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. 2021 Aug 7;61(8):1255–1263. doi: 10.1111/head.14193

TABLE 2.

Patient demographics and clinical characteristics at baseline by initial MMD response status at Month 1

Erenumab 70 mg (N = 188) Erenumab 140 mg (N = 187)
Responders (N = 45) Partial responders (N = 45) Nonresponders (N = 98) Responders (N = 53) Partial responders (N = 34) Nonresponders (N = 100)
Age, years 40.8 (9.9) 41.8 (11.8) 41.0 (11.7) 43.1 (10.8) 46.3 (7.8) 42.0 (11.9)
Female, n (%) 42 (93.3) 39 (86.7) 84 (85.7) 45 (84.9) 31 (91.2) 83 (83.0)
Disease duration, years 20.1 (12.3) 20.7 (11.3) 20.3 (13.4) 22.0 (11.8) 23.1 (10.8) 21.8 (12.2)
History of previous prevention treatment failure, n (%)
Failure of ≥1 category 28 (62.2) 27 (60.0) 69 (70.4) 32 (60.4) 25 (73.5) 68 (68.0)
Failure of ≥2 categories 18 (40.0) 21 (46.7) 52 (53.1) 24 (45.3) 17 (50.0) 52 (52.0)
Previous use of preventives, n (%)
Topiramate 16 (35.6) 21 (46.7) 50 (51.0) 26 (49.1) 20 (58.8) 51 (51.0)
OnabotulinumtoxinA 9 (20.0) 10 (22.2) 29 (29.6) 9 (17.0) 6 (17.6) 28 (28.0)
Headache characteristics during the baseline period
Monthly headache days 19.4 (3.1) 20.3 (3.5) 21.3 (4.0) 20.1 (3.5) 20.5 (3.1) 21.2 (4.0)
MMD 16.2 (3.6) 17.6 (3.5) 18.9 (4.8) 17.0 (4.5) 17.7 (4.0) 18.2 (5.0)
Monthly AMSM days 7.5 (7.0) 9.8 (7.0) 8.9 (7.4) 9.6 (7.2) 11.2 (6.5) 9.2 (7.1)
AMSM use, n (%) 28 (62.2) 35 (77.8) 77 (78.6) 39 (73.6) 31 (91.2) 77 (77.0)
Monthly AMSM days among AMSM users 12.0 (4.7) 12.6 (5.2) 11.3 (6.5) 13.1 (5.0) 12.3 (5.7) 11.9 (5.7)

Data are mean (SD), unless otherwise stated.

Abbreviations: AMSM, acute migraine‐specific medication; MMD, monthly migraine day.