Migraine HeadachePhase 3NCT00899379

Treatment of Multiple Attacks of Acute Migraine (0462-025)

A Phase 3 study testing rizatriptan benzoate in people with Migraine Headache, run by Organon and Co.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Trial summary

A study to evaluate rizatriptan for the treatment of multiple attacks of acute migraine compared to placebo. Read more about this study

Who is it for?: Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for: Migraine Headache
What is being tested?: rizatriptan benzoate
Type of treatment: Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?: Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people: 473 participants
Where: No sites listed yet
Study dates: Apr 1995to Apr 1996
Phase: Phase 3
Are there results?: Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

Ages 18 to 65 years
All sexes
No healthy volunteers
Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

Patient had at least a 6-month history of migraine, with or without aura
Patient was male, or if female must have been postmenopausal, surgically sterilized, or taking adequate contraceptive precautions.
Patient was judged to be in good health, apart from migraine

Who cannot join

Patient was pregnant or a nursing mother.
Patient had abused drugs or alcohol within 12 months prior to entering the study
Patient had a history of cardiovascular disease
Patient had clinically significant ECG abnormality
Patient had a resting systolic blood pressure of greater than 145 mm Hg or diastolic of less than 95 mm Hg at screening
Patient received treatment with an investigational device or compound within 30 days of the study start

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Patient typically suffered from less then 1 or more than 8 attacks of migraine per month
Patient had difficulty in distinguishing his/her migraine attacks from tension or interval headaches
Patient had prior exposure to rizatriptan

About this study

Official title: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Outpatient Study to Examine the Safety and Efficacy of MK462 10 mg p.o. in the Treatment of Multiple Attacks of Migraine Headache

A study to evaluate rizatriptan for the treatment of multiple attacks of acute migraine compared to placebo.

Conditions: Migraine Headache
Being tested: rizatriptan benzoate, Comparator: Placebo
Medical subject headings: Migraine Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

rizatriptan benzoateDrug
Also called MK0462
Rizatriptan 10 mg p.o. at onset of moderate to severe migraine headache
Comparator: PlaceboDrug
Placebo to Rizatriptan, Oral Tablet

Study groups in NCT00899379
Study group	Role	What they receive
Treatment Sequence 1	Experimental	Placebo-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan Receives: Drug: rizatriptan benzoate; Drug: Comparator: Placebo
Treatment Sequence 2	Experimental	Rizatriptan-Placebo-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan Receives: Drug: rizatriptan benzoate; Drug: Comparator: Placebo
Treatment Sequence 3	Experimental	Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Placebo-Rizatriptan Receives: Drug: rizatriptan benzoate; Drug: Comparator: Placebo
Treatment Sequence 4	Experimental	Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Placebo Receives: Drug: rizatriptan benzoate; Drug: Comparator: Placebo
Treatment Sequence 5	Experimental	Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan Receives: Drug: rizatriptan benzoate

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the First Migraine Attack Period
Patients reporting pain relief defined as a reduction of headache severity from grades 2 or 3 (moderate or severe) at baseline to grades 0 or 1 (no headache or mild) at 2 hours after initial dosing for the first migraine attack
Measured: 2 hours

Secondary outcomes (3)

Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the Second Migraine Attack Period
Patients reporting pain relief defined as a reduction of headache severity from grades 2 or 3 (moderate or severe) to grades 0 or 1 (no headache or mild) at 2 hours after dosing for the second migraine attack
Measured: 2 hours
Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the Third Migraine Attack Period
Patients reporting pain relief defined as a reduction of headache severity from grades 2 or 3 (moderate or severe) to grades 0 or 1 (no headache or mild) at 2 hours after dosing for the third migraine attack
Measured: 2 hours
Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the Fourth Migraine Attack Period
Patients reporting pain relief defined as a reduction of headache severity from grades 2 or 3 (moderate or severe) to grades 0 or 1 (no headache or mild) at 2 hours after dosing for the fourth migraine attack
Measured: 2 hours

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

Apr 1995Apr 1996

First posted12 May 2009 (estimated)
Study startApr 1995
Primary completionJan 1996
Study completionApr 1996

Resources

Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
Publications (4)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
Other trials for Migraine HeadacheStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design

Study type: Interventional
Phase: Phase 3
Primary purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomised
Intervention model: Parallel groups
Masking: Double blind
Who is masked: Participant, Investigator
Enrolment: 473 participants (actual)

