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. 2015 Jun 5;2015:0318.
Ref (type) Population Outcome, Interventions Results and statistical analysis Effect size Favours
Migraine frequency

Systematic review
Children aged 18 years and younger with migraine, tension headache, and mixed headaches
2 RCTs in this analysis
Headaches per month at 3 months
with flunarizine
with placebo

Mean difference –2.27
95% CI –4.65 to +0.11
P value not reported
Reported as a clinically meaningful difference, but sample size in the analysis too small to be statistically significant
Heterogeneity: I2 = 85.6% (P value not reported)
Not significant

Systematic review
Children aged 18 years and younger with migraine
Data from 1 RCT
Headaches per month at 3 months
with flunarizine
with placebo

Mean difference –3.52
95% CI –4.91 to –2.13
P value not reported
Effect size not calculated flunarizine
Migraine duration

Systematic review
48 children aged 18 years or younger with migraine (defined using Vahlquist criteria)
Data from 1 RCT
Mean headache duration per attack (hours) at 3 months
2.21 with flunarizine
2.76 with placebo

Standardised mean difference –0.41
95% CI –1.02 to +0.20
Reported as not statistically significant
P value not reported
Not significant