Subcutaneous sumatriptan reduces cilostazol induced headache in migraine patients

OBJECTIVES: The authors have previously tried to develop a model for the testing of novel drug candidates for migraine, using the headache and migraine provoking agent cilostazol. Previous studies have used sumatriptan tablets as the validating drug, but they were not sufficiently effective. In this study we test the effect of subcutaneous sumatriptan on cilostazol induced headache in patients with migraine without aura.

METHOD: Thirty patients with migraine without aura received 200 mg cilostazol on two different study days. The induced headache was treated with subcutaneous sumatriptan in a randomized, double-blind cross-over design. The patients filled out a self-reported headache questionnaire until 12 h after cilostazol.

RESULTS: All 30 patients experienced headache (range 3-10) on both study days and the headache fulfilled the criteria for a migraine-like attack in 73% on the sumatriptan day and in 77% on the placebo day. Sumatriptan injection reduced the headache score 2 h after treatment (p = 0.003). The difference between headache intensity on the sumatriptan day and the placebo day was significant at both 2 h (p = 0.01) and 4 h (p = 0.0007) after treatment.

CONCLUSION: Subcutaneous sumatriptan reduces cilostazol induced headache in migraine patients. The cilostazol model may be useful as a tool to test the potential of new anti-migraine drugs.Trial registration: The study is registered on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03422796).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 40(2020), 8 vom: 13. Juli, Seite 842-850

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Falkenberg, Katrine [VerfasserIn]
Bjerg, Helene Rønde [VerfasserIn]
Olesen, Jes [VerfasserIn]

Links:

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Themen:

8R78F6L9VO
Cilostazol
Human model
Journal Article
Migraine
Migraine treatment
N7Z035406B
Randomized Controlled Trial
Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists
Sumatriptan
Vasodilator Agents

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.08.2021

Date Revised 26.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03422796

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0333102420915166

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308022998