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Not yet recruitingNCT07751497VERIFYUpdated Aug 7, 2026

A Randomized, Open-Label, Multi-Center Study of Vestibular Migraine Prevention: Rimegepant Versus Flunarizine Non-inferiority Study

A Phase 2 interventional study of Rimegepant and Flunarizine in Vestibular Migraine, sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-07.

Sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

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Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-14

Among 32 studies testing rimegepant in Migraine Disorders — 13 open to participants now, 15 under way, 6 of them phase 3. rimegepant · Migraine Disorders.

Planned enrollment
20th of 32
400 · median 618
Started
2026
with 5 others
Phase 2
4 of 32
2 open now
Primary completion
2027-12
later than 6 of 14 live
Registered
31st of 32
by date
Lead sponsor
1 of 32
Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine

Among the 32 studies testing rimegepant in Migraine Disorders, this one is the 20th largest by planned enrollment, is one of 6 that started in 2026, is one of 4 in phase 2, reaches primary completion later than 6 of the 14 other live ones, and was the 31st registered.

Migraine Disorders

1,657 studies on the registry are indexed under Migraine Disorders; 339 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

13 of the 32 studies testing rimegepant in Migraine Disorders are open now, in 12 countries. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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About rimegepant

rimegepant: first FDA approval 2020 (NURTEC ODT), first EMA approval 2022. What it is approved for, and how studies give it, is on its page →

Who these studies take

Of the 217 Migraine Disorders studies recruiting now, 66 (30%) set no upper age limit and 136 (63%) stop at 75 or younger; 44 take children under 18; 37 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 75 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Vestibular migraine is a common condition that causes repeated episodes of dizziness or vertigo, often with migraine headaches, sensitivity to light and sound, and nausea. It affects 1% to 2.7% of the general population and is one of the most frequent diagnoses in dizziness clinics. Despite its prevalence, there is very little high-quality evidence to guide preventive treatment.

This study compares two preventive treatments for vestibular migraine: rimegepant (a newer medication that blocks a protein called CGRP involved in migraine attacks) and flunarizine (a medication commonly used for vestibular migraine prevention in some countries). The study hypothesis is that rimegepant is not inferior to flunarizine in reducing the number of days with moderate-to-severe vestibular symptoms.

Approximately 400 adults aged 18 to 75 with definite vestibular migraine will be enrolled across multiple countries (China, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom). Participants will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either rimegepant 75 mg once daily or flunarizine 10 mg once nightly for 12 weeks. The total study participation is 20 weeks, including a 4-week observation period, a 12-week treatment period, and a 4-week safety follow-up period. Participants will complete daily electronic diaries to record their symptoms throughout the study.

The primary outcome is the change in the number of moderate-to-severe vestibular symptom days from the observation period to weeks 13-16, comparing the two treatment groups. Secondary outcomes include treatment completion rates, changes in monthly migraine days, adverse events, and patient-reported outcomes including dizziness-related disability, anxiety, depression, and global impression of change.

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Conditions studied

  • Vestibular Migraine

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female subjects aged 18 to 75 years;
  • Diagnosis of definite vestibular migraine per Bárány society criteria: A. At least 5 episodes with vestibular symptoms of moderate or severe intensity, lasting 5 min to 72 hours; B. Current or previous history of migraine with or without aura according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD);

C. One or more migraine features with at least 50% of the vestibular episodes:

  1. headache with at least two of the following characteristics:

    • one sided location
    • pulsating quality
    • moderate or severe pain intensity
    • aggravation by routine physical activity
  2. photophobia and phonophobia;
  3. visual aura; D. Not better accounted for by another vestibular or ICHD diagnosis.

