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. 2020 Nov 11;60(10):2444–2453. doi: 10.1111/head.13997

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients by Treatment Group and Reversion Status

Characteristic Total Fremanezumab Placebo
Quarterly Monthly
CM–CM n = 548 CM–EM n = 540 CM–CM n = 181 CM–EM n = 185 CM–CM n = 169 CM–EM n = 196 CM–CM n = 198 CM–EM n = 159
Age, mean (SD), year 41.8 (12.3) 41.1 (12.0) 42.7 (12.6) 40.9 (12.2) 41.4 (12.2) 40.7 (11.7) 41.3 (12.1) 41.7 (12.1)
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 26.3 (5.2) 26.7 (5.2) 26.6 (5.2) 26.6 (5.5) 26.4 (5.1) 26.6 (5.1) 26.0 (5.2) 27.0 (5.0)
Sex, female, n (%) 479 (87) 472 (87) 157 (87) 165 (89) 145 (86) 172 (88) 177 (89) 135 (85)
Years since initial migraine diagnosis, mean (SD) 20.2 (13.0) 19.8 (12.2) 20.2 (13.5) 19.0 (12.1) 20.9 (12.7) 20.0 (11.4) 19.6 (12.9) 20.6 (13.3)
Concomitant preventive medication use, n (%) 132 (24) 98 (18) 43 (24) 30 (16) 44 (26) 40 (20) 45 (23) 28 (18)
Any acute headache medication use, n (%) 516 (94) 520 (96) 171 (94) 178 (96) 157 (93) 189 (96) 188 (95) 153 (96)
Medication overuse, n (%) 314 (57) 268 (50) 105 (58) 94 (51) 95 (56) 102 (52) 114 (58) 72 (45)
Previous onabotulinumtoxinA use, n (%) 108 (20) 55 (10) 44 (24) 21 (11) 31 (18) 19 (10) 33 (17) 15 (9)
Previous topiramate use, n (%) 182 (33) 148 (27) 58 (32) 47 (25) 54 (32) 58 (30) 70 (35) 43 (27)

Based on the <15 monthly average number of headache days for the 3‐month treatment period criteria for reversion.

Medication overuse was defined as the use of acute headache medication on ≥15 days or use of migraine‐specific acute medication on ≥10 days or use of combination medications for headache on ≥10 days.

BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation.