Category: Aimovig
Shots: The P-IV HER-MES study evaluates the tolerability & efficacy of Aimovig (70/140mg) vs topiramate in 777 patients with episodic or chronic migraine (≥4 migraine days/month) prior to not being treated with migraine prevention treatment or previously failed up to 3 previous therapies. The study was conducted in collaboration with Novartis at 82 study sites […]
UK cost-effectiveness agency NICE has said that Eli Lilly’s Emgality can be made available through the NHS for migraine prevention, the second drug in the CGRP inhibitor class to achieve that milestone. The decision means that with two CGRP antibodies now cleared for migraine prevention, the first drug in the class to be approved in […]
Novartis’ injectable migraine prevention antibody Aimovig has been shown to be more effective than topiramate – a go-to oral therapy for people with chronic migraine – in a head-to-head trial. The HER-MES trial found that Aimovig (erenumab) was more effective at preventing migraine attacks and also better tolerated than topiramate, a generic epilepsy drug which […]
Shots: The P-IV HER-MES study involves assessing Aimovig (erenumab 70mg and 140mg) vs topiramate in 777 patients in a ratio (1:1) with episodic or chronic migraine (≥4 migraine days/month) prior not treated with migraine prevention treatment or previously failed up to three prophylactic migraine treatments The study met its 1EPs & 2EPs and had superior […]
Shots: The OLE P-II study involves assessing of Aimovig monthly (70mg) vs PBO in 383 eligible adult patients with an episodic migraine for 12wks. 250 patients increasing their dosage to 140mg monthly after a protocol amendment to assess the long-term safety of the higher dose The results of the OLE study showed the therapy helped […]
Date: October 5, 2020 Issue #: 1608 Summary: An oral nonopioid analgesic is often sufficient for acute treatment of mild to moderate migraine headache without severe nausea or vomiting. A triptan is the drug of choice for treatment of moderate to severe migraine headache pain in most patients without vascular disease. Early treatment of pain […]