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Table 2  Possible efficacy in other disorders

From: Ten open questions in migraine prophylaxis with monoclonal antibodies blocking the calcitonin-gene related peptide pathway: a narrative review

Disorder

Author and study type

Anti-CGRP mAb and effect

Episodic Cluster Headache

Goadsby et al. 2019 [123] (RCT)

Plato et al. 2021 [125] (RCT)

Cited by Carmine Belin et al. 2020 [122] (RCT)

galcanezumab > placebo

fremanezumab (trial discontinued for futility)

Chronic Cluster Headache

Dodick et al. 2020 [126] (RCT)

Ruscheweyh et al. 2020 [127], Silvestro et al. 2020 [128]

(case series)

galcanezumab = placebo

galcanezumab - possibly effective

Persistent post-traumatic headache

Ashina et al. 2020 [130] (prospective, open label)

McVige et al. 2022 [131] (retrospective chart review)

Spierings et al. 2023 (abstract) [132] (RCT)

erenumab - marginally effective

erenumab, fremanezumab or galcanezumab – possibly effective

fremanezumab = placebo

Vestibular migraine

Hoskin & Fife 2022 [134] (case series)

Russo et al. 2023 [135] (prospective, open label)

erenumab, fremanezumab, galcanezumab - probably effective

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension with persistent headache

Yiangou et al. 2021 [136] (prospective, open label)

Frerichs et al. 2022 (abstract) [137] (retrospective chart review))

erenumab - possibly effective

erenumab, fremanezumab, galcanezumab - ineffective

Trigeminal neuralgia

Parascandolo et al. 2022 [136] (case series)

Schott Andersen et al. 2022 (RCT) [137]

erenumab – possibly effective

erenumab = placebo

Mitochondriopathy with chronic migraine with aura

Naegel et al. 2021 [140], Kaltseis et al. 2022 [141] (case reports)

erenumab or galcanezumab - possibly effective

Nummular headache

Lopez-Bravo et al. 2022 [142] (case report)

galcanezumab - possibly effective

Neuropathic pain comorbid with chronic migraine

Kang & Govidarajan 2020 [143] (case series)

anti-CGRP mAb not specified – possibly effective