A Study Using Botulinum Toxin Type A as Headache Prophylaxis for Migraine Patients With Frequent Headaches

Summary

This is a 60 week study including a double-blind phase followed by an open-label extension phase.

Timeline

Start

2006-02

Primary completion

2007-11

Completion

2008-07

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper statistically significant between-group differences favoring onabotulinumtoxinA over placebo at week 24 (-8.4 vs -6.6; P < .001) PMID 20487038 ↗

Publications

• Diener HC, Dodick DW, Lipton RB, Manack Adams A, DeGryse RE, Silberstein SD. Benefits Beyond Headache Days With OnabotulinumtoxinA Treatment: A Pooled PREEMPT Analysis. Pain Ther. 2020 Dec;9(2):683-694. doi: 10.1007/s40122-020-00198-w. Epub 2020 Oct 7.
• Silberstein SD, Diener HC, Dodick DW, Manack Adams A, DeGryse RE, Lipton RB. The Impact of OnabotulinumtoxinA vs. Placebo on Efficacy Outcomes in Headache Day Responder and Nonresponder Patients with Chronic Migraine. Pain Ther. 2020 Dec;9(2):695-707. doi: 10.1007/s40122-020-00199-9. Epub 2020 Oct 7.
• Dodick DW, Silberstein SD, Lipton RB, DeGryse RE, Adams AM, Diener HC. Early onset of effect of onabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraine treatment: Analysis of PREEMPT data. Cephalalgia. 2019 Jul;39(8):945-956. doi: 10.1177/0333102418825382. Epub 2019 May 21.
• Silberstein SD, Dodick DW, Aurora SK, Diener HC, DeGryse RE, Lipton RB, Turkel CC. Per cent of patients with chronic migraine who responded per onabotulinumtoxinA treatment cycle: PREEMPT. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2015 Sep;86(9):996-1001. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-307149. Epub 2014 Dec 12.
• Rendas-Baum R, Yang M, Varon SF, Bloudek LM, DeGryse RE, Kosinski M. Validation of the Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) in patients with chronic migraine. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2014 Aug 1;12:117. doi: 10.1186/s12955-014-0117-0.
• Aurora SK, Winner P, Freeman MC, Spierings EL, Heiring JO, DeGryse RE, VanDenburgh AM, Nolan ME, Turkel CC. OnabotulinumtoxinA for treatment of chronic migraine: pooled analyses of the 56-week PREEMPT clinical program. Headache. 2011 Oct;51(9):1358-73. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01990.x. Epub 2011 Aug 29.
• Dodick DW, Turkel CC, DeGryse RE, Aurora SK, Silberstein SD, Lipton RB, Diener HC, Brin MF; PREEMPT Chronic Migraine Study Group. OnabotulinumtoxinA for treatment of chronic migraine: pooled results from the double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phases of the PREEMPT clinical program. Headache. 2010 Jun;50(6):921-36. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01678.x. Epub 2010 May 7.

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