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ArticlePain and therapy2020

Benefits Beyond Headache Days With OnabotulinumtoxinA Treatment: A Pooled PREEMPT Analysis.

Hans-Christoph Diener, David W Dodick, Richard B Lipton, Aubrey Manack Adams, Ronald E DeGryse, Stephen D Silberstein

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article in Pain and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00156910 phase3completednot on this map

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

TypeinterventionalSponsorAllerganRan2006 to 2008Enrolled679ConditionsMigraine DisordersArmsBotulinum Toxin Type A, Placebo (saline)
NCT00168428 phase3completednot on this map

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

TypeinterventionalSponsorAllerganRan2006 to 2008Enrolled705ConditionsMigraine DisordersArmsBotulinum Toxin Type A, placebo (saline)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Migraine management: an update for the 2020s.Internal medicine journal · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Hans-Christoph DienerInstitute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. h.diener@uni-essen.de.
David W DodickMayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Richard B LiptonAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Aubrey Manack AdamsAllergan, an AbbVie Company, Irvine, CA, USA.
Ronald E DeGryseAbbVie, Irvine, CA, USA.
Stephen D SilbersteinThomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
AbbVie (United States) · USAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USMayo Clinic Hospital · USThomas Jefferson University · USUniversity of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe double-blind, phase 3 PREEMPT trials demonstrated the efficacy and tolerability of onabotulinumtoxinA for headache prevention in adults with chronic migraine. This post hoc analysis evaluated the effect of onabotulinumtoxinA on clinically meaningful changes in headache severity, headache-related impact, and quality of life.

methodsPooled, 24-week data were used to determine percentages of patients meeting responder criteria for the change in headache days (≥ 50% reduction in headache-day frequency), Headache Impact Test (HIT-6; ≥ 5-point improvement), MSQ Role Function-Restrictive (MSQ-RFR; ≥ 10.9-point improvement), and Average Daily Headache Severity (ADHS; ≥ 1-point improvement on a 4-point ordinal scale [0 = no pain, 3 = severe pain]).

resultsIn the pooled analysis population (N = 1384; onabotulinumtoxinA, n = 688; placebo, n = 696), significantly more patients treated with onabotulinumtoxinA compared with placebo were responders on HIT-6 (40.8 vs. 25.3%), MSQ-RFR (59.0 vs. 40.2%), and ADHS (35.5 vs. 22.4%) measures, and achieved traditional ≥ 50% reduction in headache days (44.8 vs. 34.2%; all P < 0.001). At least one responder criterion was met by 72.1% and 56.6% of onabotulinumtoxinA- and placebo-treated patients, respectively; all four were met by 20.4% and 8.6%, respectively (P < 0.001). Linear regression analysis showed that approximately 20% of the variance in HIT-6 and MSQ-RFR improvement was explained by improvement in headache days.

conclusionsTreatment with onabotulinumtoxinA for 24 weeks was associated with clinically meaningful benefits beyond reduction in headache days; including reductions in headache severity and headache-related impact, and improved quality of life. While 45% of patients met responder criteria for monthly headache days, over 70% had clinically meaningful improvements on at least one outcome measure.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT00156910 (PREEMPT 1) and NCT00168428 (PREEMPT 2).

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Botulinum toxin type AChronic migraineQuality of lifeResponder rate

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