Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT: Background
Previously published three-month placebo-controlled and one-year open-label clinical trial data have provided information on the efficacy and safety of erenumab.Methods
Interim analysis was undertaken from an ongoing five-year open-label treatment phase after all patients completed three years in the open-label treatment phase or discontinued the study. Adult patients with episodic migraine enrolled in the open-label treatment phase initially received 70 mg erenumab monthly. A protocol amendment increased the dosage to 140 mg monthly to assess long-term safety of the higher dose. Safety and tolerability were assessed by monitoring adverse events, electrocardiograms, laboratory assessments, and vital signs.Results
Of 383 patients enrolled in the open-label treatment phase, at data cutoff 235 (61.3%) remained in the study, all received 140 mg for ≥1 year. Median (Q1, Q3) exposure (70 or 140 mg) for all patients enrolled was 3.2 (1.3, 3.4) years. The most frequent adverse events (≥4.0/100 patient-years) were reported as viral upper respiratory tract infection, sinusitis, influenza, and back pain. Exposure-adjusted serious adverse event rates were 4.2/100 patient-years. There was no increase in cardiovascular events over time.Conclusions
In this long-term study of a CGRP-receptor antibody, erenumab was found to be safe and well-tolerated with a spectrum and rate of adverse events consistent with shorter-term placebo-controlled studies.Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01952574.
SUBMITTER: Ashina M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6779015 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ashina Messoud M Goadsby Peter J PJ Reuter Uwe U Silberstein Stephen S Dodick David D Rippon Gregory A GA Klatt Jan J Xue Fei F Chia Victoria V Zhang Feng F Cheng Sunfa S Mikol Daniel D DD
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache 20190530 11
<h4>Background</h4>Previously published three-month placebo-controlled and one-year open-label clinical trial data have provided information on the efficacy and safety of erenumab.<h4>Methods</h4>Interim analysis was undertaken from an ongoing five-year open-label treatment phase after all patients completed three years in the open-label treatment phase or discontinued the study. Adult patients with episodic migraine enrolled in the open-label treatment phase initially received 70 mg erenumab mo ...[more]