Headache and Migraine

ABP-450, a botulinum toxin type A complex agent, failed to meet either primary or secondary end points in a cohort of 325 patients with chronic migraine.

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STS101 demonstrated mild and predictable adverse events, suggesting potential efficacy at 5.2 mg dose for migraines.

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Stephen Samples, MD, chair of Allegheny Health Network’s department of neurology, gave commentary towards the AHS’s recent statement paper addressing CGRP-targeting therapies as a first-line option for preventive migraine.

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Across 2, phase 3 studies, fremanezumab provided significant effects on monthly migraine days, regardless of whether patients were obese or not.

Combination of atogepant and ubrogepant resulted in minimal adverse events, and were safe and well-tolerated over a 12-week period.

Results showed consistent reductions in monthly migraine days over 48 weeks, with a favorable safety profile observed.

The medical director of the Weill Cornell Medicine Headache Program discussed key essential knowledge on the diagnosis, treatment, and pathophysiology of different headache types. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

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In the phase 3 MOMENTUM and INTERCEPT studies, patients treated with AXS-07 saw reductions in headache pain freedom, most bothersome symptoms, and use of rescue medications.

Being a boy, having lower depression and anxiety scores, lower headache intensity, lower affective pain perception, fewer pain locations, fewer sleep issues, and lower pain-related disability predicted headache remission.

The new position statement proposes the use of CGRP-targeting therapies to be used as first-line treatments, eliminating the need to fail multiple medications before access.

The director of Dysautonomia Clinic discussed neurological manifestations of Long COVID, such as headache, cognitive complaints, and sleep problems, and how they are similar to those seen with migraine comorbidities. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Therapeutic effects were noticeable within 15–20 days post-injection, with five of six patients achieving complete pain relief.

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The presence of a sleep disorder was associated with a nearly 2-fold increase in the risk of increased health care utilization, with specific odds associated with individual sleep disorders.

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Allison Verhaak, PhD, a clinical psychologist from Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford Healthcare Headache Center, shared her insights on a recent study that explored cannabis use among patients with headache and migraine.

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The APPRAISE randomized clinical trial provided clinically meaningful evidence that early initiation of migraine prevention with erenumab was superior over other nonspecific oral migraine preventive medications.

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