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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00712725
Date of registration: 08/07/2008
Primary sponsor: Merck
Public title: MK3207 for Treatment of Acute Migraines (3207-005)(COMPLETED)
Scientific title: A Phase IIb, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Dose-finding Study of MK3207 in the Treatment of Acute Migraine
Date of first enrolment: July 2008
Target sample size: 676
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00712725
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Canada Germany Italy Sweden United States
Contacts
Name:   Medical Monitor
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Merck
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Men and Women from 18 to 65 years of age

- 1+ year history of migraine that typically last from 4 to 72 hours if untreated

- Had from 2 to 8 moderate or severe migraine attacks per month in the last 2 months

- Not pregnant or planning to become pregnant in next 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant or breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant in next 6 months

- Cannot distinguish migraine attacks from tension type headaches

- Migraines are mild or resolve without medication in less than 2 hours

- More than 15 headache-days per month or have taken medication on more than 10 days
per month in the last 3 months

- Basilar type or hemiplegic migraine headaches

- More than 50 years old when migraines began

- History of cardiovascular disorder within last 6 months



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Migraine
Intervention(s)
Drug: Comparator: placebo (unspecified)
Drug: MK3207- 10 mg
Drug: MK3207- 100 mg
Drug: MK3207- 2.5 mg
Drug: MK3207- 20 mg
Drug: MK3207- 5 mg
Drug: MK3207- 50 mg
Primary Outcome(s)
Pain Freedom (PF) [Time Frame: 2 hours postdose]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Absence of Nausea [Time Frame: 2 hours postdose]
Absence of Phonophobia [Time Frame: 2 hours postdose]
Absence of Photophobia [Time Frame: 2 hours postdose]
Pain Relief (PR) [Time Frame: 2 hours postdose]
Sustained Pain Freedom (SPF) [Time Frame: 2-24 hours postdose]
Secondary ID(s)
2008_536
MK-3207-005
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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