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Episodic Cluster HeadachePhase 3NCT02397473

A Study Of Galcanezumab In Participants With Episodic Cluster Headache

A Phase 3 study testing Galcanezumab in people with Episodic Cluster Headache, run by Eli Lilly and Company at 47 sites in 12 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the study drug known as Galcanezumab in participants with episodic cluster headaches. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Episodic Cluster Headache
What is being tested?
Galcanezumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
109 participants
Where
47 sitesin 12 countries
Study dates
22 May 2015to 4 Jun 2018
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Have a diagnosis of cluster headache as defined by International Headache Society (IHS) International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-3 beta guidelines with a history of episodic cluster headache with at least two cluster periods lasting from 7 days to 1 year (when untreated) and separated by pain-free remission periods of >=1 month.
  • Participants are able to distinguish cluster headache attacks from other headaches.

Who cannot join

  • Current enrollment in or discontinuation within the last 30 days from, a clinical trial involving any investigational drug or device.
  • Current use or any prior exposure to any calcitonin-gene-related peptide (CGRP) antibody, any antibody to the CGRP receptor, or antibody to nerve growth factor (NGF).
  • Are taking indomethacin and/or are suspected of having another distinct trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia.
  • A history of migraine variants that could implicate or could be confused with ischemia.
  • Known hypersensitivity to multiple drugs, monoclonal antibodies or other therapeutic proteins.
  • A history or presence of other medical illness that indicates a medical problem that would preclude study participation.
  • Evidence of significant active or unstable psychiatric disease, in the opinion of the investigator.
  • Women who are pregnant or nursing.

Trial locations and contacts

47 sites in 12 countries.

47 sites in 12 countries

United States17 sites
  • Dent Neurological Institute

    Amherst, New York, 14226

  • Michigan Head, Pain, and Neurological Institute

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48104

  • Atlanta Center of Medical Research

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30331

  • Northwest Clinical Research Center

    Bellevue, Washington, 98007-4209

  • Clinical Trials of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29406

  • Colorado Neurological Institute

    Englewood, Colorado, 80113

  • Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224

  • Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90048

  • University of Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33136

  • West Virginia University Hospital

    Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506

  • Stanford University Hospital

    Palo Alto, California, 94304

  • Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107

  • California Medical Clinic for Headache

    Santa Monica, California, 90404

  • ClinVest

    Springfield, Missouri, 65807

  • St. Anthony's Hospital

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705

  • New England Institute for Clinical Research

    Stamford, Connecticut, 06905

  • Tampa General Hospital

    Tampa, Florida, 33606

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France5 sites
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    Lille, 59037

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    Nice, 06003

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    Paris, 75010

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    Paris, 75475

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    Saint-Etienne, 42055

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Germany4 sites
  • Uniklinikum Essen AöR

    Essen, 45147

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    Hamburg, 20246

  • Migräne- und Kopfschmerzklinik GmbH & Co. KG

    Königstein, 61462

  • Klinikum der Universität München Campus Großhadern

    München, 81377

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Finland3 sites
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    Helsinki, 00930

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    Jyväskylä, 40100

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    Turku, 20100

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Italy3 sites
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    Florence, 50134

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    Milan, 20133

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    Pavia, 27100

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Spain3 sites
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    A Coruña, 15706

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    Barcelona, 08035

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    Valencia, 46010

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United Kingdom3 sites
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    Hull, HU3 2JZ

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    Liverpool, L9 7LJ

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    London, SE5 9RS

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Belgium2 sites
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    Ghent, 9000

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    Liège, 4000

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Canada2 sites
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    Montreal, H2L 4M1

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    Toronto, M4S IY2

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Greece2 sites
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    Athens, 11525

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    Athens, 11528

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Netherlands2 sites
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    Amsterdam, 1078 VV

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    Nijmegen, 6532 SZ

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Denmark1 site
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    Glostrup Municipality, 2600

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About this study

Official title: A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of LY2951742 in Patients With Episodic Cluster Headache

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the study drug known as Galcanezumab in participants with episodic cluster headaches.

