Status:

TERMINATED

A Research Study Examining the Use of Olanzapine for the Prevention of Migraine

Lead Sponsor:

Thomas Jefferson University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Eli Lilly and Company

Conditions:

Migraine

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Olanzapine (o-lan-zah-peen) is a medication that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and/ or bipolar disorder. The trade name f...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Subjects who are male or female between the ages of 18 and 65, inclusive
  • Subjects who have a history of migraine with or without aura as defined by IHS criteria, for at least one year prior to screening
  • Subjects who experience between 3 and 10 migraine attacks per month, for the three months preceding screening
  • Subjects who have no more than 15 headache days per month
  • Subjects who have been on a stable dose (no clinically significant changes) of all daily medications, for any indication, from 28 days prior to screening through the duration of the trial.
  • Women who are using, or agree to use for the duration of the study, a medically acceptable form of contraception (as determined by the investigator), if female of childbearing potential.
  • Subjects who are able to understand and comply with all study requirements
  • Subjects who provide written informed consent prior to any study procedures being performed.

Exclusion

  • Women who are pregnant or lactating
  • Subjects with an abnormal ECG that, in the investigators opinion, would expose them to increased risk of adverse events or interfere with study drug and/or analysis of efficacy/tolerability (subjects with QTC interval greater than 450ms will be excluded)
  • Subjects currently taking, or have taken within the thirty days prior to screening, any neuroleptics \> 1 day per week (such as Geodon, Zyprexa, Compazine, Phenergan, Seroquel and other drugs in the same class)
  • Subjects currently taking or have taken within 4-weeks prior to screening any medication for the prevention of migraine
  • Subjects who have failed more than two adequate trials of migraine prophylaxis, as determined by investigator
  • Subjects who experience significant orthostatic hypotension, as determined by the investigator
  • Subjects who, in the investigators opinion, have a history or have evidence of a medical 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, in the investigators opinion, have a history or have evidence of a 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

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

3 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00203307

Start Date

May 1 2004

End Date

June 1 2006

Last Update

August 25 2011

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Jefferson Headache Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107