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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Almotriptan and Ubrogepant for the Acute Treatment of Migraine

A Phase 4 interventional study of Almotriptan 12.5 Mg Oral Tablet and Ubrogepant 50Mg Tab in Migraine With Aura and Migraine Without Aura, sponsored by Messoud Ashina, MD. Recruiting at 1 site in Denmark. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-09-22.

Sponsored by Messoud Ashina, MD · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2024, 1 year 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Jun 2022; still recruiting 4 years 3 months later.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
645
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

In a real-world population of adults with migraine, the investigators would like to investigate whether 12.5 mg almotriptan is non-inferior to 50 mg ubrogepant in terms of pain freedom at 2 hours after drug intake.

Read the detailed description

The study is a randomized, open-label, parallel-group, single-attack study with 12.5 mg almotriptan and 50 mg ubrogepant. 645 patients with migraine with or without aura according to the third edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3) will be included.

Each subject will randomly be allocated to one treatment, and given 42 days to treat a single qualifying migraine attack of moderate to severe intensity.

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Conditions studied

  • Migraine With Aura
  • Migraine Without Aura
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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 planned enrollment of 645 is above the median of 80 across 1,175 interventional studies indexed under Migraine Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Messoud Ashina, MD as lead sponsor.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Subject has provided informed consent prior to initiation of any study-specific activities/procedures.
  • Aged 18 to 65 years upon entry into screening
  • History of migraine (with or without aura) for greater than or equal to 12 months before screening according to the ICHD-3 criteria based on medical records and/or patient self-report.
  • Not more than 12 attacks per month with moderate to severe headache pain in each of the previous 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Disease Related

  • Greater than 50 years of age at migraine onset
  • History of cluster headache or hemiplegic migraine headache
  • Inability to differentiate between migraine from other headaches
  • Has taken medication for acute treatment of headache (including acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), triptans, ergotamine, opioids, or combination analgesics) on 10 or more days per months in the previous 3 months
  • Has a history of migraine aura with diplopia or impairment of levels of consciousness, hemiplegic migraine, or retinal migraine.
  • Required hospital treatment of a migraine attack 3 or more times in the previous 6 months.

Other Medical Conditions

  • The subject is at risk of self-harm or harm to others as evidenced by past suicidal behavior
  • Has a chronic non-headache pain condition requiring daily pain medication
  • Has a history of any prior gastrointestinal conditions (e.g., diarrhea syndromes, inflammatory bowel disease) that may affect the absorption or metabolism of investigational product; participants with prior gastric bariatric interventions which have been reversed are not excluded.
  • Has a history of malignancy in the prior 5 years, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, or in situ cervical cancer.
  • History or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition or disease (except for those outlined above) that, in the opinion of the investigator would pose a risk to subject safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures or completion

Medication related

  • Start of new preventive migraine treatment within the last two months
  • Change in dosage of ongoing preventive migraine treatment within the last two months
  • Current treatment with monoclonal antibodies targeting calcitonin gene related piptide (CGRP) or CGRP receptors, or current use of small-molecule CGRP receptor antagonist (e.g. erenumab, fremanezumab, galcaneszumab or atogeptant)
  • Changes in treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) or serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI) within the last two months
  • Use of the following medication within 30 days prior to screening:

    • Strong and moderate cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors, including but not limited to systemic (oral/IV) itraconazole, ketoconazole, fluconazole; erythromycin, clarithromycin, telithromycin; diltiazem, verapamil; aprepitant; cyclosporine; nefazodone; cimetidine; quinine; and HIV protease inhibitors
    • Strong and moderate CYP3A4 inducers, including but not limited to barbiturates (eg, phenobarbital and primidone), systemic (oral/IV) glucocorticoids, nevirapine, efavirenz, pioglitazone, carbamazepine, phenytoin, rifampin, rifabutin, and St. John's wort
    • Inhibitors of the BCRP (breast cancer resistance protein) transporter (eg, rifampicin)
    • Drugs with narrow therapeutic margins (eg, digoxin, warfarin)

