Takeaway
- Galcanezumab was efficacious vs placebo in patients with migraine who had previously failed other migraine therapies and may also be suitable in those without any prior preventive treatment.
- Galcanezumab consistently reduced monthly migraine headache days (MHDs) and other key outcomes in patients who had failed ≥2 or ≥1 preventives previously.
Why this matters
- NICE is soon expected to begin a technology appraisal of galcanezumab for the treatment of migraine.
Study design
- In this phase 3 randomised placebo controlled REGAIN trial, 1113 patients (age, 18-65 years) were randomised 2:1:1 to receive placebo, galcanezumab 120 mg/240 mg once monthly during a treatment period lasting 3 months.
- Funding: Eli Lilly and others.
Key results
- Treatment with galcanezumab vs placebo significantly reduced the number of monthly MHDs in patients with prior failures.
- 50% reduction in MHDs among patients who failed ≥2 and ≥1 prior preventives:
- galcanezumab 120 mg vs placebo: 29.6% vs 9.4% (OR, 4.05; P<.001) and 31.2% vs 11.3% (OR, 3.56; P<.001), respectively.
- galcanezumab 240 mg vs placebo: 18.7% vs 9.4% (OR, 2.22; P<.01) and 20.5% vs 11.3% (OR, 2.02; P<.01), respectively.
- 75% reduction in MHDs among patients who failed ≥2 and ≥1 prior preventives:
- galcanezumab 120 mg vs placebo: 6.3% vs 2.3% (OR, 2.87; P<.05) and 7.0% vs 2.7% (OR, 2.71; P<.01), respectively.
- galcanezumab 240 mg vs placebo: 5.0% vs 2.3% (OR, 2.27; 95% Cl, 0.95-5.42) and 6.0% vs 2.7% (OR, 2.27; P<.05), respectively.
- Galcanezumab vs placebo showed significant larger overall reduction in MHDs with acute migraine medication use among patient who failed ≥2 and ≥1 prior preventives.
- galcanezumab 120 mg vs placebo: −5.81 vs −1.35 (Δ–4.46; P<.001) and −5.60 vs −1.94 (Δ–3.66; P<.001), respectively.
- galcanezumab 240 mg vs placebo: −3.40 vs −1.35 (Δ–2.06; P<.01) and −3.66 vs −1.94 (Δ–1.72; P<.001), respectively.
Limitations
- Limited number of patients within each group of prior failures.
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