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. 2015 May 4;55(5):621–635. doi: 10.1111/head.12583

Table 2.

Other Secondary Efficacy Outcomes at Each Post-Dose Time Point

Pre-dose 10 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes 45 minutes 1 hour 1.5 hours 2 hours
Pain reduction, percentage of attacks
 AVP-825 (n = 765 attacks) 11.5 26.4 49.0 60.7 67.2 74.6 78.0
 Oral sumatriptan (n = 766 attacks) 10.2 19.6 35.2 49.9 59.8 69.8 75.2
 OR (95% CI) 1.16 (0.85, 1.60) 1.51 (1.20, 1.90) 1.79 (1.45, 2.21) 1.56 (1.24, 1.96) 1.37 (1.10, 1.71) 1.26 (0.99, 1.61) 1.15 (0.89, 1.49)
P value .35 <.001 <.001 <.001 .006 .07 .29
Pain freedom, percentage of mild attacks
 AVP-825 (n = 256 attacks) 4.7 14.1 29.3 43.8 51.6 63.7 69.9
 Oral sumatriptan (n = 234 attacks) 3.4 9.4 17.9 29.9 41.5 57.3 66.2
 OR (95% CI) 1.45 (0.51, 4.09) 1.59 (0.94, 2.69) 1.87 (1.33, 2.64) 1.70 (1.18, 2.46) 1.45 (1.00, 2.11) 1.35 (0.90, 2.04) 1.13 (0.74, 1.70)
P value .48 .08 <.001 .005 .05 .15 .58
Pain freedom, percentage of moderate/severe attacks
 AVP-825 (n = 509 attacks) 1.4 3.7 12.6 24.6 36.0 47.3 55.6
 Oral sumatriptan (n = 532 attacks) 0.4 1.1 7.7 17.5 29.1 39.5 51.9
 OR (95% CI) 3.65 (0.62, 21.38) 3.83 (1.12, 13.11) 1.76 (1.05, 2.95) 1.58 (1.14, 2.18) 1.37 (1.05, 1.81) 1.40 (1.07, 1.84) 1.16 (0.88, 1.53)
P value .15 .03 .03 .006 .02 .02 .30
Nausea, percentage of attacks
 AVP-825 (n = 765 attacks) 33.5 30.1 26.1 20.9 17.5 14.1 11.1 10.6
 Oral sumatriptan (n = 766 attacks) 33.8 30.0 27.2 25.3 22.6 19.2 15.1 11.9
 OR (95% CI) 1.01 (0.85, 1.20) 0.99 (0.73, 1.36) 0.89 (0.69, 1.15) 0.73 (0.56, 0.96) 0.68 (0.51, 0.91) 0.66 (0.49, 0.89) 0.67 (0.47, 0.94) 0.85 (0.60, 1.20)
P value .92 .97 .37 .02 .009 .006 .02 .35
Photophobia, percentage of attacks
 AVP-825 (n = 765 attacks) 74.2 68.8 63.9 52.0 45.0 37.3 32.2 25.4
 Oral sumatriptan (n = 766 attacks) 78.6 74.9 72.8 64.0 56.7 46.5 37.2 30.3
 OR (95% CI) 0.82 (0.67, 1.01) 0.66 (0.48, 0.90) 0.55 (0.41, 0.74) 0.58 (0.45, 0.74) 0.64 (0.51, 0.80) 0.74 (0.60, 0.91) 0.86 (0.67, 1.09) 0.84 (0.65, 1.08)
P value .06 .01 <.001 <.001 <.001 .005 .21 .16
Phonophobia, percentage of attacks
 AVP-825 (n = 765 attacks) 60.5 57.0 53.1 44.1 35.8 29.8 25.9 21.3
 Oral sumatriptan (n = 766 attacks) 63.4 61.2 59.0 51.3 44.3 37.7 30.8 25.1
 OR (95% CI) 0.91 (0.77, 1.07) 0.72 (0.52, 1.00) 0.65 (0.51, 0.84) 0.68 (0.55, 0.84) 0.67 (0.54, 0.82) 0.69 (0.55, 0.87) 0.82 (0.63, 1.06) 0.85 (0.65, 1.12)
P value .25 .05 <.001 <.001 <.001 .002 .12 .25
Vomiting, percentage of attacks
 AVP-825 (n = 765 attacks) 3.3 3.5 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.0
 Oral sumatriptan (n = 766 attacks) 2.6 2.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.6
 OR (95% CI) 1.47 (0.89, 2.43) 1.38 (0.69, 2.78) 2.14 (0.49, 9.31) 1.37 (0.50, 3.77) 0.94 (0.35, 2.50) 1.10 (0.38, 3.20) 0.84 (0.20, 3.50) 0.46 (0.12, 1.77)
P value .13 .36 .31 .54 .90 .86 .81 .26
Meaningful pain relief, percentage of attacks
 AVP-825 (n = 765 attacks) 14.0 25.1 47.8 61.6 69.5 77.8 82.2
 Oral sumatriptan (n = 766 attacks) 7.4 16.2 34.7 49.3 60.7 72.7 79.5
 OR (95% CI) 2.13 (1.45, 3.11) 1.74 (1.35, 2.25) 1.75 (1.40, 2.20) 1.65 (1.32, 2.06) 1.49 (1.17, 1.90) 1.29 (1.00, 1.66) 1.15 (0.88, 1.50)
P value <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 .001 .05 .31
Clinical Disability Scale, least squares mean change from pre-dose (SE)
 AVP-825 (n = 185 patients) −0.08 (0.017) −0.18 (0.025) −0.42 (0.038) −0.60 (0.046) −0.73 (0.049) −0.83 (0.052) −0.92 (0.054)
 Oral sumatriptan (n = 185 patients) −0.03 (0.017) −0.09 (0.025) −0.26 (0.038) −0.43 (0.046) −0.56 (0.049) −0.72 (0.052) −0.85 (0.054)
 Adjusted mean difference (95% CI) −0.04 (−0.08, −0.01) −0.09 (−0.14, −0.04) −0.16 (−0.23, −0.09) −0.17 (−0.25, −0.08) −0.16 (−0.26, −0.07) −0.11 (−0.21, −0.02) −0.07 (−0.17, 0.03)
P value .02 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 .02 .17

OR are based on the fitted generalized estimating equations models.

CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; SE = standard error.