Clinical trial • Phase III • Neurology
Rimegepant for Menstrual migraine
Phase III trial of Rimegepant for Menstrual migraine.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Neurology
- Trial Disease
- Menstrual migraine
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 11-06-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 06-10-2025
Trial design
Randomised, open-label, matching placebo for 75 mg oral lyophilisate — matching placebo administered daily for 7 days (days -3 through day 4 relative to predicted onset of menses) in each dbt cycle; in ole participants may receive soc medications for acute treatment as described.-controlled Phase III trial in Denmark, Italy, Netherlands and others.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- matching placebo for 75 mg oral lyophilisate — matching placebo administered daily for 7 days (Days -3 through Day 4 relative to predicted onset of menses) in each DBT cycle; in OLE participants may receive SOC medications for acute treatment as described.
- Target Sample Size
- 374
Eligibility
Recruits 374 No vulnerable populations selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false). Participants are adult women (aged 18–45). Informed consent is obtained (Main ICF documents present); no assent process is specified..
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable populations selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false). Participants are adult women (aged 18–45). Informed consent is obtained (Main ICF documents present); no assent process is specified.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Female participants ≥18 to ≤45 years who have regular menstrual cycles ≥24 days and ≤34 days and are able to reliably (±3 days) predict the onset of menses in the opinion of the investigator based on participant history."}
- {"criterion_text":"- A minimum 1-year history of migraine (with or without aura) consistent with a diagnosis according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd Edition for migraine with or without aura."}
- {"criterion_text":"- A history of menstrual migraine attacks of at least 3 months: Patient-reported history of experiencing at least 1 migraine attack during the PMP (ie, Days -2 to +3 of the menstrual cycle where Day 1 is the onset of menses) in at least 2 out of 3 menstrual cycles immediately prior to screening."}
- {"criterion_text":"- If the participant is receiving a permitted background continuous prophylactic migraine medication (maximum of a single non-CGRP treatment), the medication dose must be stable for at least 3 months prior to the Screening visit and, the dose is not expected to change during the course of the study."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Women who use oral contraceptive tablets as their means of contraception are eligible to participate providing the dose of the contraceptive tablets has been stable for ≥2 months prior to screening and is not expected to change during participation in the study. Women who use IUD as their means of contraception are also eligible if the device had been placed for at least 3 months."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Greater than >6 migraine days per month that are outside of the PMP in the 3 months prior to Screening."}
- {"criterion_text":"- A diagnosis of chronic migraine or a history of >14 headache days per month on average, in the 3 months prior to Screening."}
- {"criterion_text":"- History of retinal migraine, basilar migraine or hemiplegic migraine."}
- {"criterion_text":"- History of any trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Any medical or psychiatric condition including recent (within the past year) or active suicidal ideation/behavior or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk of study participation or, in the investigator’s judgment, make the participant inappropriate for the study."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Systolic blood pressure >150 mmHg or >100 mmHg diastolic after 10 minutes of rest at the Screening Visit."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Other pain syndromes, or significant neurological disorders (other than migraine), or other medical conditions that, in the Investigator’s opinion, interfere with study assessments of safety or efficacy."}
- {"criterion_text":"- History of treatment for, or evidence of, alcohol or drug abuse within the past 12 months, participants who have met DSM-V criteria for any significant substance use disorder within the past 12 months prior to the Screening Visit, or participants with a positive drug screen for drugs of abuse that in the investigator’s judgment is medically significant in that it would impact the safety of the participant of the interpretation of the results of the study."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Hypersensitivity or other contraindication to any of the components of the study intervention."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in number of migraine days per 5-day PMP across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from the Observation Phase (OP) in the number of migraine days per 5-day perimenstrual period (PMP) measured across each cycle of the Double-Blind Treatment (DBT) Phase."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in number of headache days per 5-day PMP across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from the OP in number of headache days per 5-day PMP across each DBT cycle."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Percentage of participants with ≥50% reduction from the OP in number of migraine days per 5-day PMP across each cycle of the DBT Phase (50% responder).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants achieving ≥50% reduction versus OP in migraine days per 5-day PMP across each DBT cycle."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in number of acute migraine medication days per 5-day PMP across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from OP in number of days using acute migraine medication per 5-day PMP across each DBT cycle."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in number of acute migraine-specific medication days per 5-day PMP across each cycle of the DBT Phase (based on eDiary response).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from OP in number of days using acute migraine-specific medication per 5-day PMP across each DBT cycle; based on electronic diary (eDiary) responses."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in number of migraine days with moderate-severe functional disability per 5-day PMP across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from OP in number of migraine days with moderate–severe functional disability per 5-day PMP across each DBT cycle."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in number of moderate-severe headache days per 5-day PMP across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from OP in number of moderate–severe headache days per 5-day PMP across each DBT cycle."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in number of moderate-severe migraine days per 5-day PMP across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from OP in number of moderate–severe migraine days per 5-day PMP across each DBT cycle."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from baseline in the MiCOAS (Migraine Clinical Outcome Assessment System) Cognition score at post-dosing (ie, 1 day after the 7-day dosing period) across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from baseline in MiCOAS cognition score measured 1 day after the 7-day dosing period in each DBT cycle."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in monthly migraine days (per cycle, normalized to 28-days) across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from OP in monthly migraine days (per cycle, normalized to 28 days) across each DBT cycle."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in monthly headache days (per cycle, normalized to 28-days) across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from OP in monthly headache days (per cycle, normalized to 28 days) across each DBT cycle."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from the OP in monthly acute migraine-specific medication days (per cycle, normalized to 28-days) across each cycle of the DBT Phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from OP in monthly acute migraine-specific medication days (per cycle, normalized to 28 days) across each DBT cycle."}
Recruitment
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- True, eConsent and electronic data collection tools are referenced (third-party Signant Health listed for electronic COA/eConsent support; eDiary/ePRO materials and electronic consent/eCOA documents are included in the document list).
