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. 2020 Dec 3;41(1):6–16. doi: 10.1177/0333102420973994

Table 2.

Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics of CM patients by reversion status after the 12-week, double-blind treatment phase.

Patients with reversion in the DBTP (reverters)*
Patients remaining in CM in the DBTP (non-reverters)
Placebo
(n = 93)
Erenumab
70 mg (n = 96)
Erenumab
140 mg (n = 94)
Placebo (n = 171) Erenumab
70 mg (n = 82)
Erenumab
140 mg (n = 86)
Age, years
 Mean (SD) 41.8 (11.9) 41.6 (10.5) 44.2 (11.1) 42.2 (11.2) 41.5 (12.2) 41.9 (10.9)
 Min, max 20, 66 18, 62 18, 64 18, 64 18, 64 19, 64
Sex, n (%)
 Female 74 (79.6) 84 (87.5) 78 (83.0) 139 (81.3) 72 (87.8) 77 (89.5)
Ethnicity, n (%)
 White 86 (92.5) 87 (90.6) 90 (95.7) 162 (94.7) 78 (95.1) 84 (97.7)
 Black or African American 5 (5.4) 6 (6.3) 4 (4.3) 4 (2.3) 2 (2.4) 2 (2.3)
 Asian 1 (1.1) 2 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 3 (1.8) 2 (2.4) 0
 Other 1 (1.1) 1 (1.0) 0 2 (1.2) 0 0
Monthly headache days, mean (SD) 19.0 (2.8) 18.5 (2.7) 19.5 (3.2) 22.5 (3.7) 23.1 (3.3) 22.1 (3.8)
Monthly migraine days, mean (SD) 16.2 (3.6) 16.2 (3.3) 16.5 (4.2) 19.5 (4.7) 20.1 (4.4) 19.2 (4.9)
Monthly acute migraine-specific medication days, mean (SD) 8.5 (5.9) 8.8 (7.1) 10.3 (6.5) 10.0 (8.2) 9.0 (7.4) 9.5 (7.5)
Prior migraine preventive treatment failure, n (%) 56 (60.2) 59 (61.5) 63 (67.0) 129 (75.4) 58 (70.7) 60 (69.8)

CM: chronic migraine; DBTP: double-blind treatment phase.

*For the DBTP, patients with reversion from CM to EM were defined as patients with < 45 headache days over the 12-week period.

For the DBTP, patients remaining in CM were defined as patients with ≥ 45 headache days or patients with any missing monthly headache day data over the 12-week period.

Included American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, individuals of multiple ethnic origins, and Other.