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Lacosamide Versus Topiramate in Migraine

A Phase 3 interventional study of Lacosamide 50 MG and Topiramate 50Mg Tab in Migraine Disorders, sponsored by Kafrelsheikh University. Recruiting at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 10 Years to 55 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-29.

Sponsored by Kafrelsheikh University · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Feb 2025, 1 year 8 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Feb 2024; still recruiting 2 years 8 months later.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
600
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
10 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Investigators aim to compare the effect of lacosamide versus topiramate in migraine by assessing the absolute reduction in MMD in each group, the percentage of patients who achieved ≥ 50% reduction in the monthly headache days frequency compared to the baseline frequency.

Read the detailed description

Investigators will enroll 600 migraine patients who are diagnosed according to ICHD3-beta criteria in our study and will use a questionnaire to detect their demographic and clinical features (disease duration, attack frequency, and duration, pain intensity assessed by the visual analogic scale and we have two groups the first group will include 300 patients and will receive 50 mg lacosamide twice daily and Acetaminophen 500-1000 mg in acute attack, and the second group will receive topiramate100 mg per day and Acetaminophen 500-1000 mg in acute attack for at least three months. Investigators will assess The number of migraine days after three months of treatment and the percentage of patients who achieved ≥ 50% reduction in the monthly headache days frequency compared to the baseline frequency (14).. HIT-6 score reduction in each group after three months of treatment. The safety of lacosamide was evaluated by monitoring and documenting treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE) in patients through regular follow-up procedures for three months.

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Conditions studied

  • Migraine Disorders

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Keywords

  • lacosamide
  • topiramate
  • migraine
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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 600 is above the median of 80 across 1,175 interventional studies indexed under Migraine Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Kafrelsheikh University is the lead sponsor of 285 studies on the registry; 110 are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
10 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Naive migraine patients, according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition, aged 10-55 years,

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with major neurological disorders such as ( epilepsy, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, multiple sclerosis, mitochondrial diseases, brain tumors, and patients with essential tremors.

Patients with major systemic diseases such as malignancy, collagen, liver, and renal diseases.

Patients with cardiovascular diseases like hypertension (systolic blood pressure of more than 130 and/or diastolic blood pressure of more than 85 mm/Hg on at least three different occasions, diabetes (fasting plasma glucose level >126 mg/dl and/or a casual plasma glucose >200 mg/dl and/or HbA1C more than 6.5.

patients with valvular and ischemic heart diseases, bradycardia or heart blocks, congestive heart failure patients who received prophylactic treatment for migraine, patients with any contraindications to drugs used in the study Patients with topiramate or lacosamide contraindications

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
600 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    lacosamide arm

    The arm will include 300 migraine patients diagnosed according to ICHD3-beta criteria. All patients will receive Lacosamide 50 mg twice daily and Acetaminophen 500-1000 mg only in acute migraine attacks for 3 months. We will assess The change in migraine days per 28 days, the number of migraine days after three months of treatment, and the percentage of patients who achieved ≥ 50% reduction in the monthly headache days frequency compared to the baseline frequency (14). HIT-6 score reduction in each group after three months of treatment. The safety of lacosamide was evaluated by monitoring and documenting treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE) in patients through regular follow-up procedures for three months.

    Drug: Lacosamide 50 MG

  • Active comparator
    Topiramate arm

    The arm will include 300 migraine patients diagnosed according to ICHD3-beta criteria. All patients will receive topiramate 100 mg daily and Acetaminophen 500-1000 mg only in acute migraine attacks for 3 months. We will assess The change in migraine days per 28 days, the number of migraine days after three months of treatment, and the percentage of patients who achieved ≥ 50% reduction in the monthly headache days frequency compared to the baseline frequency (14). HIT-6 score reduction in each group after three months of treatment. The safety of lacosamide was evaluated by monitoring and documenting treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE) in patients through regular follow-up procedures for three months.

