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MigraineNCT07451769

Selective Activation of the Adrenomedullin Receptors in Migraine

A study testing Adrenomedullin in people with Migraine and Brain Diseases, run by Danish Headache Center at 1 site in Denmark.

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Trial summary

Adrenomedullin is a neuropeptide implicated in the pathogenesis of migraine. This study investigates whether its administration, after pre-treatment with erenumab (a CGRP-receptor blocking monoclonal antibody), can trigger migraine attacks in individuals with migraine without aura. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
What is being tested?
Adrenomedullin
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
26 participants
Where
1 siteDenmark
Study dates
12 Mar 2026to 20 Dec 2032
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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

  • Written informed consent has been obtained prior to the initiation of any study-specific procedures.
  • Age ≥18 years at the time of screening.
  • History of migraine without aura for at least 12 months prior to screening, with a frequency of 1-5 migraine attacks per month, based on medical records and/or patient self-report, and diagnosed in accordance with the ICHD-3 criteria.

Who cannot join

  • History of any other primary headache disorder, except for tension-type headache with <5 headache days per month, based on ICHD-3 classification.
  • History of any secondary headache disorder, per ICHD-3 criteria, prior to screening.
  • Use of prophylactic migraine medication within 30 days or within 5 plasma half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to screening.
  • Previous use of any therapies targeting the CGRP signaling pathway, including anti-CGRP ligand monoclonal antibodies, anti-CGRP receptor monoclonal antibodies, or small molecule CGRP receptor antagonists.
  • Known risk of self-harm or harm to others, including a history of suicidal behavior.
  • Any clinically significant disorder, condition, or disease (other than those permitted in the protocol) that, in the opinion of the investigator, could compromise participant safety or interfere with study procedures or data integrity.
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  • Positive urine pregnancy test at screening or on Day 1 in female participants of childbearing potential.
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding, or plans to become pregnant or breastfeed during the study period.
  • Evidence of current pregnancy or breastfeeding based on self-report or medical records.
  • Inability or unwillingness to complete all protocol-required visits and procedures, or concerns regarding protocol adherence, as judged by the investigator.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Annette Maria Ellekaer Fuchs, PhD Fellow contact

+4526232421

annette.maria.ellekaer.fuchs@regionh.dk

Hakan Ashina, Ass. Professor contact

+4528102495

haakan.ashina@regionh.dk

Denmark1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Danish Headache Center

    Glostrup Municipality, 2600

    Hakan Ashina, MD, Ph.D, Ass. Professor, +4528102495, haakan.ashina@regionh.dk

    Annette Maria Ellekaer Fuchs, MD, +4526232421, annette.maria.ellekaer.fuchs@regionh.dk

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Selective Activation of the Adrenomedullin Receptors in Migraine: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study

Adrenomedullin is a neuropeptide implicated in the pathogenesis of migraine. This study investigates whether its administration, after pre-treatment with erenumab (a CGRP-receptor blocking monoclonal antibody), can trigger migraine attacks in individuals with migraine without aura.

Read the detailed description

Adrenomedullin is an endogenous neuropeptide structurally related to CGRP that can activate both the adrenomedullin receptor and, to a lesser extent, the CGRP receptor. Prior human provocation studies have shown that administration of adrenomedullin can elicit migraine attacks in people with migraine. Because adrenomedullin lacks receptor selectivity, physiological responses observed after its administration might represent a composite of adrenomedullin-receptor activation and potential off-target activation of the CGRP receptor. The extent to which selective activation of the adrenomedullin receptor alone can provoke migraine-relevant responses remains unknown.

To isolate adrenomedullin receptor-mediated effects, participants will receive the monoclonal antibody erenumab prior to adrenomedullin administration in order to block CGRP receptor activation.

This study therefore aims to determine whether selective activation of adrenomedullin receptors - isolated from confounding CGRP receptor activation - can induce migraine-relevant physiological responses.

Being tested
Adrenomedullin, Placebo
Keywords
Migraine Disorders, Adrenomedulin, Pain
Medical subject headings
Migraine Disorders, Brain Diseases, Central Nervous System Diseases, Pain, Signs and Symptoms

What participants receive

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

  • AdrenomedullinDrug

    Continous intravenous infusion of 20 mL (19.9 pmol/kg/min) adrenomedulin over 20 minutes

  • PlaceboOther

    Continous intravenous infusion of 20 mL isotonic saline over 20 minutes

Study groups in NCT07451769
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
AdrenomedullinExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Adrenomedullin
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorNot described
Receives: Other: Placebo

What is being measured

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

  1. Incidence of migraine attacks

    Incidence of migraine attacks, defined by either:

    1. Headache fulfilling criteria C and D for migraine without aura according to ICHD-3 2
    • Criterion C: At least two of the following:
    • Unilateral location
    • Pulsating quality
    • Moderate to severe pain intensity (≥4 on an 11-point numerical rating scale)
    • Aggravation by cough (in-hospital setting) or avoidance of routine physical activity (out-hospital setting)
    • Criterion D: At least one of the following:
    • Nausea and/or vomiting
    • Photophobia and phonophobia OR II. Headache that mimics the participant's usual spontaneous migraine attacks and is treated with acute migraine (rescue) medication.

