E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Frequent and chronic tension-type headache |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Frequent and chronic tension-type headache |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Nervous System Diseases [C10] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
The mainmobjective of the trial is to evaluate effect of botulinum toxin in a cohort of patients with 8 or more days of tension type headache per month.
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
- To identify predictors for effect of the medication in responders versus non-responders - To increase awareness of TTH and its socioeconomic implications |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Men or women aged 18 to 75 years with frequent or chronic tension type headache according to ICHD-3 with 8 or more headache days per month. 2. Headache history of minimum one year. 3. Previously failed treatment with intolerable side-effects to or contra-indications to at least one TTH prophylactic drug. 4. Subject agrees to maintain current preventive headache medication regimens (no change in type, frequency, or dose) during the whole study period. 5. In case of women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) they have to be using highly effective contraception. Such methods include: combined (oestrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal or transdermal); progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable or implantable); intrauterine device (IUD); intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS); bilateral tubal occlusion; vasectomised partner; sexual abstinence. This group of patients should not be using other drugs that might interact and reduce the efficacy of the used anticonceptive drug. WOCBP is defined as fertile women, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include: hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. Ability to understand study procedures and to comply with them for the entire length of the study. WOCBP will have to agree to take a pregnancy test before the injection with the study drug. 6. Signed informed consent.
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with migraine with more than 1 migraine day per month. 2. Patients with other forms of primary or secondary headaches; including medication overuse headache (MOH). 3. Change in type, dosage or dose frequency of preventive headache or sleep medications < 1 months prior to inclusion. 4. Previous exposure at any time to any botulinum toxin serotype. 5. Pregnancy, breastfeeding or planned pregnancy. 6. Inadequate contraceptive use. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who do not use highly effective contraception (HEC) will be excluded. 7. Patients with diseases that are contraindications for use of BoNT-A (Myasthenia gravis, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, other diseases interfering with neuromuscular function) or allergy to BoNT-A, or treatment with drugs affecting the neuromuscular junction; 8. Subject currently has an active local infection at the sites of injection based on present symptoms. 9. Subject has been diagnosed with any major infectious processes such as osteomyelitis, or primary or secondary malignancies involving the face that have been active or required treatment in the past 6 months. 10. Serious psychiatric disease that may affect study in opinion of study investigator. 11. Other severe chronical pain conditions. 12. Abuse of alcohol or illicit drugs. 13. Participating in another trial that might affect the current study.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Patients with migraine with more than 1 migraine day per month. 2. Patients with other forms of primary or secondary headaches; including medication overuse headache (MOH). 3. Change in type, dosage or dose frequency of preventive headache or sleep medications < 1 months prior to inclusion. 4. Previous exposure at any time to any botulinum toxin serotype. 5. Pregnancy, breastfeeding or planned pregnancy. 6. Inadequate contraceptive use. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who do not use highly effective contraception (HEC) will be excluded. 7. Patients with diseases that are contraindications for use of BoNT-A (Myasthenia gravis, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, other diseases interfering with neuromuscular function) or allergy to BoNT-A, or treatment with drugs affecting the neuromuscular junction; 8. Subject currently has an active local infection at the sites of injection based on present symptoms. 9. Subject has been diagnosed with any major infectious processes such as osteomyelitis, or primary or secondary malignancies involving the face that have been active or required treatment in the past 6 months. 10. Serious psychiatric disease that may affect study in opinion of study investigator. 11. Other severe chronical pain conditions. 12. Abuse of alcohol or illicit drugs. 13. Participating in another trial that might affect the current study.
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Number of headache days per month: |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
After unblinding at study end |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
- Headache severity measured by VAS: pain intensity and severity score from 0 to 10. - Duration of headache per day: in hours. - Number of days of symptomatic therapy with pain-killers per month. - Quality of life measures (EQ-5D-5L) - Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I).
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
After unblinding at study end |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | Yes |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | Yes |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 21 |