    Drug: Topiramate 50Mg Tab

Interventions

  • DrugLacosamide 50 MG

    The arm will include 300 migraine patients diagnosed according to ICHD3-beta criteria. We will assess The change in migraine days per 28 days, the number of migraine days after three months of treatment, and the percentage of patients who achieved ≥ 50% reduction in the monthly headache days frequency compared to the baseline frequency (14). HIT-6 score reduction in each group after three months of treatment. The safety of treatment was evaluated by monitoring and documenting treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE) in patients through regular follow-up procedures for three months.

    Also known as: group A

  • DrugTopiramate 50Mg Tab

    The arm will include 300 migraine patients diagnosed according to ICHD3-beta criteria. We will assess The change in migraine days per 28 days, the number of migraine days after three months of treatment, and the percentage of patients who achieved ≥ 50% reduction in the monthly headache days frequency compared to the baseline frequency (14). HIT-6 score reduction in each group after three months of treatment. The safety of treatment was evaluated by monitoring and documenting treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE) in patients through regular follow-up procedures for three months.

    Also known as: group B

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The change in migraine days per 28 days

    The investigators will assess the change in migraine days per 28 days in each group.

    Time frame: 28 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. The total number of migraine days after three months of treatment

    The investigators will assess the total migraine days after three months of regular use of 50 mg lacosamide twice daily and Acetaminophen 500-1000 mg in acute attack or topiramate (100 mg daily) and Acetaminophen 500-1000 mg in acute attack alone.

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. The percentage of patients who achieved ≥ 50% reduction in the monthly migraine days frequency compared to the baseline frequency.

    We will assess The percentage of patients who achieved ≥ 50% reduction in the monthly headache days frequency compared to the baseline frequency in each group

    Time frame: 3 months

  3. HIT-6 score absolute reduction in each group after three months of treatment

    The investigators assessed the absolute reduction in HIT6 score, the Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6) assessed the burden of headache in each group; the HIT-6 consists of six items: pain, social functioning, role functioning, vitality, cognitive functioning, and psychological distress, the patient answers each of the six related questions using one of the following five responses: "never", "rarely", "sometimes", "very often," or "always." These responses are summed to produce a total HIT-6 score that ranges from 36 to 78, where a higher score indicates a greater impact of headache on the daily life of the respondent. It has four impact grades: little-to-no impact (HIT-6 score: 36-49), moderate impact (HIT-6 score: 50-55), substantial impact (HIT-6 score: 56-59), and severe impact (HIT-6 score: 60-78)

    Time frame: 3 months

  4. The safety of lacosamide was evaluated by monitoring treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE) for three months.

    The safety of treatment was evaluated by monitoring and documenting treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE) in patients through regular follow-up procedures for three months.

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Lipton RB, Scher AI, Kolodner K, Liberman J, Steiner TJ, Stewart WF. Migraine in the United States: epidemiology and patterns of health care use. Neurology. 2002 Mar 26;58(6):885-94. doi: 10.1212/wnl.58.6.885. PubMed 11914403 ↗
  • Lipton RB, Liberman JN, Kolodner KB, Bigal ME, Dowson A, Stewart WF. Migraine headache disability and health-related quality-of-life: a population-based case-control study from England. Cephalalgia. 2003 Jul;23(6):441-50. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00546.x. PubMed 12807523 ↗
  • Mushet GR, Miller D, Clements B, Pait G, Gutterman DL. Impact of sumatriptan on workplace productivity, nonwork activities, and health-related quality of life among hospital employees with migraine. Headache. 1996 Mar;36(3):137-43. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3603137.x. PubMed 8984084 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — All the data supporting this research's findings may be available from the principal investigator Mohamed G. Zeinhom upon reasonable request.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 29, 2024, 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
NCT06243692
Lead sponsor
Kafrelsheikh University
Responsible party
Mohamed G. zeinhom, MD (Dr., Kafrelsheikh University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 6, 2024
Start date
Feb 1, 2024
Primary completion
Feb 2, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 25, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 29, 2024

Study contacts

mohamed G. Zeinhom, MD
Contact
mohamed_gomaa@med.kfs.edu.eg
2001009606828
sherihan R. ahmed, MD
Contact
sherihanrezk2016@gmail.com
2001113432342
mohamed G. Zeinhom, MD
study director · neurology department kafr el-sheikh university

Oversight

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