Being tested
Galcanezumab, Placebo
Medical subject headings
Cluster Headache

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • GalcanezumabDrug

    Also called LY2951742

    Administered SC

  • PlaceboDrug

    Administered SC

Study groups in NCT02397473
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Galcanezumab 300mgExperimentalGalcanezumab 300mg administered subcutaneously (SC) every 30 days during an 8 week treatment period.
Receives: Drug: Galcanezumab
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorPlacebo administered SC every 30 days during an 8 week treatment period.
Receives: Drug: Placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Overall Mean Change From Baseline in Number of Weekly Cluster Headache Attacks

    Number of cluster headache attacks was recorded daily by study participants in their ePRO Diary. Overall mean change from baseline is derived from the average of weeks 1 to 3 from mixed model repeated measures (MMRM) analysis. Least Square (LS) means were calculated using MMRM model with treatment, sex, pooled investigative site, week, baseline, and treatment by week as fixed effects.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 1 through Week 3

Secondary outcomes (11)
  1. Percentage of Participants With 50% or Greater Reduction From Baseline in the Weekly Number of Cluster Headache Attacks

    Number of cluster headache attacks was recorded daily by study participants in their ePRO Diary. Percentage of participants with 50% or greater reduction from baseline at week 3 was analyzed using Koch's nonparametric randomization-based analysis of covariance method. This method adjusted for pooled investigative site by including it as a stratification variable. It also adjusted for sex and baseline value.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 3

  2. Overall Mean Change From Baseline in Number of Weekly Cluster Headache Attacks

    Number of cluster headache attacks was recorded daily by study participants in their ePRO Diary. Overall mean change from baseline is derived from the average of weeks 1 to 8 from MMRM analysis. Least Square (LS) means were calculated using MMRM model with treatment, sex, pooled investigative site, week, baseline, and treatment by week as fixed effects.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 1 through Week 8

  3. Percentage of Participants Reporting a Score of 1 or 2 on the Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I)

    PGI-I requests participants to mark the box that best describes their cluster headache condition since they started taking the medicine. The options in the displayed boxes are represented on a 7-point scale, with 1 = very much better, 2 = much better, 3 = a little better, 4 = no change, 5 = a little worse, 6 = much worse, and 7 = very much worse. Percentage of participants were derived with a generalized linear mixed model repeated measures method with treatment, sex, baseline cluster headache attack category, month, and treatment by month as fixed effects.

    Measured: Week 4

  4. Percentage of Participants Reporting a Score of 1 or 2 on the Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I)

    PGI-I requests participants to mark the box that best describes their cluster headache condition since they started taking the medicine. The options in the displayed boxes are represented on a 7-point scale, with 1 = very much better, 2 = much better, 3 = a little better, 4 = no change, 5 = a little worse, 6 = much worse, and 7 = very much worse. Percentage of participants were derived with a generalized linear mixed model repeated measures method with treatment, sex, baseline cluster headache attack category, month, and treatment by month as fixed effects.

    Measured: Week 8

  5. Percentage of Participants With 50% or Greater Reduction From Baseline in Number of Weekly Cluster Headache Attacks

    Number of cluster headache attacks was recorded daily by study participants in their ePRO Diary. Mean percentage of participants is derived from the average of weeks 1 to 8 from generalized linear mixed model repeated measures method with treatment, sex, week, treatment by week, and baseline as fixed effects.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 1 through Week 8

  6. Percentage of Participants With 30% or Greater Reduction From Baseline in Number of Weekly Cluster Headache Attacks

    Number of cluster headache attacks was recorded daily by study participants in their ePRO Diary. Mean percentage of participants is derived from the average of weeks 1 to 8 from generalized linear mixed model repeated measures with treatment, sex, week, treatment by week and baseline as fixed effects.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 1 through Week 8

  7. Pharmacokinetics (PK): Serum Concentration of Galcanezumab

    Measured: Week 4

  8. Pharmacokinetics (PK): Serum Concentration of Galcanezumab

    Measured: Week 8

  9. Percentage of Participants Developing Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADA) to Galcanezumab

    Treatment emergent (TE) ADA evaluable participant is considered to be TE ADA+ if the subject has at least one post-baseline titer that is a 4-fold or greater increase in titer from baseline measurement. If baseline result is ADA Not Present, then the participant is TE ADA+ if there is at least one post-baseline result of ADA present with titer >= 1: 20.

