Study of Telcagepant (MK-0974) in Participants With Moderate to Severe Acute Migraine With or Without Aura (MK-0974-011)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of telcagepant (MK-0974) compared to an approved medication for acute migraine. This study was conducted as a "triple-dummy" design; for each dose of study drug, participants each received 3 forms of study drug (2 capsules of active and/or placebo and 1 tablet of active and/or placebo) and were instructed to take one of each form of study drug at dosing time. The primary hypotheses of this study are that telcagepant is superior to placebo in Pain Freedom at 2 Hours Post-Dose, Pain Relief at 2 Hours Post-Dose, Absence of Photophobia at 2 Hours Post-Dose, Absence of Phonophobia at 2 Hours Post-Dose and Absence of Nausea at 2 Hours Post-Dose.

Timeline

Start

2007-02-15

Primary completion

2007-10-02

Completion

2007-10-02

Publications

• Background Ho TW, Ferrari MD, Dodick DW, Galet V, Kost J, Fan X, Leibensperger H, Froman S, Assaid C, Lines C, Koppen H, Winner PK. Efficacy and tolerability of MK-0974 (telcagepant), a new oral antagonist of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor, compared with zolmitriptan for acute migraine: a randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel-treatment trial. Lancet. 2008 Dec 20;372(9656):2115-23. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61626-8. Epub 2008 Nov 25.
• Ho TW, Olesen J, Dodick DW, Kost J, Lines C, Ferrari MD. Antimigraine efficacy of telcagepant based on patient's historical triptan response. Headache. 2011 Jan;51(1):64-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01790.x. Epub 2010 Nov 4.

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