NCT06047444Active, not recruitingPhase 3
A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Dysport® for the Prevention of Chronic Migraine in Adults
A Phase III, Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Parallel-group Study With Extension Phase to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Dysport® for the Prevention of Chronic Migraine in Adult Participants
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to understand the safety and effectiveness of the study drug, Dysport® when compared with placebo in preventing chronic migraine. A migraine is a headache with severe throbbing pain or a pulsating sensation, usually on one side of the head, and is often accompanied by feeling or being sick and a sensitivity to bright lights and sound. Chronic migraine is defined as having at least 15 days of headache a month with at least 8 of those days being migraine headache days. Migraines are caused by a series of events which cause the brain to get stimulated/activated, which results in the release of chemicals that cause pain. Dysport® is a formulation of Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A), a medication that stops the release of these chemical messengers. The study will consist of 3 periods: 1. A 'screening period' of 6 to 12 weeks to assess whether the participant can take part to the study and requires 1 visit. 2. A first Treatment Phase of 24 weeks. On Day 1 and at Week 12 of the first Treatment Phase, participants will receive injections into various muscles across the head, neck, face and shoulders. The injections will contain either a dose "A" or dose "B" of Dysport® or a placebo (an inactive substance or treatment that looks the same as, and is given in the same way as, an active drug or intervention/treatment being studied). Participants will make 4 visits to the clinic in person and have 4 remote (online) visits. 3. A second Treatment Phase of 24 weeks (extension phase). At Week 24 and at Week 36, all participants will get Dysport® (dose "A" or dose "B"). There will be 3 in person visits and 4 remote visits. Participants will need to complete an e-diary and questionnaires throughout the study. Participants will undergo blood samplings, urine collections, physical examinations, and clinical evaluations. They may continue some other medications, but the details need to be recorded. The total study duration for a participant will be up to 60 weeks (approx. 14 months).
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 759 (actual)
- First submitted
- 14 Sept 2023
- Start date
- 12 Oct 2023
- Primary completion date
- 28 May 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Ipsen
- Diseases
- Migraine
- NCT number
- NCT06047444
- EU CT number
- 2023-504827-17-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 759
- From 12 Oct 2023 to the primary completion date, 28 May 2026
- 123 sites in 9 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.
Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Use of any of the following medications in the specified timeframe prior to start of the screening daily headache eDiary:
- Within 24 weeks
- i. CGRP antagonists (monoclonal antibody or gepant) for preventive treatment of migraine (acute treatment of headache/migraine with a gepant is permitted but limited to no more than 6 days per month (i.e 6 days per each 4-week period with gepant intake))
- i. Anaesthetic or steroid injection in any region targeted for injection with study intervention
- ii. Use of medical device to treat migraine (e.g. non-invasive neuromodulation therapies such as nerve stimulation (gammaCore), transcranial magnetic stimulation (cephaly), external trigeminal nerve stimulation, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, and peripheral neuroelectrical stimulation)
- iv. Use of opioids or barbiturates for more than 2 days/month. Note: participants are permitted to take one concomitant migraine preventative treatment (not listed above); however, the dose of this medication should be stable for ≥3 months before start of the screening eDiary
Other illness
- Headache attributed to another disorder (e.g. secondary headaches), except medication overuse headache, which is permitted
- Known history of treatment failure to more than four medications prescribed for the prevention of migraine (two of which have different mechanisms of action) or known history of treatment failure to botulinum toxin prescribed for the prevention of migraine.
