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ReviewAustralian prescriber2025

Calcitonin gene-related peptide-targeted therapies for migraine.

Stephanie Barnes, Lucie Aldous, Bronwyn Jenkins

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Review in Australian prescriber, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stephanie BarnesHornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Sydney.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-0959
Lucie AldousHornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Sydney.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1571-5516
Bronwyn JenkinsHornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Sydney.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1264-6477

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-targeted therapies are the first medications developed specifically for migraine prevention. They block the actions of CGRP, a neuropeptide with a key role in migraine pathophysiology. There are 2 categories of drugs: monoclonal antibodies directed against either the CGRP ligand or receptor, and small-molecule CGRP receptor antagonists. CGRP monoclonal antibodies are available as self-administered subcutaneous injections or as an intravenous infusion, and are administered monthly or quarterly. Clinical trial and real-world data over the past 10 years support their effectiveness and safety in patients with episodic and chronic migraines, and research into long-term safety is ongoing. Patients must fulfil certain criteria, including prior treatment with nonspecific oral preventive medications, to receive subsidised treatment with these drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in Australia. Small-molecule CGRP receptor antagonists (known as gepants) are orally administered drugs that can be used for migraine prevention or acute treatment. There are no gepants listed on the PBS at the time of writing. Their role in the prevention and acute treatment of migraine is continuing to evolve.

Indexed as

calcitonin gene-related peptideCGRP receptor antagonistsgepantsmigrainemonoclonal antibodies

Identifiers

PMID40343132
PMCPMC12055492

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