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NCT number NCT00772031
Other study ID # 08-CRC-01
Secondary ID HHSN265200523641
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
First received October 14, 2008
Last updated January 20, 2012
Start date October 2008
Est. completion date September 2010

Study information

Verified date January 2012
Source The EMMES Corporation
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Federal Government
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the reduction in the number of severe headache days at six months in people with chronic migraine treated with topiramate and propranolol versus those treated with topiramate and a placebo.


Description:

Chronic migraine affects about 2 percent of all adults. Currently there are no effective preventative treatments to deal with this disabling condition. Three randomized, placebo-controlled trials found that topiramate was an effective, safe and generally well-tolerated drug for treating chronic migraine. As a result of these trials, topiramate is becoming the standard treatment among headache specialists. Experts agree that treatment with combinations of preventive agents is required in the majority of individuals with chronic migraine for maximal headache relief. No randomized trials have assessed the value of frequently used combinations of preventive agents for chronic migraine.

The goal of this trial is to determine if adding a second drug to topiramate treatment will further reduce the headache burden for people with this condition. In the study, 250 participants with chronic migraine will be randomized to two groups - treatment with topiramate and propranolol or topiramate and placebo. Participants will be followed for six months.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 191
Est. completion date September 2010
Est. primary completion date September 2010
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- History of chronic migraine for at least 6 months

- Age = 18 years and age of migraine onset 60 or younger

- EKG performed in the last 12 months

Exclusion Criteria:

- Prior neuro-imaging suggesting secondary structural causes of headache

- Beck Depression Inventory FastScreen score of 13 or greater or other severe psychiatric disorder

- Contraindication to or prior intolerance of topiramate or propranolol (no history of sinus bradycardia, heart block, heart failure, diabetes prone to hypoglycemia, asthma, kidney stones)

- History of kidney failure or nephrolithiasis

- A female who is currently pregnant or lactating or planning to become pregnant in the next year, or is of child-bearing potential and not practicing an acceptable form of birth control

- Currently requires butalbital or opioid drugs for acute headache treatment 10 or more days a month

- Failure of prior trials with at least 50 mg of topiramate combined with at least 80 mg of propranolol

- Use of other migraine preventive drugs (Medications graded as groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the AAN Evidence-based Guideline: valproate, divalproex sodium, gabapentin, amitriptyline, nortriptyline, protriptyline, beta-blocker, calcium channel blocker, cyproheptadine; and tizanidine) within the last two months or has received botulinum toxin injection in the past 3 months

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
propranolol LA
Propranolol LA up to 240 mg/day
topiramate
Topiramate is an effective, safe and generally well-tolerated drug used for treating chronic migraine. It is becoming the standard treatment among headache specialists.
placebo
an inactive substance

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Abington Neurological Associates, Ltd., 1245 Highland Avenue, Ste 301 Abington Pennsylvania
United States Dent Neurologic Institute, 3980 Sheridan Drive Amherst New York
United States ClinSite, LLC 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Lobby M Ann Arbor Michigan
United States Mission Neurology, Research Institute Mission Hospital, 509 Biltmore Asheville North Carolina
United States Neurology and Sleep Medicine PC, 701 Ostrum Street, Suite 302 Bethlehem Pennsylvania
United States Health Sciences America, LLC, 1515 N Federal Hwy, Suite 105 Boca Raton Florida
United States Montefiore Headache Center 1575 Blondell Avenue Ste 225 Bronx New York
United States Dr. Stephen David Forner - 1405 Magnolia Avenue, Suite B Chico California
United States Southeast Clinical Research, LLC, 304 NE 1st Street Chiefland Florida
United States Shanti Clinical Trials, 1880 West Washington Street Colton California
United States Texas Neurology, PA, 6301 Gaston Avenue, Suite 400 West Tower Dallas Texas
United States Anderson & Collins Clinical Research 1 Ethel Road, Suite 106B Edison New Jersey
United States Ft. Wayne Neurological Center 7956 W. Jefferson Blvd. Ft. Wayne Indiana
United States Guilford Neurologic Associates, 1126 North Church Street, Suite 200 Greensboro North Carolina
United States Houston Headache Clinic, 1213 Hermann Drive, Suite 820 Houston Texas
United States Houston Sleep Center, Todd J. Swick, MD, PA, 7500 San Felipe, Suite 525 Houston Texas
United States Protenium Clinical Research, LLC 1725 Chadwick Court Suite 200 Hurst Texas
United States NervPro Research, 15825 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite 202 Irvine California
United States Gundersen Clinic, Ltd, 1836 South Avenue, MS: EB3-002 La Crosse Wisconsin
United States MidAmerica Neuroscience Research Foundation, 8550 Marshall Dr, Suite 100 Lenexa Kansas
United States Trover Health System Center for Clinical Studies, 200 Clinic Drive Madisonville Kentucky
United States Scientific Clinical Research, Inc 1065 NE 125th Street , Ste 417 Miami Florida
United States West Virginia University 1 Medical Center Dr, Box 9180 Morgantown West Virginia
United States New England Center for Clinical Research (NECCR), 52 Brigham St #7 New Bedford Massachusetts
United States Neurology Associates of Ormond Beach 8 Mirror Lake Drive Suite A&B Ormond Beach Florida
United States Jefferson Headache Center/Thomas Jefferson Univ. 111 South 11th Street, Suite 8130 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
United States Mayo Clinic 5777 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix Arizona
United States Island Neurological Associates, PC, 824 Old Country Road Plainview New York
United States Neurologique Foundation, Inc. 6 Fairfield Blvd. Suite 11 Ponte Vedra Florida
United States Mercy Medical Group- CHWMF 3000 Q Street, Neurology Sacramento California
United States Schenectady Neurological Consultants 1401 Union Street Schenectady New York
United States Swedish Pain & Headache Center 101 Madison St, Suite 200 Seattle Washington
United States Dr. B. Abraham, P.C. 3020 Highway 124 Snellville Georgia
United States Starlight Clinical Research, 1325 W. South Jordan Pkwy, Ste 101 South Jordan Utah
United States Neurology Clinical Research, Inc, 3540 North Pine Island Rd Sunrise Florida
United States Progress Clinical Trials, 707 Kings Lane Tullahoma Tennessee
United States Paradigm Clinical, Inc. 1324 W. Prince Rd Tuscon Arizona
United States ClinExcel Research 7908 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd, Ste J West Chester Ohio
United States New England Regional Headache Center, Inc 85 Prescott St, Ste 101 Worcester Massachusetts

