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NCT number NCT06248671
Other study ID # 2022-502176-23-01
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date May 1, 2024
Est. completion date February 28, 2029

Study information

Verified date June 2024
Source St. Olavs Hospital
Contact Lise R Øie, Post.doc.
Phone 0047 41419596
Email lise.r.oie@ntnu.no
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main objective of this study is to see whether the favorable preventative effect of Atorvastatin 40mg per day in episodic migraine, that was found previously in three smaller randomized controlled cross-over studies, can be confirmed in a larger, multicenter, randomized controlled parallel group study. In addition it will be investigated whether 1) there is an effect of a daily dose of 20mg Atorvastatin, 2) whether the favorable side effect profile, seen in previous studies, can be confirmed, and whether it is even better with the smaller dose, and 3) estimating the cost of Atorvastatin treatment, considering cost of medicine, cost of acute attack medicine, and cost of lost worktime.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 450
Est. completion date February 28, 2029
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2028
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Age 18 to 65 years. - Signed informed consent. - Episodic migraine with or without aura according to ICHD-3 criteria. - At inclusion, patients should retrospectively have from 4 to 14 migraine attacks per month during the last 3 months. This frequency must be confirmed in the headache diary before randomisation to treatment. - Debut of migraine at least one year prior to inclusion based on information in the patient record or by careful examination of previous headache history. - Start of migraine before 50 years. - No use of other migraine prophylactics during the study. - For women of child-bearing potential, there must be no pregnancy or planned pregnancy during the study period, and use of highly effective contraception. After the baseline period, just before randomisation to the study drug, inclusion criteria will be evaluated once more, and the headache diary will be evaluated. If there are, according to the headache diary, fewer attacks than 4 or more than 14 per month, the baseline period can be extended to 8 weeks, and the patient can be randomized to a treatment then if there is a mean of 4-14 attacks per 4 weeks during the 8-week's period. Exclusion Criteria: - Interval headache not distinguishable from migraine. - Chronic migraine, chronic tension-type headache, medication overuse headache or other headache occurring on = 15 days/month. - Pregnancy, planning to get pregnant, inability to use contraceptives, and lactating. - Clinical information on or signs of cholestasis or decreased hepatic or renal function. - High degree of comorbidity and/or frailty associated with reduced life expectancy or high likelihood of hospitalization, at the discretion of the investigator. - Hypersensitivity to statins or previous use of statins. - History of angioneurotic oedema. - Use of medicines for migraine prophylaxis less than 4 weeks, or of botulinum toxin less than 16 weeks, prior to start of study. - Current use of antiviral treatment against hepatitis C. - Significant psychiatric illness. - Having tried = 3 prophylactic drugs against migraine during the last 10 years. - Requiring detoxification from acute medication (triptans, opioids). - Consistently failing to respond to any acute migraine medication. - Alcohol or illicit drug dependence. - Inability to understand study procedures and to comply with them for the entire length of the study. - Treatment for hypothyroidism. - Lactose intolerance.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Atorvastatin 40mg
Each tablet will be taken once daily for 84 days.
Placebo
Each tablet will be taken once daily for 84 days
Atorvastatin 20mg
Each tablet will be taken once daily for 84 days.

Locations

Country Name City State
Norway Haukeland University Hospital Bergen
Norway University Hospital, Akershus Lørenskog
Norway Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet Oslo
Norway Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål Oslo
Norway University Hospital Northern Norway Tromsø
Norway St. Olavs hospital Trondheim

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
St. Olavs Hospital Haukeland University Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal University Hospital, University Hospital of North Norway, University Hospital, Akershus

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Number of migraine days Change in number of migraine days/4 weeks from the baseline period to the treatment period. 4 weeks
Secondary Number of responders Number of responders (= 50% improvement from baseline) 12 weeks
Secondary Rate of adverse events Number of patients with adverse events 12 weeks
Secondary Number of doses with acute medication Doses of triptans or analgesics per 4 weeks 12 weeks
Secondary Number of days with sick leave Days with sick leave per 4 weeks 12 weeks
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