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. 2019 Jan 23;19:20. doi: 10.1186/s12874-019-0664-5

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients in the erenumab clinical trials [31, 43]

Characteristic Episodic migrainea (NCT02456740) Chronic migraineb (NCT02066415)
Group Placebo Erenumab 140 mg Placebo Erenumab 140 mg
Number of patients 319 319 286 190
Mean age (SD) 41.3 (11.2) 40.4 (11.1) 42.1 (11.3) 42.9 (11.1)
Sex, n (%)
 Male 45 (14.1) 47 (14.7) 60 (21.0) 30 (15.8)
 Female 274 (85.9) 272 (85.3) 226 (79.0) 160 (84.2)
Race, n (%)
 White 277 (86.8) 293 (91.8) 268 (93.7) 184 (96.8)
 Black 24 (7.5) 18 (5.6) 11 (3.8) 6 (3.2)
 Other 18 (5.6) 8 (2.5) 7 (2.4) 0 (0.0)
Baseline MMD 8.2 (± 2.5) 8.3 (± 2.5) 18.2 (± 4.7) 17.8 (± 4.7)

n number, MMD monthly migraine days, SD standard deviation

aDefined as patients experiencing 4–14 headache days per 28 days, 4–14 migraine days per 28 days

bDefined as patients experiencing ≥15 headache days per 28 days, ≥8 migraine days per 28 days