    • Baseline (day 0 to 28) moderate or severe vestibular symptom days ≥ 4;
    • 80% adherence or better to electronic diary(eDiary) during observational phase
    • VM-PATHI2(Vestibular Migraine Patient Assessment Tool and Handicap Inventory) score > 25 at screening and baseline visit;
    • Written must be obtained before patient enrolled;
    • Fluency in local main language;
    • Access to email, and cell phone.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Vestibular hypofunction (unilateral or bilateral);
  • History of ear surgery (other than ear tubes);
  • Other vestibular diagnoses (excluding treated benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)), including Meniere's disease, superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome, vestibular neuritis, persistent postural-perceptual dizziness, unilateral or bilateral vestibular hypofunction, cerebellar or brainstem disorders, multiple sclerosis, or motion sickness;
  • Prior or current use of any prophylactic medication targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP);
  • Prior or current treatment with flunarizine;
  • Individuals are allergic to rimegepant sulfate oral disintegrating tablets or any of rimegepant sulfate oral disintegrating tablets;
  • Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, or those unwilling to use approved methods during the study participation;
  • History of serious medical or psychiatric disease, at the discretion of the treating physician (including significant coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, kidney disease, liver disease, and uncontrolled psychiatric disease or past psychiatric hospitalization);
  • A history of severe medical or psychiatric conditions (including significant coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, renal disease, liver disease, Raynaud's disease, uncontrolled psychiatric disorders, or previous psychiatric hospitalizations) as determined by the treating physician;
  • A history of mania, psychosis, or suicidal ideation;
  • A history of drug or alcohol abuse within the 12 months prior to screening, based on the subject's medical records or self-report;
  • Individuals who have received head, face, or neck botulinum toxin injections (such as Dysport®, Botox®, Xeomin®, Myobloc®, and JeuveauTM) within 4 months before screening or are scheduled for such injections during the study period;
  • Unwilling to use approved form of birth control during the study;
  • Other conditions judged by the investigator as unsuitable for inclusion.
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Contraception

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Care provider)
Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group A

    Rimegepant ODT 75 mg once daily

    Drug: Rimegepant

  • Other
    Group B

    Flunarizine 10 mg once nightly

    Drug: Flunarizine

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. MVSDs

    Change from the observation phase in moderate-to-severe monthly vestibular symptom days (MVSDs) (as defined by Bárány Society) at weeks 13-16. MVSD = monthly vestibular symptom day, prorated to 28 days. Recommend not to specify that groups A and B are being compared in the description of the endpoint per se. (recommendation agreed)

    Time frame: from baseline to weeks 13-16

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of participants

    Percentage of participants who complete treatment during weeks 5-16.

    Time frame: from baseline to weeks 5-16

  2. MVSDs 2

    Change from the observation phase in moderate-to-severe MVSDs (as defined by Bárány Society) at weeks 5-8 and weeks 9-12.

    Time frame: from baseline to weeks 5-8 and weeks 9-12

  3. TEAEs

    Percentage of participants with TEAEs (treatment-emergent adverse events) during weeks 5-16.

    Time frame: from baseline to weeks 5-16

  4. MVSDs3

    Change from the observation phase in MVSDs (as defined by Bárány Society) at weeks 13-16.

    Time frame: from baseline to weeks 13-16

  5. MMDs

    Change from the observation phase in monthly migraine days (MMDs) at weeks 5-8, weeks 9-12, and weeks 13-16.

    Time frame: from baseline to weeks 5-8, weeks 9-12, and weeks 13-16

  6. ≥50% reduction

    Percentage of participants with ≥50% reduction from the observation phase in moderate-to-severe MVSDs (as defined by Bárány Society) at weeks 13-16.

    Time frame: from baseline to weeks 13-16

  7. DHI

    Change in dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) score from baseline at week 16.

    Time frame: from baseline at week 16

  8. GAD-7

    Change in General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) score from baseline at week 16.

    Time frame: from baseline at week 16

  9. PHQ-9

    Change in Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score from baseline at week 16.

    Time frame: from baseline at week 16

  10. PGIC

    Change in Patient Global Impression of Change(PGIC) scale from baseline at week 16.

    Time frame: from baseline at week 16

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No.88 Jiefang Road
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Shao J, Fu J, Zhou M, Ren Z, Li L, Gao L, Xia Y, Zhao Z, Yang M, He J, Xue S, Wang G, He J, Liu K. Effectiveness of rimegepant in vestibular migraine: a prospective self-controlled cohort study. J Headache Pain. 2025 Dec 22;26(1):289. doi: 10.1186/s10194-025-02243-5. PubMed 41430107 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Dec 2026; primary completion for Dec 2027, 12 months later.

Of 73 phase 2 interventional studies under Migraine Disorders, half reached primary completion within 15 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 30. This study's planned 12 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 3, 2026
First posted
Aug 7, 2026
StartEst.
Dec 1, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2027
CompletionEst.
Apr 1, 2029
Last update
Aug 7, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 7, 2026, 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
NCT07751497
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 7, 2026
Start date
Dec 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 1, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 7, 2026

Study contacts

Kaiming Liu
Contact
2314411@zju.edu.cn
+8615068862055

Oversight

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