Study of NXN 188 for the Treatment of Migraine With Aura

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Migraine With Aura

In brief

NXN-188 Dihydrochloride is being developed as an immediate release oral product for the treatment of acute migraine. This study is being conducted to evaluate NXN-188 in subjects with a migraine history of aura.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00920686

Run by

NeurAxon Inc.

People needed

239

Starts

2009-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male or female migraineurs between 18 and 65 years old.
• Subjects must have a headache history of migraine with aura as defined by:
• Aura consisting of at least one of the following, but no muscle weakness or paralysis:
• Fully reversible visual symptoms
• Fully reversible sensory symptoms
• Fully reversible dysphasia
• Aura has at least two of the following characteristics:
• Visual symptoms affecting only one side of the field of vision and/or sensory symptoms affecting only one side of the body
• At least one aura symptom that develops gradually over more than 5 minutes and/or different aura symptoms occur in succession over more than 5 minutes
• Each symptom lasts from 5-60 minutes
• Headache begins during the aura or follows aura within 60 minutes
• Headache not attributable to another disorder
• Migraine pain following aura in at least 75% of occurrences
• Headache frequency of at least 1 migraine attack (with or without aura) per month for the past 3 months but not more than 8 migraines in any 30 day period. Subjects must have at least 1 migraine headache with aura per month
• Each migraine attack should last at least 4 hours (without treatment) and not longer than 72 hours.
• At the time of the study migraine, prior to dosing with study medication, the headache severity, as judged and documented by the subject, is either moderate or severe (on a 4-point categorical scale)
• Body mass index (BMI) range of 18 to 35
• The subject is in general good health.
• ALT cannot be above 1.5x upper limit of normal; creatinine and urea must be within normal limits
• Speak, read, and understand English, French, or Spanish sufficiently to understand the nature of the study, to provide written informed consent, and complete all study assessments
• The subject is willing and able to comply with all testing requirements defined in the protocol
• All females will avoid pregnancy at least 10 days before randomization, and up until 3 months after dosing.
• All subjects/partners must use a double-barrier method of birth control during the study and for 3 months after dosing.

You may not qualify if…

• A diagnosis of headaches that is not consistent with migraine with aura.
• Presence of any risk factors that would preclude the use of triptans:
• Known allergy or hypersensitivity to triptans or history of any serious side effect with a triptan which would preclude further dosing with a triptan
• Presence of any clinically significant condition that would preclude study participation, as evaluated by the investigator
• Pregnancy or lactation
• History of significant neurological, hepatic, renal, endocrine, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, rheumatologic, autoimmune, or metabolic disease
• Use of the following if taken for migraine prevention:
• Cardiovascular drugs (acceptable if reason for use is for treatment of cardiovascular disease and the subject has been on a stable dose for 3 months)
• Valproate, topiramate, cyproheptadine, montelukast, or botulinum toxin.
• Use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors within 30 days of randomization
• Initiation of therapy with SSRIs or SNRIs for depression or other approved indication within 90 days of randomization (subjects on stable dose for >3 months for treatment of depression or other approved indication may be included)
• Are known to or suspected to be currently abusing alcohol or drugs, or have a history (within the past 12 months) of active alcohol or drug abuse
• Participation in another drug or biologic study within 30 days of randomization into this study or during participation in this study
• Subjects who are unable or unwilling, in the opinion of the Investigator, to comply with all study procedures and cooperate fully with study center staff

Where it is running

• C. Philip O'Carrroll, MD, Inc. — Newport Beach, California, United States
• The Research Center of Southern California, LLC — Oceanside, California, United States
• San Francisco Headache Clinic — San Francisco, California, United States
• California Medical Clinic for Headache — Santa Monica, California, United States
• Comprehensive Neuroscience, Inc. — St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
• Vince and Associates Clinical Research — Overland Park, Kansas, United States
• Michigan Head-Pain and Neurological Institute — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Headache Care Center/Clinvest — Springfield, Missouri, United States
• Mercy Health Research — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Meridian Clinical Research, LLC — Omaha, Nebraska, United States
• Regional Clinical Research, Inc. — Endwell, New York, United States
• Elkind Headache Center — Mount Vernon, New York, United States
• Rochester Clinical Research, Inc — Rochester, New York, United States
• Headache Wellness Center — Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
• Coastal Carolina Research Center, Inc — Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
• Advanced Clinical Research, Inc. — West Jordan, Utah, United States

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