- Planned Sample Size
- 374
- Recruitment Window Months
- 18
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent obtained from each participant (adult women aged 18–45) via Main ICF documents. Main ICFs and supplementary ICFs are provided in local languages (examples in the public documents: Danish, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Spanish and English-language protocol documents). No assent process (minors) is specified.
Methods
- Country-specific recruitment arrangements and materials (study brochure, study poster, participant database letter, informed consent flipchart) provided for Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain.
- Pratia prescreening tool (Germany) — prescreening implementation referenced in recruitment documents.
- FutureMeds recruitment texts and prescreening/recruitment materials (Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Poland) referenced in recruitment documents.
- Use of participant database letters to invite potential participants (country-specific).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 33
- Total Number Of Participants
- 96
Denmark
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 26-09-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 06-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 10
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 3
Sites
- Site Name
- Region Midtjylland
- Department Name
- Department of Neurology
- Contact Person Name
- Lis Pluss
- Contact Person Email
- lisgrr@rm.dk
- Site Name
- Rigshospitalet
- Department Name
- Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center
- Contact Person Name
- Messoud Ashina
- Contact Person Email
- messoud.ashina@regionh.dk
Italy
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 28-08-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 10-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 43
- Number Of Sites
- 7
- Number Of Participants
- 10
Sites
- Site Name
- Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l.
- Contact Person Name
- Massimo Filippi
- Contact Person Email
- filippi.massimo@hsr.it
- Site Name
- Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino
- Contact Person Name
- Cristina Tassorelli
- Contact Person Email
- cristina.tassorelli@mondino.it
- Site Name
- Irccs San Raffaele Roma S.r.l.
- Contact Person Name
- Piero Barbanti
- Contact Person Email
- piero.barbanti@sanraffaele.it
- Site Name
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-medico
- Contact Person Name
- Fabrizio Vernieri
- Contact Person Email
- f.vernieri@policlinicocampus.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi
- Contact Person Name
- Alberto Chiarugi
- Contact Person Email
- alberto.chiarugi@unifi.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Di Bologna
- Contact Person Name
- Sabina Cevoli
- Contact Person Email
- sabina.cevoli@unibo.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale Avezzano Sulmona L'Aquila
- Contact Person Name
- Simona Sacco
- Contact Person Email
- simona.sacco@univaq.it
Netherlands
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 09-09-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 07-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 28
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 4
Sites
- Site Name
- Isala Klinieken Stichting
- Department Name
- Neurology
- Contact Person Name
- Rachel Liebregt-Zwartbol
- Contact Person Email
- r.zwartbol@isala.nl
- Site Name
- Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)
- Department Name
- Neurology
- Contact Person Name
- Gisela Terwindt
- Contact Person Email
- g.m.terwindt@lumc.nl
- Site Name
- Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
- Department Name
- Neurology
- Contact Person Name
- Willemijn Leen
- Contact Person Email
- W.Leen@cwz.nl
Germany
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 02-07-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 16-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 106
- Number Of Sites
- 4
- Number Of Participants
- 9
Sites
- Site Name
- Emovis GmbH
- Contact Person Name
- Peter Klaus Hahn
- Contact Person Email
- peter.hahn@futuremeds.com
- Site Name
- Neurologie Berlin
- Contact Person Name
- Marie Perle Brinckmann
- Contact Person Email
- dr.brinckmann@neurologie-berlin.de
- Site Name
- Klinische Forschung Schwerin GmbH
- Contact Person Name
- Christine Paschen
- Contact Person Email
- christine.paschen@pratia.com
- Site Name
- Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
- Department Name
- Klinik für Neurologie mit Experimenteller Neurologie
- Contact Person Name
- Bianca Raffaelli
- Contact Person Email
- bianca.raffaelli@charite.de
Poland
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 05-09-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 10-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 35
- Number Of Sites
- 8
- Number Of Participants
- 41
Sites
- Site Name
- Dr Sekowska Leczenie Bolu
- Contact Person Name
- Agnieszka Pojmanska
- Contact Person Email
- agnieszka@drsekowska.pl
- Site Name
- Futuremeds Sp. z o.o.
