A Research Study To Evaluate If Frovatriptan Is Safe And Effective In Preventing Migraine Headache After Fasting

NCT00440232 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: SDS/FHA-FRV/ 01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 74
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

We are testing the hypothesis that subjects in the treatment group will experience fewer fasting induced headaches as compared to those in the placebo group.In our clinical experience, we estimate that approximately 25% of our headache population experiences fasting-induced migraine or hunger-induced migraine. With a given migraine incidence of 28 million in the United States alone, we estimate that approximately 7 million will experience hunger as a migraine trigger. If an individual has a known migraine trigger, then there are a variety of ways to modify care in order to address that trigger. The simplest is to avoid that trigger or preemptively treat that trigger. Frovatriptan has good evidence for daily use for a short time to help prevent menstrually related migraines. A short course of treatment can often avoid the initiation of the migraine and improve quality of life. Knowing that a longer acting triptan, such as frovatriptan, has demonstrated capability at suppressing headache through a known trigger, suggests the need to study this with fasting induced migraines, as well.

Conditions

Migraine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Incidence of Fasting-induced Headache of Any Intensity

  Incidence of fasting-induced headache of any intensity occurring at greater than 4 hours, but within 20 hours after onset of fasting

  20 hours

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Time to Development of Headache of Any Intensity

  20 hours

Study Arms (2)

Frovatriptan

EXPERIMENTAL

5.0 mg of Frovatriptan given as single dose

Drug: Frovatriptan

placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Drug: Placebo

Interventions

Frovatriptan DRUG

Frovatriptan 5.0 mg orally one time at the start of the 20 hour fast

Also known as: Frova

Frovatriptan

Placebo DRUG

Inert tab identical in appearance to Frovatriptan

placebo

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Male and female subjects between the ages of 18 and 65, inclusive
• Subjects diagnosed with episodic migraine, with or without aura according to IHS criteria for at least one-year prior to screening
• Subjects who experience between 1 and 6 migraine attacks per month inclusive (during the previous 6 months) with no more than 15 days of headache per month.
• Subject reports hunger or fasting as a known trigger for migraine
• Subject is using or agrees to use for the duration of participation a medically acceptable form of contraception (as determined by investigator), if female of child-bearing potential
• Subjects who are able to understand and comply with all study procedures.
• Subject is willing to complete one 20-hour fast, starting between 5:00 and 8:00 P.M., with no food or drink (except water needed to take routine medication)
• Subject provides written informed consent prior to any screening procedures being conducted
• If subject is taking a preventive migraine medication for migraine or any other reason, that medication must have been a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to screening, and must remain stable throughout the duration of the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant and/or lactating women
• Subjects who have a history of clinically relevant allergy to frovatriptan or like compounds
• Subjects who, in the investigators opinion, have a history or have evidence of any other medical or psychiatric condition that would expose them to an increased risk of a significant adverse event or would interfere with the assessments of efficacy and tolerability during this trial
• Subjects who have participated in an investigational drug trial in the 30 days prior to the screening visit
• Subjects who currently have or have a history of significant cerebrovascular disease including basilar or hemiplegic migraine
• Subjects who have a history of non-response to triptans, as determined by investigator
• Subjects with uncontrolled hypertension
• Subjects with diabetes mellitus who require insulin or oral anti-hyperglycemic agents will be excluded. (Subjects with Type II diabetes who are well controlled with diet and exercise alone may be included.)
• Subjects who currently have or who have a history of ischemia and/or vasospastic coronary artery disease
• Subjects who, in the investigators opinion, have significant risk factors of coronary artery disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Thomas Jefferson University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jefferson Headache Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Migraine Disorders

Interventions

frovatriptan

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Headache Disorders, Primary; Headache Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Stephen D. Silberstein, M.D.
• Organization: Jefferson Headache Center/Thomas Jefferson University

stephen.silberstein@jefferson.edu

215-955-2243

Study Officials

• Stephen D. Silberstein, M.D.

  Thomas Jefferson University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2007
• First Posted: February 26, 2007
• Study Start: July 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2009
• Study Completion: September 1, 2009
• Last Updated: May 26, 2011
• Results First Posted: November 18, 2010

Record last verified: 2011-05

Locations

US (1)