Pooled Analysis of Real-World Evidence Supports Anti-CGRP mAbs and OnabotulinumtoxinA Combined Trial in Chronic Migraine

Autor: Damiana Scuteri, Paolo Tonin, Pierluigi Nicotera, Marilù Vulnera, Giuseppina Cristina Altieri, Assunta Tarsitano, Giacinto Bagetta, Maria Tiziana Corasaniti
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Toxins; Volume 14; Issue 8; Pages: 529
Toxins 14(8), 529 (2022). doi:10.3390/toxins14080529 special issue: "Botulinum Neurotoxin: Shared/Common Mechanisms in the Treatment of Pain, Spasticity and Movement Disorders"
ISSN: 2072-6651
DOI: 10.3390/toxins14080529
Popis: OnabotulinumtoxinA, targeting the CGRP machinery, has been approved for the last two decades for chronic migraine prevention. The recently approved monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) directed towards the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) pathway open a new age for chronic migraine control. However, some 40% patients suffering from chronic migraine is still resistant to treatment. The aim of this work is to answer the following PICOS (participants intervention comparator outcome study design) question: Is there evidence of efficacy and safety of the combined administration of anti-CGRP mAbs and onabotulinumtoxinA in chronic migraine? A systematic review and meta-analysis [Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 recommendations] was made up to 19 April 2022. The results are encouraging: the combined treatment proved to afford ≥50% monthly headache days (MHDs)/frequency reduction respect to baseline in up to 58.8% of patients; in comparison, anti-CGRP mAbs reduce MHDs of 1.94 days from baseline and botulinum toxin of 1.86 days. Our study demonstrates for the first time that the combination therapy of onabotulinumtoxinA with anti-CGRP mAbs affords a reduction of 2.67 MHDs with respect to onabotulinumtoxinA alone, with moderate certainty of evidence. Adequately powered, good-quality studies are needed to confirm the response to combination therapy in terms of efficacy and safety. PROSPERO registration: CRD42022313640.
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