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ArticlePain management2024

Galcanezumab add-on in refractory cluster headache. A case series.

Georgios Karagiorgis, Savvas Christofilos, Christina Deligianni, Ioanna Spanou, Sofia Vassilopoulou, Dimos-Dimitrios D Mitsikostas

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Article in Pain management, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Hallmarks of primary headache: part 3 - cluster headache.The journal of headache and pain · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Georgios KaragiorgisFirst Department of Neurology, Aeginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3912-5455
Savvas ChristofilosFirst Department of Neurology, Aeginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Christina DeligianniFirst Department of Neurology, Aeginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6208-1059
Ioanna SpanouFirst Department of Neurology, Aeginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1743-9648
Sofia VassilopoulouFirst Department of Neurology, Aeginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1540-8650
Dimos-Dimitrios D MitsikostasFirst Department of Neurology, Aeginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4691-3388

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cluster headache (CH), a highly disabling condition, lacks disease-specific, mechanism-based prophylactic treatment. Galganezumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide, reduced the weekly attacks of CH in one randomized, placebo-controlled trial for the prevention of episodic CH (eCH), but this effect was not detected in people with chronic CH (cCH). In this case series, we systematically monitored the efficacy and safety outcomes of adjunctive therapy in 11 people with refractory CH (failure of ≥ 3 prophylactic treatments; eCH

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Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCluster HeadacheAdultAgedDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedgalcanezumabcalcitonin gene-related peptidechronic cluster headacheEpisodic cluster headachegalcanezumabtreatment

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PMID39558673
PMCPMC11721606

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