Cefaliv® Compared to Neosaldina® in the Treatment of Migraine Attacks

National, Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel, Non-Inferiority Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Cefaliv® Compared to the Neosaldina® in the Treatment of Migraine Attacks

This study evaluates the non-inferiority of Cefaliv® compared to Neosaldina® in the treatment of migraine attack in two hundred and sixteen adults of both sexes with age between eighteen and sixty five years old. The first Half of participants will receive Cefaliv®, the other half will receive Neosaldina®.

Cefaliv® is a combination of 3 drugs: dihydroergotamine mesylate, dipyrone sodium, and caffeine. The dihydroergotamine mesylate interacts with the serotonergic, dopaminergic and noradrenergic receptors, but it's mechanism is not totally known. The dipyrone is a non-steroidal antiinflammatory which has an analgesic, antiinflammatory and antipyretic effect. And the caffeine presents mechanisms that are not totally clear, but it may relieves the pain by activating of the central noradenosine pathway (pain suppressing system).

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects of both sexes;
2. Age older or equal to 18 and younger than 66 years if they have symptoms of migraine headache before 50 years of age;
3. Presence of migraine headache with or without aura symptoms, at least 03 months prior to the study, the criteria defined by International Classification of Headache Disorders(ICHD)-II, 2004 International Headache Society(IHS) - Annex I;
4. Subjects which are experiencing 2-6 migraine attacks per month with mild to moderate pain intensity in the last 3 months prior to screening visit;
5. Subjects which are able to distinguish migraine attacks to any other type of headache;
6. Aptitude to understand and consent to participate in this clinical study, manifested by signing the Informed Consent and Informed (IFC);

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any clinical finding (clinical evaluation / physical) that is interpreted by the Investigator as a risk to the participant in the clinical trial;

2. Subjects which had recent episodes of headache, with frequency equal or higher than 15 daily episodes per month, 3 months prior to the screening visit;

3. Subjects with headache history defined by the ICHD-II criteria, 2004 IHS (International Headache Society) rated as:

   • Typical aura with non-migraine headache;
   • Typical aura without headache;
   • Familial Hemiplegic Migraine (FHM);
   • Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine;
   • Basilar type Migraine;

4. Any laboratorial finding that the Investigator consider a risk to the subject of the study;

5. Hypersensitivity to the drug components, during the study;

6. Women in pregnancy or nursing period;

7. Women in reproductive age who do not agree to use contraception acceptable [oral contraceptives, injectable contraceptives, intrauterine device (IUD), hormonal implants, barrier methods, hormonal patch and tubal ligation]; other than surgically sterile (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy), postmenopausal for at least one (01) years or sexual abstinence;

8. Inability to understand and answer to the functional categorical scale of the study, diary of symptoms, and not having accompanying to assist him/her;

9. History of abuse, according to the principal investigator, of the alcohol, opioids, barbiturates, benzodiazepines and illicit drugs in the last 02 years, or abuse of drugs for headache including ergotamines or narcotics in the last 03 months;

10. Subjects with prolonged hypotension, shock, sepsis, pheochromocytoma, hemorrhage, mechanical obstruction or perforation of the gastrointestinal tract;

11. Subjects with history of epilepsy or presence of psychiatric illness of any kind, in the opinion of the investigator, that may interfere with adherence to treatment;

12. Subjects with a malignant disease less than five years, or for more than five years, but without documentation about the remission/cure. As example: melanoma, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloproliferative diseases and renal cell carcinoma of any length should be excluded. Exceptions: Subjects with basal cell skin cancers, squamous cell, and cervical cancer in situ may be eligible.

13. Subjects which uses a preventive treatment and changed the dose in the last 3 months before the screening visit (V0);

14. Subjects who have made an interruption in the prophylactic treatment, in the last 30 days prior to screening visit (V0);

15. Subjects with hepatic or renal failure;

16. Subjects in the research that has participated in clinical trial protocols in the last twelve (12) months (National Board of Health- Resolution 251 of 07 August 1997, Part III, sub-item J), unless the investigator considers that there may be a direct benefit to it;

17. Subjects who are in prohibited medication as described in item 10.2 of the Protocol.

18. Subjects with previous diagnosis of uncontrolled hypertension;

19. Subjects with history of peripheral vascular disease; acute myocardial infarction, angina pectoris and other ischemic heart disease;

20. Subjects who have allergy to pyrazolones (eg phenazone, propyphenazone) or pyrazolidines (eg phenylbutazone,oxyphenbutazone) or who have submitted agranulocytosis in relation to any of these medicines;

21. Subjects with history of metabolic disorders such as porphyria and congenital deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase;

22. Subjects with history of alteration in the bone marrow function or hematopoietic system diseases;

23. Subjects with history of bronchospasm or other allergic reactions (rhinitis, urticaria, angioedema) induced by aspirin, acetaminophen, or other anti-inflammatory medications.