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Table 5 Baseline characteristics and effectiveness and safety outcomes between different anti-CGRP mAbs

From: Effectiveness and safety of anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies in patients over 65 years: a real-life multicentre analysis of 162 patients

 

Erenumab

Galcanezumab

Fremanezumab

p

n

38

85

39

 

Baseline differences

 Age [mean ± SD]

69.8 ± 5.0

69.8 ± 4.4

68.8 ± 3.7

0.485

 Proportion of chronic migraine [n (%)]

29 (76.3)

70 (82.4)

32 (82.1)

0.721

 MMD [mean ± SD]

19.5 ± 7.9

17.6 ± 7.2

17.2 ± 7.7

0.365

 MHD [mean ± SD]

22.8 ± 7.1

22.7 ± 7.1

24.9 ± 6.1

0.228

 Medication overuse [n (%)]

27 (71.1)

56 (65.9)

24 (63.2)

0.760

 MIDAS [mean ± SD]

73.3 ± 66

n = 33/38

89.5 ± 79

n = 68/85

66.2 ± 54.7

n = 28/39

0.284

 Concomitant onabotulinum toxin A [n (%)]

5 (13.2)

20 (23.5)

6 (15.4)

0.322

Primary endpoints

 MMD reduction at M6 [mean ± SD]

-9.9 ± 8.2

n = 34/38

-10.4 ± 7.3

n = 66/85

-9.6 ± 6.5

n = 34/39

0.890

 Total adverse effects [n (%)]

15 (39.5)

23 (27.1)

3 (7.7)

0.005

  1. MMD monthly migraine days, M6 month 6, SD standard deviation
  2. Missing data is shown below each variable