IDs, dates and publications

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00899379
Sponsor's protocol ID: 0462-025
Other IDs: MK0462-025, 2009_590
Status last verified: Feb 2022
First submitted: 8 May 2009
Last updated: 3 Feb 2022
Results posted: Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov

Publications

Ho TW, Rodgers A, Bigal ME. Impact of recent prior opioid use on rizatriptan efficacy. A post hoc pooled analysis. Headache. 2009 Mar;49(3):395-403. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01346.x. Epub 2008 Feb 12.
PubMed 19222588
Ho TW, Fan X, Rodgers A, Lines CR, Winner P, Shapiro RE. Age effects on placebo response rates in clinical trials of acute agents for migraine: pooled analysis of rizatriptan trials in adults. Cephalalgia. 2009 Jul;29(7):711-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01788.x. Epub 2009 Feb 3.
PubMed 19210513
Kramer MS, Matzura-Wolfe D, Polis A, Getson A, Amaraneni PG, Solbach MP, McHugh W, Feighner J, Silberstein S, Reines SA. A placebo-controlled crossover study of rizatriptan in the treatment of multiple migraine attacks. Rizatriptan Multiple Attack Study Group. Neurology. 1998 Sep;51(3):773-81. doi: 10.1212/wnl.51.3.773.
PubMed 9748025
Block GA, Goldstein J, Polis A, Reines SA, Smith ME. Efficacy and safety of rizatriptan versus standard care during long-term treatment for migraine. Rizatriptan Multicenter Study Groups. Headache. 1998 Nov-Dec;38(10):764-71. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1998.3810764.x.
PubMed 11284464

Want to know more?

The sponsor has not listed a contact. The official record may have more details.

Talk to your doctor first and take this page with you. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

Questions to ask the study team

What is the study trying to find out?
What would I need to do, and how often would I visit?
Could I receive a placebo instead of the treatment?
What are the possible risks and benefits for me?
Will it cost me anything? Are travel or time paid for?
Can I keep seeing my own doctor during the study?
What happens when the study ends?

Official record

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Study at a glance

From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Feb 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.

Official title: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Outpatient Study to Examine the Safety and Efficacy of MK462 10 mg p.o. in the Treatment of Multiple Attacks of Migraine Headache
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00899379
Acronym / sponsor ID: 0462-025
Conditions: Migraine Headache
Phase: Phase 3
Study type: Interventional
Recruitment status: Completed
Enrolment: 473 participants (actual)
Lead sponsor: Organon and CoIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
Study start: Apr 1995
Primary completion: Jan 1996 (actual)
Study completion: Apr 1996 (actual)
First posted: 12 May 2009 (estimated)
Results: Posted 15 Jul 2010

Clinical summary

The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.

A study to evaluate rizatriptan for the treatment of multiple attacks of acute migraine compared to placebo.

Study design

Primary purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomised
Intervention model: Parallel groups
Masking: Double blind (participant, investigator)
Number of arms: 5

Arm	Type	Receives
Treatment Sequence 1	Experimental	Drug: rizatriptan benzoate, Drug: Comparator: PlaceboPlacebo-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan
Treatment Sequence 2	Experimental	Drug: rizatriptan benzoate, Drug: Comparator: PlaceboRizatriptan-Placebo-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan
Treatment Sequence 3	Experimental	Drug: rizatriptan benzoate, Drug: Comparator: PlaceboRizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Placebo-Rizatriptan
Treatment Sequence 4	Experimental	Drug: rizatriptan benzoate, Drug: Comparator: PlaceboRizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Placebo
Treatment Sequence 5	Experimental	Drug: rizatriptan benzoateRizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan-Rizatriptan

Who may qualify

Ages: 18 to 65 years
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Not accepted
Age groups: Adult, Older adult

Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)

Patient had at least a 6-month history of migraine, with or without aura
Patient was male, or if female must have been postmenopausal, surgically sterilized, or taking adequate contraceptive precautions.
Patient was judged to be in good health, apart from migraine

Key exclusion criteria (9 listed)

Patient was pregnant or a nursing mother.
Patient had abused drugs or alcohol within 12 months prior to entering the study
Patient had a history of cardiovascular disease
Patient had clinically significant ECG abnormality
Patient had a resting systolic blood pressure of greater than 145 mm Hg or diastolic of less than 95 mm Hg at screening