    Measured: Assessed from baseline to 12 hours post-infusion of adrenomedullin or placebo

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Headache intensity

    Headache intensity, assessed using a numerical rating scale (NRS) from 0 to 10:

    • 0 = No headache
    • 10 = Worst headache imaginable

    Measured: Assessed from baseline to 12 hours post-infusion of adrenomedullin or placebo

Timeline

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

  1. First posted5 Mar 2026
  2. Study start12 Mar 2026
  3. Primary completion10 Mar 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion20 Dec 2032 (estimated)

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 N/A
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Model description
This single-center trial applies a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, two-way crossover design
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
26 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07451769
Sponsor's protocol ID
118122
Status last verified
Jan 2026
First submitted
28 Feb 2026
Last updated
28 Aug 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Anonymized data not published within this article will be made available on reasonable request from any qualified investigator

Publications

  • Do TP, Younis S, Ashina M. Erenumab [Internet]. 2021. p. 121-9.Available from: https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-69032-8_9

  • Goadsby PJ, Reuter U, Hallstrom Y, Broessner G, Bonner JH, Zhang F, Sapra S, Picard H, Mikol DD, Lenz RA. A Controlled Trial of Erenumab for Episodic Migraine. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 30;377(22):2123-2132. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1705848.

    PubMed 29171821
  • de Hoon J, Van Hecken A, Vandermeulen C, Yan L, Smith B, Chen JS, Bautista E, Hamilton L, Waksman J, Vu T, Vargas G. Phase I, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Single-dose, and Multiple-dose Studies of Erenumab in Healthy Subjects and Patients With Migraine. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2018 May;103(5):815-825. doi: 10.1002/cpt.799. Epub 2017 Oct 24.

    PubMed 28736918
  • Giamberardino MA, Affaitati G, Costantini R, Cipollone F, Martelletti P. Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor as a novel target for the management of people with episodic migraine: current evidence and safety profile of erenumab. J Pain Res. 2017 Dec 8;10:2751-2760. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S128143. eCollection 2017.

    PubMed 29263689
  • Meeran K, O'Shea D, Upton PD, Small CJ, Ghatei MA, Byfield PH, Bloom SR. Circulating adrenomedullin does not regulate systemic blood pressure but increases plasma prolactin after intravenous infusion in humans: a pharmacokinetic study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1997 Jan;82(1):95-100. doi: 10.1210/jcem.82.1.3656.

    PubMed 8989240
  • Ashina M, Hansen JM, A Dunga BO, Olesen J. Human models of migraine - short-term pain for long-term gain. Nat Rev Neurol. 2017 Dec;13(12):713-724. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2017.137. Epub 2017 Oct 6.

    PubMed 28984313
  • Hay DL, Garelja ML, Poyner DR, Walker CS. Update on the pharmacology of calcitonin/CGRP family of peptides: IUPHAR Review 25. Br J Pharmacol. 2018 Jan;175(1):3-17. doi: 10.1111/bph.14075. Epub 2017 Nov 28.

    PubMed 29059473
  • Ghanizada H, Al-Karagholi MA, Arngrim N, Morch-Rasmussen M, Walker CS, Hay DL, Ashina M. Effect of Adrenomedullin on Migraine-Like Attacks in Patients With Migraine: A Randomized Crossover Study. Neurology. 2021 May 18;96(20):e2488-e2499. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011930. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

    PubMed 33827963
  • Shi L, Lehto SG, Zhu DX, Sun H, Zhang J, Smith BP, Immke DC, Wild KD, Xu C. Pharmacologic Characterization of AMG 334, a Potent and Selective Human Monoclonal Antibody against the Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2016 Jan;356(1):223-31. doi: 10.1124/jpet.115.227793. Epub 2015 Nov 11.

    PubMed 26559125
  • Lipton RB, Bigal ME, Diamond M, Freitag F, Reed ML, Stewart WF; AMPP Advisory Group. Migraine prevalence, disease burden, and the need for preventive therapy. Neurology. 2007 Jan 30;68(5):343-9. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252808.97649.21.

    PubMed 17261680
  • Steiner TJ, Jensen R, Katsarava Z, Linde M, MacGregor EA, Osipova V, Paemeleire K, Olesen J, Peters M, Martelletti P. Aids to management of headache disorders in primary care (2nd edition) : on behalf of the European Headache Federation and Lifting The Burden: the Global Campaign against Headache. J Headache Pain. 2019 May 21;20(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s10194-018-0899-2.

    PubMed 31113373
  • Stovner LJ, Andree C. Prevalence of headache in Europe: a review for the Eurolight project. J Headache Pain. 2010 Aug;11(4):289-99. doi: 10.1007/s10194-010-0217-0. Epub 2010 May 16.

    PubMed 20473702
  • Robbins MS, Lipton RB. The epidemiology of primary headache disorders. Semin Neurol. 2010 Apr;30(2):107-19. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1249220. Epub 2010 Mar 29.

    PubMed 20352581
  • Ashina M, Terwindt GM, Al-Karagholi MA, de Boer I, Lee MJ, Hay DL, Schulte LH, Hadjikhani N, Sinclair AJ, Ashina H, Schwedt TJ, Goadsby PJ. Migraine: disease characterisation, biomarkers, and precision medicine. Lancet. 2021 Apr 17;397(10283):1496-1504. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32162-0. Epub 2021 Mar 25.

    PubMed 33773610
  • Ashina M. Migraine. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 5;383(19):1866-1876. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1915327. No abstract available.

    PubMed 33211930

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Adrenomedullin in people with Migraine and Brain Diseases, run by Danish Headache Center at 1 site in Denmark.

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 3 inclusion and 10 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Denmark. 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.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Annette Maria Ellekaer Fuchs, PhD Fellow (+4526232421, annette.maria.ellekaer.fuchs@regionh.dk), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Incidence of migraine attacks (time frame: Assessed from baseline to 12 hours post-infusion of adrenomedullin or placebo). 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 NCT07451769, which also lists 15 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 28 Aug 2026.

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