Russo Marco, Manzoni Gian Camillo, Taga Arens, Genovese Antonio, Veronesi Licia, Pasquarella Cesira, Sansebastiano Giuliano Ezio, Torelli Paola
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Parma Headache Centre, University of Parma, via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy.
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39, 43125, Parma, Italy.
Neurol Sci. 2016 Jul;37(7):1127-31. doi: 10.1007/s10072-016-2568-z. Epub 2016 Apr 5.
Chronic migraine is a debilitating headache, whose treatment is often complicated by the concomitant overuse of symptomatic medication and by the poor efficacy of standard prophylactic treatments. The PREEMPT studies have demonstrated the efficacy and tolerability of onabotulinum toxin A (Botox(®)) in the treatment of this headache type. Data about its use in clinical practice are still scarce. Our study evaluated all subjects with chronic migraine who were treated with onabotulinum toxin A between February 2014 and November 2015 at the Parma Headache Centre. Botox was injected according to the PREEMPT paradigm every 3 months. The data about variations in the number of headache days and in symptomatic medication intake before and after the Botox injections were collected from the patients' headache diaries. The study also evaluated tolerability to treatment, disability, and depressive symptoms. Of the 52 treated subjects, 14 received Botox treatment for at least 9 months and showed a significant decrease in the median number of headache days (from 19 to 14.5, p = 0.011) and in the median number of days of symptomatic medications intake and symptomatic drugs. Overall, the treatment was well tolerated. The average MIDAS and BDI-II scores after 9 months were reduced, though not significantly. The treatment with Botox proved effective and well tolerated in our clinical practice. Further studies on larger patient samples will help shed light on the persistence of the drug's effect at long term and identify the predictive factors of response to treatment.
慢性偏头痛是一种使人衰弱的头痛疾病,其治疗常常因同时过度使用对症药物以及标准预防性治疗效果不佳而变得复杂。PREEMPT研究已经证明了A型肉毒毒素(保妥适®)治疗这种头痛类型的有效性和耐受性。关于其在临床实践中使用的数据仍然很少。我们的研究评估了2014年2月至2015年11月期间在帕尔马头痛中心接受A型肉毒毒素治疗的所有慢性偏头痛患者。按照PREEMPT方案每3个月注射一次保妥适。从患者的头痛日记中收集了肉毒毒素注射前后头痛天数和对症药物摄入量变化的数据。该研究还评估了治疗耐受性、残疾情况和抑郁症状。在52名接受治疗的患者中,14名接受保妥适治疗至少9个月,其头痛天数中位数(从19天降至14.5天,p = 0.011)以及对症药物摄入天数中位数和对症药物均显著减少。总体而言,该治疗耐受性良好。9个月后的平均偏头痛残疾评定量表(MIDAS)和贝克抑郁量表第二版(BDI-II)得分有所降低,尽管降幅不显著。在我们的临床实践中,保妥适治疗被证明是有效且耐受性良好的。对更大患者样本的进一步研究将有助于阐明药物长期疗效的持续性,并确定治疗反应的预测因素。