DP-VPA for Migraine Prophylaxis, a Pilot Efficacy Study

NCT00640965 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2009-05-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study will evaluate if DP-VPA, a derivative of valproate (a drug that is commonly used for the prevention of migraine attacks), can reduce the rate of migraine attacks.

Migraine patients will take DP-VPA or placebo (an inactive look-alike drug) every morning and will have to report any migraine attacks they have during the study's 18-week follow up.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

DP-VPA

DP-VPA dose escalation to 900mg, then continued for 8 weeks

DRUG

DP-VPA Placebo

Matching Placebo to Active, dose escalation, then continued for 8 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • D-Pharm Ltd.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Gilad Rosenberg, M.D. · D-Pharm Ltd.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-08-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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Diseases

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