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NCT05518123
Efficacy and Tolerability of Rimegepant for the Prevention of Migraine in Adults With History of Inadequate Response to Oral Preventive Medications
Phase 4 trial testing Rimegepant in Migraine in 658 participants. Completed in 8 July 2025.
31 March 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Pfizer |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 4 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | quadruple |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 658 |
| Start date | 7 November 2022 |
| Primary completion | 31 March 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 8 July 2025 |
| Sites | 111 locations across Denmark, Italy, Finland, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Rimegepant (rimegepant) — full drug profile →
- Placebo
Conditions studied
- Migraine — all drugs for Migraine →
Sponsor
Pfizer — full company profile →
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Migraine. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study is being conducted to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of rimegepant for migraine prophylaxis in adults with a history of inadequate response to oral preventive medications
Publications & conference data
3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Revolutionizing migraine management: advances and challenges in CGRP-targeted therapies and their clinical implications.
Özge A, Baykan B, Bıçakçı Ş, Ertaş M, et al · · 2024 · cited 11× · PMID 38938785 · DOI 10.3389/fneur.2024.1402569 -
A phase 4, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and tolerability of rimegepant for the prevention of episodic migraine in adults with a history of inadequate response to traditional oral preventive medications.
Pozo-Rosich P, López JAG, Lisewski P, Aslan AN, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 41255098 · DOI 10.1177/03331024251391378 -
Does rimegepant prevent migraine attacks in people who have not found other treatments taken by mouth (orally) to work well? A plain language summary of clinical study findings.
Pozo-Rosich P, Gien López JA, Lisewski P, Aslan AN, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42047365 · DOI 10.1080/17581869.2026.2646702
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05518123 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Pfizer
- Last refreshed: 18 July 2025
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