A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Eptinezumab in Patients with Episodic Cluster Headache

Overview

About this study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate treatment effects, including safety, and is intended to show a statistically significant effect on number of attacks during the cluster headache bout.

 

Participation eligibility

Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.

Inclusion Criteria:

- The participant has episodic cluster headache, as defined by International Headache Society (IHS) International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd Edition (ICHD-3)
classification, with an adequately documented record or reliable history of eCH of at least 12 months prior to Screening Visit 1.

- The participant has a prior history of cluster period(s) lasting 6 weeks or longer, when untreated.

- The participant is able to distinguish cluster headache attacks from other headaches (that is; tension-type headaches, migraine).

- The participant is, at Screening Visit 2, in cluster headache bout, characterized by the presence of at least one typical cluster headache attack, that started not later than 1 week prior to Screening Visit 2.

- The participant has a medical history of first symptoms of cluster headache from ≤ 60 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

- The participant has experienced failure on a previous treatment targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) pathway (anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies [mAbs]
and gepants).

- The participant has confounding and clinically significant pain syndromes (for example, fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome).

- The participant has a history or diagnosis of hypnic headache, hemicrania continua, new daily persistent headache, chronic migraine or unusual migraine subtypes such as hemiplegic migraine (sporadic and familial), recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy, migraine with brainstem aura and migraine with neurological accompaniments that are not typical of migraine aura (diplopia, altered consciousness, or long duration).

- Participants with a lifetime history of psychosis, bipolar mania, or dementia are excluded. Participants with other psychiatric conditions whose symptoms are not
controlled or who have not been adequately treated for a minimum of 6 months prior to Screening Visit 2 are also excluded.

- The participant is, at Screening Visit 2, at significant risk of suicide.

- The participant has a history of clinically significant cardiovascular disease, including uncontrolled hypertension, ischaemia or thromboembolic events (for example,
cerebrovascular accident, deep vein thrombosis, or pulmonary embolism).

- Patients who occasionally use cannabinoids must be based from the study physician that they don't meet specific exclusion criterias.

Other inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply.

Eligibility last updated 12/16/22. Questions regarding updates should be directed to the study team contact.

Participating Mayo Clinic locations

Study statuses change often. Please contact the study team for the most up-to-date information regarding possible participation.

Mayo Clinic Location Status

Rochester, Minn.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Carrie Robertson, M.D.

Closed for enrollment

Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Anthony Green, M.D.

Closed for enrollment

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