Table 3.
Headache characteristics during erenumab treatment vs. baseline (4 weeks before erenumab treatment).
Weeks 1–4 | Weeks 5–8 | Weeks 9–12 | |
---|---|---|---|
MHD (baseline) | 14.0 ± 8.3 (17.7 ± 6.8) | 13.4 ± 8.6 (18.7 ± 6.9) | 13.9 ± 8.5 (18.6 ± 6.8) |
Reduction from baseline | −3.7 ± 5.5 | −5.3 ± 5.4 | −4.7 ± 5.9 |
N | 68 | 60 | 45 |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
MMD (baseline) | 10.5 ± 6.4 (14.6 ± 5.3) | 10.4 ± 6.7 (15.3 ± 6.0) | 10.9 ± 6.4 (15.4 ± 5.0) |
Reduction from baseline | −4.0 ± 5.5 | −4.9 ± 4.4 | −4.5 ± 4.6 |
N | 43 | 38 | 23 |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
MDSH (baseline) | 3.4 ± 4.3 (6.7 ± 5.8) | 3.7 ± 4.7 (7.0 ± 6.3) | 3.3 ± 4.3 (7.6 ± 5.4) |
Reduction from baseline | −3.3 ± 4.4 | −3.3 ± 4.1 | −4.3 ± 4.7 |
N | 29 | 23 | 13 |
P | 0.004 | 0.015 | 0.09 |
AMD (Baseline) | 7.0 ± 4.4 (11.9 ± 4.6) | 7.0 ± 4.3 (12.3 ± 5.7) | 6.5 ± 2.9 (12.8 ± 5.0) |
Reduction from baseline | −4.9 ± 4.0 | −5.3 ± 5.2 | −6.3 ± 4.8 |
N | 43 | 35 | 22 |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
TriD (Baseline) | 6.6 ± 5.7 (10.7 ± 5.9) | 5.1 ± 4.0 (10.3 ± 6.9) | 5.6 ± 2.8 (10.3 ± 6.2) |
Reduction from baseline | −4.1 ± 4.1 | −5.2 ± 6.1 | −4.7 ± 4.6 |
N | 45 | 39 | 27 |
P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
MHD, monthly headache days; MMD, monthly migraine days; MDSH. monthly days with severe headache; AMD, monthly days with acute medication use; TriD, monthly days with triptan use; n, patients in the respective category with available data for analysis; p, Bonferroni adjusted p-value for multiple (=15) comparisons. Data are reported as mean ± standard deviation.