Other
- History or current diagnosis of migraine with brainstem aura, retinal migraine, complications of migraine, tension-type headache, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, hypnic headache, hemicrania continua, or new daily persistent headache
- i. Botulinum toxin for migraine (or for any other medical/aesthetic reason within 16 weeks)
- Within 12 weeks
- ii. Cannabidiol or other types of cannabinoids
- Within 4 weeks
- iii. Other interventions for migraine assessed to interfere with study evaluations (e.g. acupuncture in head and neck region, cranial traction, nociceptive trigeminal inhibition, occipital nerve block treatments, and dental splints for headache)
Who the study is looking for
- Participant must be ≥18 years of age inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent and privacy/data protection documentation
- Participant has a diagnosis for more than 12 months, prior to screening visit, of chronic migraine according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders definition and diagnostic criteria
- Migraine onset occurred when participant was \<50 years of age
- Has baseline number of monthly headache days (MHD) ≥15 and baseline number of monthly migraine days (MMD) of ≥8, using eDiary data collected during the 4 weeks nearest to randomisation on Day 1 (but prior to randomisation)
- Has baseline number of valid diary days ≥22 days collected during the 4 weeks nearest to randomisation on Day 1
- Participant must have previously used, or is currently using, preventive treatment for migraine (pharmacological) (i.e. non-naïve) prior to start of screening eDiary
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (123)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centricity Research Halifax Multispecialty Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Halifax | Canada | Unknown status |
| Genge Partners Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| CARe Clinic-Calgary Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Red Deer | Canada | Unknown status |
| Bluewater Clinical Research Group Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sarnia | Canada | Unknown status |
| Royal Julilee Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Victoria | Canada | Unknown status |
| Neurologie Brno s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brno-Komin | Czechia | Completed |
| Pratia Czech s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brno-Stred | Czechia | Completed |
| Nemocnice Jihlava prispevkova organizace Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jihlava 1 | Czechia | Completed |
| Fakultni Nemocnice Ostrava Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poruba | Czechia | Completed |
| INEP medical s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague | Czechia | Completed |
| Fakultni Thomayerova nemocnice Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague 4 | Czechia | Completed |
| Axon Clinical s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague 5 | Czechia | Completed |
| DADO MEDICAL s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Praha 1 | Czechia | Completed |
| NeuropsychiatrieHK s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prazske Predmesti | Czechia | Completed |
| Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Completed |
| FutureMeds GmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Completed |
| Curiositas ad sanum Studien und Beratungs GmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ebersberg | Germany | Completed |
| Universitaetsmedizin Greifswald KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greifswald | Germany | Completed |
| Vitos Orthopaedische Klinik Kassel gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kassel | Germany | Completed |
| Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Munich | Germany | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Ruber Juan Bravo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Málaga | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Macarena Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zaragoza | Spain | Completed |
| University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust - Royal Sussex County Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brighton | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| King's College Hospital (KCH) NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brixton | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Ltd "Health" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Batumi | Georgia | Unknown status |
| Multprofil Clinic Consilium Medulla Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tbilisi | Georgia | Unknown status |
| ISR-GEO Med Res Clin Healthycore Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tbilisi | Georgia | Unknown status |
| LTD "New Hospitals" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tbilisi | Georgia | Unknown status |
| LTD S.Khechinashvili University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tbilisi | Georgia | Unknown status |
| Pineo Medical Ecosystem LtD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tbilisi | Georgia | Unknown status |
| Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Di Bologna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bologna | Italy | Completed |
| Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Antonio Cardarelli Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | Italy | Completed |
| Neurological Institute Foundation Casimiro Mondino Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pavia | Italy | Completed |
| Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed S.p.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pozzilli | Italy | Completed |
| Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Completed |
| Irccs San Raffaele Roma S.r.l. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Completed |
| Centrum Medyczne Neuromed Sp. z.o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Completed |
| Pratia S.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Completed |
| Krakowska Akademia Neurologii Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Completed |
| Futuremeds Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Completed |
| Synexus Polska Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdynia | Poland | Completed |
| Pratia S.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Katowice | Poland | Completed |
| Indywidualna Praktyka Lekarska dr hab. med. Anna Szczepanska-Szerej Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lublin | Poland | Completed |
| Instytut Zdrowia Dr Boczarska-Jedynak Sp. z o.o. S.K. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oswiecim | Poland | Completed |
| Dent Neurosciences Research Center, Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Amherst | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Colorado Hospital - Neurology Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aurora | United States | Unknown status |
| Visionary Investigators Network (VIN) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aventura | United States | Unknown status |
| Central Research Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
| Boston Clinical Trials, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Arnold Pain Management Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brookline | United States | Unknown status |
