A Clinical Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Xeomin® Injections for Preventing Episodic Migraine

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMerz Therapeutics GmbH

About this trial

In this clinical trial, participants with episodic migraine will receive injections with Xeomin or Placebo into muscles of the head and neck. The purpose is to measure the change in monthly migraine days with Xeomin injections compared to Placebo injections.

Trial details include:

* Trial duration: 52 to 55 weeks;

* Screening period: 4 to 5 weeks; * Treatment duration: 4 treatments, each about 12 weeks apart; and * Visit frequency: about every 4 weeks, 14 visits in total. The first and last visit and the 4 treatment visits are on-site, the other 8 visits are remote by phone / video call.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Participant has a diagnosis of EM with or without aura according to current International Classification of Headache Disorders (Edition 3 and Edition 4 alpha) criteria for ≥ 12 months and is able to distinguish migraine headaches from all other types of headaches;

Participant age < 50 years at the time of migraine onset;

Participant meeting the following headache and migraine day criteria in each of the 3 months prior to screening: history of ≤ 14 headache days per month and history of 6 to 14 migraine days per month; and

During the last 28 days of the screening period, participant experiencing: ≤ 14 headache days and 6 to 14 migraine days that qualify as such per the headache diary.

Disqualifiers

Diagnosis of chronic migraine;

Diagnosis of other primary headache types, except tension-type headache, which is permitted;

Diagnosis of aura without headache, migraine with brainstem aura, hemicrania continua, hypnic headache, hemiplegic migraine, retinal migraine, persistent aura without infarction, migraine aura-triggered seizure, or previous migrainous infarction;

Diagnosis of secondary headache types, except medication overuse headache, which is permitted;

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Xeomin

    Drug

    Solution for injection prepared by reconstitution of powder with 0.9% Sodium Chloride (NaCl)

  • Placebo

    Drug

    Solution for injection prepared by reconstitution of powder with 0.9% Sodium Chloride (NaCl)

Treatment groups

990 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Xeomin Dose AExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Xeomin Dose BExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Change in monthly migraine days from baseline (28 days before baseline visit) to Month 6 (weeks 21 to 24 after first injection) - Dose A

Time frame
Baseline to month 6

Secondary outcomes

1

Change in monthly migraine days from baseline (28 days before baseline visit) to Month 6 (weeks 21 to 24 after first injection) - Dose B

Time frame
Baseline to month 6
2

Change in monthly headache days from baseline (28 days before baseline visit) to Month 6 (weeks 21 to 24 after first injection) - Dose A

Time frame
Baseline to month 6
3

Change in monthly headache days from baseline (28 days before baseline visit) to Month 6 (weeks 21 to 24 after first injection) - Dose B

Time frame
Baseline to month 6
4

Change in monthly acute migraine medication days from baseline (28 days before baseline visit) to Month 6 (weeks 21 to 24 after first injection) - Dose A

Time frame
Baseline to month 6

Other outcomes

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