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CompletedNCT03606356Updated Jul 30, 2018

Sustained onabotulinumtoxinA Therapeutic Benefits in Patients With Chronic Migraine

A Phase 4 interventional study of Onabotulinum toxin A in Migraine Disorders, sponsored by Corfu Headache Clinic. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-07-30.

Sponsored by Corfu Headache Clinic · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 years 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Apr 2015, registered Jul 2018).
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
56
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

To assess whether there is a sustained benefit and good safety with repeated onabotulinumtoxinA sessions in chronic migraine over more than three years of treatment.

We prospectively enrolled 65 chronic migraine patients, who were classified as responders after three sessions of onabotulinumtoxin A and were eligible to further continue treatment.

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Evidence on whether the therapeutic effect and good safety profile of onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) in chronic migraine (CM) patients is maintained over long term treatment is still limited. This study aims at assessing whether there is a sustained benefit and good safety with repeated onabotulinumtoxin A sessions in CM over more than three years of treatment.

This study prospectively enrolled 65 CM patients, who were classified as responders after three sessions of onabotulinumtoxinA and were eligible to further continue treatment. Data documenting longitudinal changes from the trimester after the third onabotulinumtoxinA administration (T1) to the trimester after completing two years of treatment (T2) and eventually to the trimester after completing three years of treatment (T3) in (i) mean number of monthly headache days (ii) migraine severity as expressed by the mean number of days with peak headache intensity of >4/10, and (iii) mean number of days with use of any acute headache medication, were prospectively collected from patients' headache diaries.

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Conditions studied

  • Migraine Disorders

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In context

Migraine Disorders

1,528 studies on the registry are indexed under Migraine Disorders; 299 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 56 is below the median of 80 across 1,175 interventional studies indexed under Migraine Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Corfu Headache Clinic is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients diagnosed with chronic migraine according to IHC-III with or without medication overuse.
  • Responders defined as patients that after 3 sessions of treatment with onabutulinum toxin A, having experienced a ≥50% reduction in their average monthly migraine days

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

-

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
56 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • DrugOnabotulinum toxin A

    Cranial Subcutaneous Injections

    Also known as: Botox

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in the mean number of monthly headaches

    Change in the mean number of monthly headache days, from the third administration (months 10 to 12; T1) to the period after three years of treatment (months 37-39; T3)

    Time frame: 3 years

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Vikelis M, Argyriou AA, Dermitzakis EV, Spingos KC, Mitsikostas DD. Onabotulinumtoxin-A treatment in Greek patients with chronic migraine. J Headache Pain. 2016 Dec;17(1):84. doi: 10.1186/s10194-016-0676-z. Epub 2016 Sep 17. PubMed 27640152 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 30, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03606356
Lead sponsor
Corfu Headache Clinic
Responsible party
KONSTANTINOS SPINGOS (Konstantinos Spingos MD, Neurologist, Corfu Headache Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 30, 2018
Start date
Apr 1, 2015
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2018
Completion
Apr 1, 2018
Last update
Jul 30, 2018

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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