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Interventions

Intervention	Type	Arms
rizatriptan benzoateAlso: MK0462Rizatriptan 10 mg p.o. at onset of moderate to severe migraine headache	Drug	Treatment Sequence 1, Treatment Sequence 2, Treatment Sequence 3, Treatment Sequence 4, Treatment Sequence 5
Comparator: PlaceboPlacebo to Rizatriptan, Oral Tablet	Drug	Treatment Sequence 1, Treatment Sequence 2, Treatment Sequence 3, Treatment Sequence 4

Primary outcome

Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the First Migraine Attack Period
Time frame: 2 hours
Patients reporting pain relief defined as a reduction of headache severity from grades 2 or 3 (moderate or severe) at baseline to grades 0 or 1 (no headache or mild) at 2 hours after initial dosing for the first migraine attack

3 secondary outcomes

Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the Second Migraine Attack Period
Time frame: 2 hours
Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the Third Migraine Attack Period
Time frame: 2 hours
Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the Fourth Migraine Attack Period
Time frame: 2 hours

Results and safety

Results posted to the registry on 15 Jul 2010, as reported by the sponsor. Figures are copied from the record, not re-analysed. Full results on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Participant flow

Group	Started	Completed
Placebo/Rizatriptan/Rizatriptan/Rizatriptan	95	61
Rizatriptan/Placebo/Rizatriptan/Rizatriptan	95	66
Rizatriptan/Rizatriptan/Placebo/Rizatriptan	95	66
Rizatriptan/Rizatriptan/Rizatriptan/Placebo	94	57
Rizatriptan/Rizatriptan/Rizatriptan/Rizatriptan	94	63

Primary outcome: Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the First Migraine Attack Period

Time frame: 2 hours. Number. Unit: participants

Measure	Rizatriptan 10 mg n = 320	Placebo n = 82
Reporting pain relief	246	30
Not reporting pain relief	74	52

Population analysed: The primary efficacy analysis used an all-patients-treated approach which included all patients who had at least one record of an efficacy measure after the initial dose. Missing values were imputed by carrying forward the preceding values in the same phase.

3 secondary outcomes are reported in the full results.

Adverse events

Time frame: During the 24 hours treatment period, and up to and including 7 days after the last dose of study therapy.. Other adverse events reported at 1% frequency or more

Group	Serious adverse events	Other adverse events	Deaths
Rizatriptan 10 mg	0 of 337 (0%)	199 of 323 (61.6%)	Not reported
Placebo	0 of 84 (0%)	31 of 84 (36.9%)	Not reported

Limitations and caveats (from the sponsor): Pooled Extension data for PN022- NCT00897949; PN025- NCT00899379 and PN029- NCT00897104 appears in NCT00897949

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Research links

Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Feb 2022.
Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
Background: PubMed 19222588Ho TW, Rodgers A, Bigal ME. Impact of recent prior opioid use on rizatriptan efficacy. A post hoc pooled analysis. Headache. 2009 Mar;49(3):395-403. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01346.x. Epub 2008 Feb 12.
Background: PubMed 19210513Ho TW, Fan X, Rodgers A, Lines CR, Winner P, Shapiro RE. Age effects on placebo response rates in clinical trials of acute agents for migraine: pooled analysis of rizatriptan trials in adults. Cephalalgia. 2009 Jul;29(7):711-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01788.x. Epub 2009 Feb 3.
Results publication: PubMed 9748025Kramer MS, Matzura-Wolfe D, Polis A, Getson A, Amaraneni PG, Solbach MP, McHugh W, Feighner J, Silberstein S, Reines SA. A placebo-controlled crossover study of rizatriptan in the treatment of multiple migraine attacks. Rizatriptan Multiple Attack Study Group. Neurology. 1998 Sep;51(3):773-81. doi: 10.1212/wnl.51.3.773.
Results publication: PubMed 11284464Block GA, Goldstein J, Polis A, Reines SA, Smith ME. Efficacy and safety of rizatriptan versus standard care during long-term treatment for migraine. Rizatriptan Multicenter Study Groups. Headache. 1998 Nov-Dec;38(10):764-71. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1998.3810764.x.

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Referral and contact

AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.

Medical Monitor study director

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing rizatriptan benzoate in people with Migraine Headache, run by Organon and Co.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Feb 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 15 Jul 2010). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Pain Relief at 2 Hours During the First Migraine Attack Period (time frame: 2 hours). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00899379, which also lists 4 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Feb 2022.