TY - JOUR
T1 - Zolmitriptan nasal spray in the acute treatment of cluster headache
T2 - A meta-analysis of two studies
AU - Hedlund, Cecilia
AU - Rapoport, Alan M.
AU - Dodick, David W.
AU - Goadsby, Peter J.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Objective. - To conduct an individual subject meta-analysis of available controlled studies of zolmitriptan nasal spray in the acute treatment of cluster headache. Background. - Two double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, crossover studies of zolmitriptan nasal spray in the acute treatment of cluster headache, with similar patient populations, protocol designs, doses, and clinical endpoints have been published. Methods. - In both double-blind studies, each patient was to treat 3 attacks, 1 with placebo, 1 with zolmitriptan 5 mg, and 1 with zolmitriptan 10 mg in a randomized, crossover manner. Headache intensity was rated on a 5-point scale (none to very severe). The primary endpoint was headache relief at 30 minutes post dose: reduction from moderate, severe, or very severe pain to mild or none. A multilevel, random-effects, logistic regression model was used to analyze the data. Results. - A total of 121 patients (100 male; 64.5% with episodic cluster headache) provided efficacy data for at least 1 attack. Zolmitriptan 5 mg and 10 mg were significantly more effective at providing headache relief at 30 minutes post treatment than placebo (odds ratio 3.48; 95% confidence interval 1.49-8.10 and odds ratio 8.68; 95% confidence interval: 3.35-22.5, respectively). For episodic cluster headache, response rates were 35.6%, 51.7%, and 73.7% for placebo, zolmitriptan 5 mg (odds ratio 2.5; P =.06 vs placebo), and 10 mg (odds ratio 9.9; P <.001 vs placebo), respectively. For chronic cluster headache, response rates were 17.2%, 41.9%, and 40.7% for placebo, zolmitriptan 5 mg (odds ratio 8.1; P =.035), and 10 mg (odds ratio 7.6; P =.046), respectively. Zolmitriptan was well tolerated in both studies with no serious adverse events reported. Conclusion. - Zolmitriptan nasal spray at a dose of 5 mg and 10 mg is efficacious in the acute treatment of episodic and chronic cluster headache.
AB - Objective. - To conduct an individual subject meta-analysis of available controlled studies of zolmitriptan nasal spray in the acute treatment of cluster headache. Background. - Two double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, crossover studies of zolmitriptan nasal spray in the acute treatment of cluster headache, with similar patient populations, protocol designs, doses, and clinical endpoints have been published. Methods. - In both double-blind studies, each patient was to treat 3 attacks, 1 with placebo, 1 with zolmitriptan 5 mg, and 1 with zolmitriptan 10 mg in a randomized, crossover manner. Headache intensity was rated on a 5-point scale (none to very severe). The primary endpoint was headache relief at 30 minutes post dose: reduction from moderate, severe, or very severe pain to mild or none. A multilevel, random-effects, logistic regression model was used to analyze the data. Results. - A total of 121 patients (100 male; 64.5% with episodic cluster headache) provided efficacy data for at least 1 attack. Zolmitriptan 5 mg and 10 mg were significantly more effective at providing headache relief at 30 minutes post treatment than placebo (odds ratio 3.48; 95% confidence interval 1.49-8.10 and odds ratio 8.68; 95% confidence interval: 3.35-22.5, respectively). For episodic cluster headache, response rates were 35.6%, 51.7%, and 73.7% for placebo, zolmitriptan 5 mg (odds ratio 2.5; P =.06 vs placebo), and 10 mg (odds ratio 9.9; P <.001 vs placebo), respectively. For chronic cluster headache, response rates were 17.2%, 41.9%, and 40.7% for placebo, zolmitriptan 5 mg (odds ratio 8.1; P =.035), and 10 mg (odds ratio 7.6; P =.046), respectively. Zolmitriptan was well tolerated in both studies with no serious adverse events reported. Conclusion. - Zolmitriptan nasal spray at a dose of 5 mg and 10 mg is efficacious in the acute treatment of episodic and chronic cluster headache.
KW - Acute headache treatment
KW - Chronic
KW - Cluster headache
KW - Double-blind
KW - Episodic
KW - Zolmitriptan
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01518.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01518.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19788472
AN - SCOPUS:70349905236
SN - 0017-8748
VL - 49
SP - 1315
EP - 1323
JO - Headache
JF - Headache
IS - 9
ER -