| SPRI Clinical Trials, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brooklyn | United States | Unknown status |
| Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Burnsville | United States | Unknown status |
| Hope Clinical Research, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Canoga Park | United States | Unknown status |
| Cedar Crosse Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Chicago Headache Center & Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Headache Center of Hope Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| Axiom Research, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Colton | United States | Unknown status |
| MedStar Health - Department of Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbia | United States | Unknown status |
| Neurology Clinic, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cordova | United States | Unknown status |
| Texas Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Herzog, Steven MD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Zenos Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Duke University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Unknown status |
| Yale University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | East Hartford | United States | Unknown status |
| Inova Medical Group - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fairfax | United States | Unknown status |
| QUEST Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Farmington Hills | United States | Unknown status |
| MD Fort Wayne Neurological Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fort Wayne | United States | Unknown status |
| Neurology Center of NE,PC - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Foxborough | United States | Unknown status |
| KCA Neurology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Franklin | United States | Unknown status |
| Comprehensive Neurology Services Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frederick | United States | Unknown status |
| Lone Star Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frisco | United States | Unknown status |
| Neurology Center of North Orange County Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fullerton | United States | Unknown status |
| Fullerton Neurological Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fullerton | United States | Unknown status |
| BCN Research, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greenfield | United States | Unknown status |
| Headache Wellness Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greensboro | United States | Unknown status |
| Velocity Clinical Research, Hallandale Beach Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hallandale | United States | Unknown status |
| Blue Sky MD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hendersonville | United States | Unknown status |
| AGA Clinical Trials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hialeah | United States | Unknown status |
| Neurology Clinical Research, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hollywood | United States | Unknown status |
| Infinity Clinical Research, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hollywood | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Trial Network Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Helios Clinical Research LLC (Helios CR, Inc. Jackson TN) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jackson | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Neuroscience Solutions Healthcare, Inc (CNS Healthcare, INC) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Unknown status |
| Frontier Clinical Research, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kingwood | United States | Unknown status |
| WR-CRCN Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Las Vegas | United States | Unknown status |
| Alliance Clinical Las Vegas (Excel Clinical Research) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Las Vegas | United States | Unknown status |
| The Los Angeles Headache Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Suburban Research Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Media | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine - Professional Arts Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| Quantum Clinical Trials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| Neuroscience Group of Northeast Wisconsin-Neenah Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Neenah | United States | Unknown status |
| OrthoNeuro Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Albany | United States | Unknown status |
| Hasbani Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Haven | United States | Unknown status |
| Coastal Carolina Research Center - North Charleston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | North Charleston | United States | Unknown status |
| SDS Clinical Trials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc ((CNS Healthcare) - Psychiatry) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| Stanford University School of Medicine - Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palo Alto | United States | Unknown status |
| 840011 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palo Alto | United States | Unknown status |
| Papillion Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Papillion | United States | Unknown status |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience - Jefferson Neurology Associates - Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| CCT Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Research Your Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Plano | United States | Unknown status |
| Nuvance Health Medical Practice Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poughkeepsie | United States | Unknown status |
| Robbins Headache Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Riverwoods | United States | Unknown status |
| Rochester Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Unknown status |
| J. Lewis Research Inc.-Foothill Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Unknown status |
| Alliance Clinical San Diego (Acclaim Clinical Research) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Diego | United States | Unknown status |
| HonorHealth Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Scottsdale | United States | Unknown status |
| New England Institute for Neurology and Headache (NEINH)/Medical Practice Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stamford | United States | Unknown status |
| Guardian Angel Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
| USF Health-Morsani Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
| Mass Institute of Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Westborough | United States | Unknown status |
| Metrodora Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | West Valley City | United States | Unknown status |
| Conquest Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winter Park | United States | Unknown status |
| Helios Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wooster | United States | Unknown status |
| New England Regional Headache Center, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Worcester | United States | Unknown status |
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