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Anne Lindblad National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Change in the Number of Moderate to Severe Headache Days Within a 28 Day Average Period in Six Months Compared to Baseline (Number of moderate to severe headache days (as defined by the International Headache Society Guidelines (2006)) counted over a 28 day diary period at baseline (before treatment with propranolol or placebo)) minus (the number of moderate to severe headache days counted over a 56 day diary period (weeks 16-24 post treatment) divided by 2). Baseline (pre-randomization), months 5 and 6 post randomization No
Secondary Number of Subjects Experiencing at Least a 30% Reduction in 28-day Moderate to Severe Headache Days 6 months post randomization No
Secondary Number of Subjects Experiencing at Least a 50% Reduction in 28-day Moderate to Severe Headache Days 6 months No
Secondary Change From Baseline in Beck's Depression Inventory FastScreen Score at 6 Months Total score from Beck's Depression Inventory FastScreen at 6 months minus total score from Beck's Depression Inventory FastScreen at baseline. Scale scores range from 0 to 21 with higher values indicating worsening depression. the following categories separate participants into groups of depression levels: Minimal (Score 0-3), Mild (Score 4-8),Moderate (Score 9-12),Severe (Score 13-21). Baseline and 6 months Yes
Secondary Change From Baseline in Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) Score at 6 Months MIDAS scoring ranges from 0 to 270. The scores are divided into ranges of disability with higher scores indicating increased disability as follows: 0-5 (Grade I - Minimal or infrequent disability); 6-10 (Grade II - Mild or infrequent disability); 11-20 (Grade III - Moderate disability); and 21+ (Grade IV - Severe disability). Baseline and 6 months No
Secondary Change From Baseline in Migraine Specific Quality of Life (MSQ)-Role Restrictive Score at 6 Months The MSQ (version 2.1 copyrighted 1992, 1996, 1998 by Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) is a 14 item questionnaire. Item responses are summed and scored as a total score and three domains: Role Preventive, Role Restrictive, Emotional Function. Scores within each domain are rescaled to range from 0 to 100. A lower score indicates a poorer quality of life associated with that domain or in total. Because of the observed interaction within a domain, only domain scores were used as outcome measures for this study. baseline and 6 months post randomization No
Secondary Change From Baseline in Migraine-Specific Quality of Life (MSQ)-Role Preventive at 6 Months The MSQ (version 2.1 copyrighted 1992, 1996, 1998 by Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) is a 14 item questionnaire. Item responses are summed and scored as a total score and three domains: Role Preventive, Role Restrictive, Emotional Function. Scores within each domain are rescaled to range from 0 to 100. A lower score indicates a poorer quality of life associated with that domain or in total. Because of the observed interaction within a domain, only domain scores were used as outcome measures for this study. Baseline and 6 months No
Secondary Change From Baseline in Migraine-Specific Quality of Life (MSQ) - Emotional Function at 6 Months The MSQ (version 2.1 copyrighted 1992, 1996, 1998 by Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) is a 14 item questionnaire. Item responses are summed and scored as a total score and three domains: Role Preventive, Role Restrictive, Emotional Function. Scores within each domain are rescaled to range from 0 to 100. A lower score indicates a poorer quality of life associated with that domain or in total. Because of the observed interaction within a domain, only domain scores were used as outcome measures for this study. Baseline and 6 Months No
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