Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Potential Osteocatabolic Effect Caused by Anti-CGRP mAbs in Migraine Patients Treated With Anti-CGRP mAbs - an Observational Pilot Project With Prospectively Collected Health Related Data

Lead Sponsor:

Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona

Conditions:

Migraine Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-50 years

Brief Summary

Background: To gain insight on the osteoanabolic activity of anti-CGRP mAbs in patients with migraine as this was not yet specifically investigated in registration or post-approval clinical studies, h...

Detailed Description

Migraine is a chronic and often lifelong disease defined by recurrent unprovoked headache episodes lasting over four hours with one or more disabling symptoms including nausea, vomiting, dizziness, an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Anti-CGRP mAbs treated group (TC):
  • Anti-CGRP mAbs naïve males and females;
  • Aged between 18 and 50 years;
  • Affected with migraine with or without aura \[4\];
  • Planning to start a migraine preventive monotherapy with and satisfying the prescription criteria for Anti-CGRP mAbs erenumab, galcanezumab, and fremanezumab according to the Swiss reimbursement authorities (previous treatment with at least 2 migraine preventive therapies among beta-blockers, calcium antagonists, anticonvulsants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRI must have been ineffective, contraindicated or not tolerated; mean number of monthly migraine days (MMD) in three consecutive months must be at least 8).
  • Control group, not treated with anti-CGRP mAbs (CG)
  • Males and females
  • Aged between 18 and 50 years;
  • Affected with migraine with or without aura \[4\];
  • Under no migraine preventive therapies;
  • Never treated with / not planning to start on anti-CGRP mAbs

Exclusion

  • An ongoing treatment with one of the following drugs: protonic pump inhibitors, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (such as escitalopram, fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline), glitazones, anti-aromatase, anti-androgen medications, glucocorticoids; having ever received glucocorticoids at doses of ≥5 mg (or equivalent) for ≥3 months, anti-retroviral drugs, vitamin k inhibitors or bone antiresorptive therapy;
  • An ongoing supplementation with calcium, vitamin D;
  • Being affected with osteoporosis or previous unprovoked fractures at adult age;
  • Being affected with significant comorbidities potentially interfering with bone metabolism including: type 1 or 2 diabetes; gastrointestinal malabsorption and/or chronic inflammatory bowel diseases; primary hyperparathyroidism; hyperthyroidism; prolonged immobilization; rheumatoid arthritis; chronic obstructive bronchopneumopathy; Cushing syndrome; any other relevant diseases according to the investigator's judgement;
  • A history of drug or alcohol abuse, or illicit substances use;
  • Hypogonadism;
  • Menopause;
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 13 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

42 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06035458

Start Date

April 13 2022

End Date

December 31 2026

Last Update

July 28 2025

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Chiara ZECCA

Lugano, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, 6903