Safety and Efficacy of Eletriptan for the Treatment of Migraine in Subjects Unsuccessfully Treated With Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00634985 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 13, 2008
Last Update Posted : January 27, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Migraine | Drug: eletriptan | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 120 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multicentre, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Eletriptan 40 Mg for the Treatment of Migraine (With or Without Aura) in Subjects Unsuccessfully Treated With NSAIDS |
Study Start Date : | November 2002 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2003 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: A |
Drug: eletriptan
40 mg oral tablet for migraine attack; additional 40 mg oral tablet >2 hours from first dose if migraine reoccurred within 24 hours of achieving response |
- Headache severity and response post-treatment [ Time Frame: 2 hours ]
- Functional response post-treatment [ Time Frame: 2 hours ]
- Presence of associated symptoms including, nausea, vomiting, phonophobia, and photophobia at baseline and post-treatment [ Time Frame: 1, 2, 4, and 24 hours ]
- Migraine recurrence post-treatment [ Time Frame: 1, 2, 4, and 24 hours ]
- Time loss (from normal activities and from work) post-treatment [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]
- Subject preference and acceptability post-treatment [ Time Frame: 24 hours and 12 weeks ]
- Subject satisfaction post-treatment [ Time Frame: 2 and 24 hours ]
- Adverse events [ Time Frame: Week 12 ]
- Physical examination [ Time Frame: Week 12 ]
- Vital signs [ Time Frame: Week 12 ]
- Electrocardiogram [ Time Frame: Week 12 ]
- Headache severity and response at baseline and post-treatment [ Time Frame: 1, 4 and 24 hours ]
- Functional impairment severity and response at baseline and post-treatment [ Time Frame: 1, 4 and 24 hours ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 55 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Met International Headache Society diagnostic criteria for migraine with or without aura
- Expected to suffer one to six acute migraine attacks per month based on past history
- Experienced migraines for at least one year prior to entering study, and historically have not responded to NSAIDs
Exclusion Criteria:
- Frequent migraine or frequent concomitant non-migrainous headache (average of >6 attacks per month)
- Atypical migraines that consistently failed to respond to adequate medical therapy
- Migraine with prolonged aura, familial hemiplegic migraine, basilar migraine, migrainous infarction, migraine aura without headache, or migraine with acute-onset aura

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00634985
Turkey | |
Pfizer Investigational Site | |
Capa, Istanbul, Turkey | |
Pfizer Investigational Site | |
Gaziantep, Turkey | |
Pfizer Investigational Site | |
Istanbul, Turkey | |
Pfizer Investigational Site | |
Izmir, Turkey | |
Pfizer Investigational Site | |
Samsun, Turkey |
Study Director: | Pfizer CT.gov Call Center | Pfizer |
Responsible Party: | Director, Clinical Trial Disclosure Group, Pfizer, Inc |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00634985 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
A1601085 |
First Posted: | March 13, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 27, 2021 |
Last Verified: | January 2021 |
Migraine Disorders Headache Disorders, Primary Headache Disorders Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases |
Eletriptan Serotonin Receptor Agonists Serotonin Agents Neurotransmitter Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Physiological Effects of Drugs |