    Measured: Baseline through Week 8

  10. Percentage of Participants With Suicidal Ideation Assessed by Columbia - Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

    C-SSRS captures the occurrence, severity, and frequency of suicide-related thoughts and behaviors during the assessment period. The scale includes suggested questions to solicit the type of information needed to determine if a suicide-related thought or behavior occurred. Some questions are binary responses (yes/no) and some are on a scale of 1 (low severity) to 5 (high severity). Suicidal ideation: a "yes" answer to any of 5 suicidal ideation questions: wish to be dead, non-specific active suicidal thoughts, active suicidal ideation with any methods without intent to act, active suicidal ideation with some intent to act without specific plan, active suicidal ideation with specific plan and intent.

    Measured: Month 1 through Month 6

  11. Percentage of Participants With Suicidal Behaviors Assessed by Columbia - Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

    C-SSRS captures the occurrence, severity, and frequency of suicide-related thoughts and behaviors during the assessment period. The scale includes suggested questions to solicit the type of information needed to determine if a suicide-related thought or behavior occurred. Some questions are binary responses (yes/no) and some are on a scale of 1 (low severity) to 5 (high severity). Suicidal behavior: a "yes" answer to any of 5 suicidal behavior questions: preparatory acts or behavior, aborted attempt, interrupted attempt, actual attempt, and completed suicide.

    Measured: Month 1 through Month 6

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Mar 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study start22 May 2015
  3. Primary completion12 Feb 2018
  4. Study completion4 Jun 2018

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
109 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02397473
Sponsor's protocol ID
15780
Other IDs
I5Q-MC-CGAL, 2015-000149-22, 2015
Status last verified
Aug 2019
First submitted
19 Mar 2015
Last updated
9 Sep 2019
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
Individual data sharing
Yes: Anonymized individual patient level data will be provided in a secure access environment upon approval of a research proposal and a signed data sharing agreement.

Publications

  • Jensen RH, Tassorelli C, Myers Oakes TM, Bardos JN, Zhou C, Dong Y, Aurora SK, Martinez JM. Baseline demographics and disease characteristics of patients with episodic or chronic cluster headache: data from two phase 3 randomized clinical trials in Europe and North America. Front Neurol. 2023 Dec 15;14:1293163. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1293163. eCollection 2023.

    PubMed 38162453
  • Andrews JS, Kudrow D, Rettiganti M, Oakes T, Bardos JN, Wenzel R, Kuruppu DK, Gaul C, Martinez JM. Impact of Galcanezumab on Total Pain Burden: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study in Patients with Episodic Cluster Headache. J Pain Res. 2021 Jul 8;14:2059-2070. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S305066. eCollection 2021.

    PubMed 34267550
  • Goadsby PJ, Dodick DW, Leone M, Bardos JN, Oakes TM, Millen BA, Zhou C, Dowsett SA, Aurora SK, Ahn AH, Yang JY, Conley RR, Martinez JM. Trial of Galcanezumab in Prevention of Episodic Cluster Headache. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jul 11;381(2):132-141. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1813440.

    PubMed 31291515

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Galcanezumab in people with Episodic Cluster Headache, run by Eli Lilly and Company at 47 sites in 12 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Sep 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 47 sites in United States, France, Germany, Finland, Italy and 7 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 13 Mar 2019). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Overall Mean Change From Baseline in Number of Weekly Cluster Headache Attacks (time frame: Baseline, Week 1 through Week 3). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02397473, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Sep 2019; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 26 Oct 2026.

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