Use of erenumab in real clinical practice

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Abstract

Migraine is a primary headache (PH), and it is the one of the leading causes of disability in the world. Currently, a division into episodic and chronic migraine is accepted, however, the boundary between these forms is arbitrary, and the presence of one or more comorbid diseases in a patient increases the risk of chronic episodic migraine and may reduce the efficacy of therapy. Tablet medications approved for the preventive treatment of migraine are nonspecific, poorly tolerated, and patient adherence to such kind of treatment is extremely low. Monoclonal antibodies to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or its receptor (anti-CGRP mAb) have become the first targeted preventive therapy for migraine.

The aim: to determine the efficacy and safety of anti-CGRP mAb of erenumab in real clinical practice in patients with episodic and chronic migraine.

Material and methods. 76 patients diagnosed with diagnoses chronic and episodic migraine were included in the study according to the criteria of the International classification of headache disorders, 3rd revision. During 3 months all the participants were given erenumab 70 mg subcutaneously for every month. From the beginning and every month, a clinical interview, estimation of the headache diary, and completion of questionnaires for anxiety, depression, impact of headache on the quality of life, and sleep quality assessment were performed.

Results. In patients with both chronic and episodic migraine after 1 and 3 months of erenumab therapy, there was a significant reduction in the frequency of headaches in general, migraine headaches, days with analgesics, as well as positive changes in questionnaire data. Treatment-arising adverse events were of low prevalence.

Conclusion. Erenumab is an effective and safe drug when used in real clinical practice in patients with both episodic and chronic migraine, including multimorbid patients.

About the authors

Anna V. Berdnikova

Academician A. Vein Clinic of Headache and Autonomic Disturbances; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia (Sechenov University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: asimcin@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4447-2152

MD, assistant at the Department of nervous diseases of Institute of Professional Education; neurologist

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

Natalia B. Kadymova

Academician A. Vein Clinic of Headache and Autonomic Disturbances

Email: natagubanova@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-8965-9980

MD, PhD (Medicine), neurologist

Russian Federation, Moscow

Nina V. Latysheva

Academician A. Vein Clinic of Headache and Autonomic Disturbances; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia (Sechenov University)

Email: ninalat@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9600-5540

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), associate professor, professor of the Department of nervous diseases of Institute of Professional Education; neurologist

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

Margarita V. Naprienko

Academician A. Vein Clinic of Headache and Autonomic Disturbances; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia (Sechenov University)

Email: mv_naprienko@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4204-2279

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), associate professor, professor of the Department of sports medicine and medical rehabilitation of N.V. Sklifosovsky Institute of Clinical Medicine; neurologist

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

Elena G. Filatova

Academician A. Vein Clinic of Headache and Autonomic Disturbances; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia (Sechenov University)

Email: eg-filatova@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9978-4180

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), professor, professor of the Department of nervous diseases of Institute of Professional Education; neurologist

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Distribution of the severity of response to erenumab therapy after 1 and 3 months in the total sample of patients studied and in the chronic and episodic migraine groups

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3. Fig. 2. Dynamics of headache frequency rates during erenumab therapy in the total sample of patients studied, in the chronic and episodic migraine groups

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4. Fig. 3. Dynamics of questionnaire scores during erenumab therapy in the total sample of patients studied (n = 76)

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5. Fig. 4. Dynamics of questionnaire scores during erenumab therapy in the chronic migraine group (n = 54)

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