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. 2022 Jun 11;23(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s10194-022-01431-x

Table 3.

Randomized placebo-controlled phase II and III clinical trials in individuals with episodic migraine

Drug/Trial Phase Dose Duration № of participants
Eptinezumab

 PROMISE-1

NCT02559895 [21]

III

100 mg (q)

300 mg (q)

12 weeks 674
Erenumab
NCT01952574 [16] II

70 mg (m)

140 mg (m)

12 weeks 267
NCT02630459 [25] II

70 mg (m)

140 mg (m)

12 weeks 475

 STRIVE

NCT02456740 [24]

III

70 mg (m)

140 mg (m)

24 weeks 955

 ARISE

NCT02483585 [7]

III 70 mg (m) 12 weeks 577
 EMPOwER NCT03333109 [26] III

70 mg (m)

140 mg (m)

12 weeks 900
NCT03812224 [29] III 70 mg (m) 24 weeks 261

 LIBERTY

NCT03096834 [15]

IIIb 140 mg (m) 12-weeks 246
Fremanezumab
NCT02025556 [18] II

225 mg (m)

675 mg (m)

12 weeks 297

 HALO EM

NCT02629861 [12]

III

225 mg (m)

675 mg (q)

12 weeks 875
NCT03303092 [28] III

225 mg (m)

675 mg (q)

12 weeks 357

 FOCUS

NCT03308968 [11]

IIIb

225 mg (m)

675 mg (q)

12 weeks 329
Galcanezumaba

 EVOLVE-1

NCT02614183 [10]

III 120 mg (m + 240 mg ld) 24 weeks 646

 EVOLVE-2

NCT02614196 [9]

III 120 mg (m + 240 mg ld) 24 weeks 692

 CONQUER

NCT03559257 [8]

IIIb 120 mg (m + 240 mg ld) 12 weeks 269

Duration of all the studies is expressed in weeks and transformed as appropriate from the original study

(m) indicates monthly, (q) indicates quarterly, ld indicates loading dose

aPhase II trial NCT02163993 [30] tested a 120 mg monthly dose of galcanezumab without loading dose; therefore, it was excluded and not merged with results of other trials using a loading dose