- Contact Person Name
- Bartosz Otak
- Contact Person Email
- bartosz.otak@futuremeds.com
- Site Name
- Instytut Zdrowia Dr Boczarska-Jedynak Sp. z o.o. S.K.
- Contact Person Name
- Magdalena Boczarska-Jedynak
- Contact Person Email
- m.boczarska@instytutboczarska.pl
- Site Name
- Silmedic Sp. z o.o.
- Contact Person Name
- Ilona Palka-Kisielowska
- Contact Person Email
- ikisielowska@silmedic.pl
- Site Name
- Niepubliczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej Neuromed M. I M. Nastaj. sp.p.
- Contact Person Name
- Marcin Nastaj
- Contact Person Email
- marcinnastaj@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Specjalistyczne Gabinety Sp. z o.o.
- Contact Person Name
- Lucyna Horodecka-Wardega
- Contact Person Email
- lhwardega@specjalistycznegabinety.pl
- Site Name
- MIGRE Polskie Centrum Leczenia Migreny
- Contact Person Name
- Anna Gryglas-Dworak
- Contact Person Email
- anna.gryglas@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Indywidualna Praktyka Lekarska Dr. hab. med. Anna Szczepanska-Szerej
- Contact Person Name
- Anna Szczepanska-Szerej
- Contact Person Email
- aszerej@poczta.onet.pl
Spain
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 05-09-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 10-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 35
- Number Of Sites
- 9
- Number Of Participants
- 29
Sites
- Site Name
- Futuremeds Spain S.L.
- Department Name
- Servicio de Neurología
- Contact Person Name
- Francisco Javier Pardo Moreno
- Contact Person Email
- javier.pardo@futuremeds.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario De La Princesa
- Department Name
- Servicio de Neurología
- Contact Person Name
- Ana Beatriz Gago Veiga
- Contact Person Email
- dra.anagago@gmail.com
- Site Name
- University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L.
- Department Name
- Servicio de Neurología
- Contact Person Name
- Carmen Gonzalez Oria
- Contact Person Email
- carmengoria@hotmail.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa
- Department Name
- Servicio de Neurología
- Contact Person Name
- Sonia Santos Lasaosa
- Contact Person Email
- ssantos@salud.aragon.es
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario Marques De Valdecilla
- Department Name
- Servicio de Neurología
- Contact Person Name
- Julio Pascual Gomez
- Contact Person Email
- juliopascualgomez@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario La Paz
- Department Name
- Servicio de Neurología
- Contact Person Name
- Francisco Javier Díaz de Terán Velasco
- Contact Person Email
- javierddt@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Clinic De Barcelona
- Department Name
- Servicio de Neurología
- Contact Person Name
- Victor Obach Baurier
- Contact Person Email
- vobach@ictusclinic.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid
- Department Name
- Servicio de Neurología
- Contact Person Name
- Angel Luis Guerrero Peral
- Contact Person Email
- gueneurol@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
- Department Name
- Servicio de Neurología
- Contact Person Name
- Patricia Pozo-Rosich
- Contact Person Email
- patricia.pozo@vhir.org
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Pfizer Inc.
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- United States
Contract research organisations
- Name
- PPD Development LP
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties codes: [4]
- Name
- Syneos Health Inc.
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties codes: [1,5]
- Name
- Almac Clinical Services Limited
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties codes: [14]
- Name
- Fisher Clinical Services Inc.
- Responsibilities
- Study equipment provision
- Name
- WCG Clinical Inc.
- Responsibilities
- Scale training management
- Name
- Signant Health Global LLC
- Responsibilities
- Electronic COA (eCOA) support services, eConsent
Third parties
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"PPD Development LP","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [4]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Syneos Health Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [1,5]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Fisher Clinical Services Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Study equipment provision","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)","full_name":"Almac Clinical Services Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [14]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"WCG Clinical Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Scale training management (sponsorDuties code: 15)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Signant Health Global LLC","duties_or_roles":"Electronic COA (eCOA) support services, eConsent","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- VYDURA 75 mg oral lyophilisate
- Active Substance
- Rimegepant
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL (ODT)
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/22/1645/002)
- Starting Dose
- 75 mg
- Dose Levels
- 75 mg
- Frequency
- Once daily for 7 days per menstrual cycle (administered Days -3 through Day 4 relative to predicted onset of menses)
- Maximum Dose
- 75 mg/day
- Investigational Product Name
- matching placebo for 75 mg oral lyophilisate
- Modality
- Other
- Frequency
- Administered daily for 7 days per DBT cycle (Days -3 through Day 4 relative to predicted onset of menses)
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