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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2022

The Arrival of Anti-CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies in Migraine.

Fred Cohen, Hsiangkuo Yuan, E M G DePoy, Stephen D Silberstein

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efficacy and safety of CGRP monoclonal antibodies for cluster headache: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  3. Long-term real-world effectiveness and safety of fremanezumab in 1140 patients with migraine and at least 6 months of treatment: third interim analysis of the pan-European PEARL study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  13. Design of a water-soluble CD20 antigen with computational epitope scaffolding.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fred CohenDepartment of Neurology, Jefferson Headache Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 900 Walnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Hsiangkuo YuanDepartment of Neurology, Jefferson Headache Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 900 Walnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
E M G DePoyDepartment of Neurology, Jefferson Headache Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 900 Walnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Stephen D SilbersteinDepartment of Neurology, Jefferson Headache Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 900 Walnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA. Stephen.silberstein@jefferson.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3436-2846
Thomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Remarkable advancements have been made in the field of migraine pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy over the past decade. Understanding the molecular mechanism of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) has led to the discovery of a novel class of drugs, CGRP functional blocking monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), for migraine prevention. CGRP is a neuropeptide inherently involved in migraine physiology where its receptors are found dispersed throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems. CGRP-targeted mAbs are effective in the preventive treatment of both chronic and episodic migraine. The advantages of mAbs over oral migraine preventives are numerous. Favorable attributes of the mAbs include high affinity and selectivity for CGRP molecular targets, long-circulating plasma half-lives, and limited risk for nonspecific hepatic and renal toxicity. This pharmacological profile leads to fewer off-target (side) effects and drug-drug interactions rendering mAbs an attractive alternative to traditional small molecule therapies, especially for the preventive treatment of migraine. MAbs display minimal drug interaction thus are excellent for patients prescribed with multiple medications. However, the long-term safety of CGRP blockade is incompletely known, and CGRP mAbs use should be avoided during pregnancy. CGRP mAbs represent a radical shift in preventing chronic and episodic migraine.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalMigraine DisordersAntibodies, MonoclonalCalcitonin Gene-Related PeptideCalcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor AntagonistsHumansAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCalcitonin Gene-Related PeptideCalcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor AntagonistsCalcitonin gene-related peptideCGRPMigraineMonoclonal antibodyNeurogenic inflammationTrigeminovascular system

Identifiers

PMID35426060
PMCPMC9294119
OpenAlexW4223903704

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