist Hospital, Zgierz 95-100, Poland

City Hospital of Wolomin, Wolomin 05-200, Poland

Faculty Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava 813 69, Slovakia

Faculty Hospital, Martin 036 01, Slovakia

Additional Information

Starting date: February 2003
Ending date: March 2005
Last updated: September 12, 2007

Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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