The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of erenumab on frequency of monthly migraine days in adults at baseline, 3 months and 6 months, disability in patients with chronic migraine and on post covid migraine severity
Migraine is a debilitating disorder that affects 37 million people in the United States. Recently, three new injectables calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonists-erenumab, fremanezumab, and galcanezumab-were FDA approved for prophylactic treatment of migraine in adults, that plays a key role in migraine pathophysiology. By blocking the receptor function of CGRP, these agents can reduce the total number of headache days per month and limit the need for using multiple medications. In clinical trials, these agents, which have no drug interactions and minimal adverse reactions, reduced headache days per month by as much as 50% in patients experiencing multiple migraine days each month. These new biologics, however, are more expensive for the patient compared with other prophylactic treatments The rational of this study was to assess the efficacy of erenumab on frequency of monthly migraine days in adults at baseline, 3 months and 6 months, disability in patients with chronic migraine and on post covid migraine severity
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
90
Erenumab is monoclonal antibody used for management of migraine
Marwa Kamal Ahmed Tolba
Al Fayyum, Egypt
mean number of migraine days
The primary end point was the change from baseline to months 4 through 6 in the mean number of migraine days per month.
Time frame: 6 months
changes on migraine severity during COVID-19 infection
measuring the severity of migraine attacks on a numerical scale
Time frame: during the 6 months
reduction in migraine days
Secondary end points were a 50% or greater reduction in mean migraine days per month
Time frame: during the 6 months
rate of using migraine medications
change in the number of days of use of acute migraine-specific medication
Time frame: during the 6 months
assessment of migraine effect on physical activity
change in scores on the physical-impairment and everyday-activities domains of the Migraine Physical Function Impact Diary (scale transformed to 0 to 100, with higher score
Time frame: during the 6 months
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