Other Exclusions

  • Female subjects of childbearing potential with a positive pregnancy test assessed at screening or day 1 by a urine pregnancy test.
  • Female subject is pregnant or breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant or breastfeed during treatment and for an additional 16 weeks after the last dose of investigational product.
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential unwilling to use 1 acceptable method of effective contraception during treatment and for an additional 16 weeks after the last dose of investigational product.
  • Evidence of current pregnancy or breastfeeding per subject self-report or medical records
  • Subject has known sensitivity to any of the products or components to be administered during dosing.
  • Subject likely to not be available to complete all protocol-required study visits or procedures, and/or to comply with all required study procedures (e.g, Clinical Outcome Assessments) to the best of the subject and investigator's knowledge.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
645 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Almotriptan

    12.5 mg almotriptan taken orally once

    Drug: Almotriptan 12.5 Mg Oral Tablet

  • Active comparator
    Ubrogepant

    50 mg ubrogepant taken orally once

    Drug: Ubrogepant 50Mg Tab

Interventions

  • DrugAlmotriptan 12.5 Mg Oral Tablet

    Treatment for an acute, moderate to severe migraine attack

    Also known as: Almogran

  • DrugUbrogepant 50Mg Tab

    Treatment for an acute, moderate to severe migraine attack

    Also known as: Ubrelvy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain freedom at 2 hours

    Pain freedom will be subjectively rated by the patient in a headache diary (yes or no).

    Time frame: 2 hours after initial dose

Other outcomes

  1. Absence of the most bothersome symptom (MBS) at 2 hours

    Patients are to select their MBS prior to randomization, and then only treat an attack that occurs with the pre-specified MBS. 2 hours after initial dose, patients are to subjectively rate if the MBS have disappeared fully or if it is still present (present or not present).

    Time frame: 2 hours after initial dose

  2. Relapse

    Patients, who were pain free 2 hours after the investigational treatment was administered, are to subjectively evaluate if they experienced reoccurrence of headache of any severity within 48 hours of the intake of given treatment (relapse of headache or no headache).

    Time frame: 48 hours after initial dose

  3. Headache intensity

    Headache intensity will be subjectively rated by the patient at predefined timepoints on a 4-point scale where 0 = no headache; 1 = mild headache; 2 = moderate headache; 3 = severe headache.

    Time frame: Predose, and 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 12, 24 and 48 hours after initial dose

  4. Rescue medication

    The patient will record if they take any rescue medication 2 hours after intake of test medication and within 48 hours.

    Time frame: 48 hours after initial dose

  5. Global evaluation

    The patient will subjectively rate their global impression of the test medication based on Likert-type verbal scale (e.g., very poor, poor, no opinion, good, very good).

    Time frame: 48 hours after initial dose

  6. Associated symptom - nausea

    The presence or absence of nausea.

    Time frame: Predose, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24- and 48-hours after initial dose

  7. Associated symptom - photophobia

    The presence or absence of photophobia.

    Time frame: Predose, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24- and 48-hours after initial dose

  8. Associated symptom - phonophobia

    The presence or absence of phonophobia.

    Time frame: Predose, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24- and 48-hours after initial dose

  9. Adverse events

    Any untowards medical events are to be recorded in the diary by the patients. Furthermore, the patient will be instructed to inform the investigator in such case.

    Time frame: Up to 48 hours after initial dose.

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Danish Headache Center
    Glostrup, 2600, Denmark
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 22, 2022, 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
NCT05214001
Lead sponsor
Messoud Ashina, MD
Responsible party
Messoud Ashina, MD (Professor, Danish Headache Center) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Jan 28, 2022
Start date
Jun 30, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 22, 2022

Study contacts

Messoud Ashina, Prof.
Contact
messoud.ashina@regionh.dk
004538633385
Messoud Ashina, Prof.
principal investigator · Danish Headache Center

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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