Neurological Clinic, S. Maria Misericordia Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, 06129 Perugia, Italy.
Neurology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Toxins (Basel). 2022 Dec 31;15(1):34. doi: 10.3390/toxins15010034.
Guidelines regarding long-term use with onabotulinumtoxinA (onaBT-A) in chronic migraine (CM) prophylaxis are lacking. This multicentric prospective real-life study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of a long-term treatment. A total of 195 chronic migraine patients were treated with onaBT-A, every 3 months for 5 cycles (Phase 1). In the Phase 2 of the study, depending on response rate, patients were divided into "responders" (R), "partially responders" (PR) and "non-responders" (NR). Then, we proposed to R and PR patients to continue with an additional 12 months of treatment (additional 4 sessions). Response to treatment and adverse events were collected for the entire duration of the study. Of the 195 patients included (females 82.1%, mean age 47.4 ± 12.4), at the end of Phase 1 there were 52.3% of R patients, 17.9% of PR patients, 15.4% of NR patients and 14.4% drop-outs. During Phase 2 of treatment, R patients presented a maintenance of the improvement achieved during the first year of treatment, as well as PR patients. Except for three serious adverse events not related to treatment, all other adverse events were mild or moderate in severity and resolved without sequelae. In the literature, adherence to oral migraine-preventive medications among patients with CM was found to be less than 25%. The results of this prospective real-life multicenter study show efficacy, safety and adherence to a long-term treatment with onaBT-A.
关于慢性偏头痛(CM)预防中使用长效肉毒毒素 A(onaBT-A)的长期使用指南尚缺乏。这项多中心前瞻性真实世界研究旨在评估长期治疗的疗效和安全性。共 195 例慢性偏头痛患者接受 onaBT-A 治疗,每 3 个月 1 次,共 5 个周期(第 1 阶段)。在研究的第 2 阶段,根据应答率,患者分为“应答者”(R)、“部分应答者”(PR)和“无应答者”(NR)。然后,我们建议 R 和 PR 患者继续接受额外 12 个月的治疗(另外 4 个疗程)。在整个研究期间收集了治疗反应和不良反应的数据。在纳入的 195 例患者中(女性占 82.1%,平均年龄 47.4±12.4 岁),第 1 阶段结束时,R 患者占 52.3%,PR 患者占 17.9%,NR 患者占 15.4%,脱落率为 14.4%。在治疗的第 2 阶段,R 患者表现出在第 1 年治疗期间获得的改善的维持,PR 患者也是如此。除了 3 例与治疗无关的严重不良事件外,所有其他不良事件均为轻度或中度,且无后遗症消退。在文献中,发现 CM 患者对口服偏头痛预防药物的依从性低于 25%。这项前瞻性多中心真实世界研究的结果表明,onaBT-A 的长期治疗具有疗效、安全性和可依从性。