NCT07018700Active, not recruitingPhase 3
A Clinical Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Xeomin® Injections for Preventing Episodic Migraine
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Clinical Trial With Extension Period to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Xeomin® Injections for the Prevention of Episodic Migraine
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
In this clinical trial, participants with episodic migraine will receive injections with Xeomin or Placebo into muscles of the head and neck. The purpose is to measure the change in monthly migraine days with Xeomin injections compared to Placebo injections. Trial details include: * Trial duration: 52 to 55 weeks; * Screening period: 4 to 5 weeks; * Treatment duration: 4 treatments, each about 12 weeks apart; and * Visit frequency: about every 4 weeks, 14 visits in total. The first and last visit and the 4 treatment visits are on-site, the other 8 visits are remote by phone / video call.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 997 (actual)
- First submitted
- 4 Jun 2025
- Start date
- Aug 2025
- Primary completion date
- Mar 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Merz Therapeutics GmbH
- Diseases
- Migraine
- NCT number
- NCT07018700
- EU CT number
- 2024-515715-22-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 997
- From Aug 2025 to the primary completion date, Mar 2027
- 113 sites in 13 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Diagnosis of aura without headache, migraine with brainstem aura, hemicrania continua, hypnic headache, hemiplegic migraine, retinal migraine, persistent aura without infarction, migraine aura-triggered seizure, or previous migrainous infarction;
- Diagnosis of secondary headache types, except medication overuse headache, which is permitted;
- Currently taking \> 1 prescribed drug for the preventive treatment of migraine;
- Discontinuation of anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) / anti-CGRP receptor monoclonal antibody treatment less than 5 months prior to screening.
Other
- Diagnosis of chronic migraine;
- Diagnosis of other primary headache types, except tension-type headache, which is permitted;
Who the study is looking for
- Participant has a diagnosis of EM with or without aura according to current International Classification of Headache Disorders (Edition 3 and Edition 4 alpha) criteria for ≥ 12 months and is able to distinguish migraine headaches from all other types of headaches;
- Participant age \< 50 years at the time of migraine onset;
- Participant meeting the following headache and migraine day criteria in each of the 3 months prior to screening: history of ≤ 14 headache days per month and history of 6 to 14 migraine days per month; and
- During the last 28 days of the screening period, participant experiencing: ≤ 14 headache days and 6 to 14 migraine days that qualify as such per the headache diary.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (113)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medizinische Universitaet Innsbruck Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Innsbruck | Austria | Active, not recruiting |
| Landeskrankenanstalten-Betriebsgesellschaft Kabeg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Klagenfurt Am Woerthersee | Austria | Active, not recruiting |
| Medical University of Vienna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vienna | Austria | Active, not recruiting |
| Genge Partners Inc., Merz Investigational Site #0010525 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| CaRe Clinic, Merz Investigational Site #0010504 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Red Deer | Canada | Unknown status |
| Inselspital Bern, Merz Investigational Site #0410003 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bern | Switzerland | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zollikon | Switzerland | Unknown status |
| Pratia Brno s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brno | Czechia | Active, not recruiting |
| Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hradec Králové | Czechia | Active, not recruiting |
| CLINTRIAL s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Praha 10 | Czechia | Active, not recruiting |
| Neuropsychiatrie s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Praha 5 | Czechia | Active, not recruiting |
| Axon Clinical s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Praha 5 | Czechia | Active, not recruiting |
| NeuroMed Zlin s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zlín | Czechia | Active, not recruiting |
| Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Active, not recruiting |
| Kopfschmerzzentrum Frankfurt Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | Active, not recruiting |
| Universitaetsmedizin Greifswald KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greifswald | Germany | Active, not recruiting |
| Vitos Orthopaedische Klinik Kassel gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kassel | Germany | Active, not recruiting |
| Schmerzklinik Kiel Gmbh & Co. KG Klinik fuer neurologisch-verhaltensmedizinische Schmerztherapie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kiel | Germany | Active, not recruiting |
| Rigshospitalet Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Glostrup | Denmark | Active, not recruiting |
| Odense University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Odense C | Denmark | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario La Paz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Blua Sanitas Valdebebas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Vithas Parque San Antonio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Malaga | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Málaga | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Málaga | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Terrassa | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vigo | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Fundación Neuropolis Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zaragoza | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| University Hospital Of Clermont-Ferrand Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clermont Ferrand Cedex 1 | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grenoble Cedex 09 | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint-Herblain | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Royal Stoke University Hospital, Merz Investigational Site #0440048 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stoke-on-Trent | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Florence | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Istituto Auxologico Italiano Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pavia | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Irccs San Raffaele Roma S.r.l. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Centrum Medyczne Neuromed Sp. z.o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Athleticomed Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Krakowska Akademia Neurologii Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Pratia S.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Neurocor Banaszkiewicz Tomaszewski Lekarze sp.p. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Futuremeds Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| ETG Lublin Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Debica | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Pratia S.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdynia | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Silmedic Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Katowice | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Jan Banach Research Spot Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kraków | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| ETG Lublin Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lublin | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Galen Clinic - Lublin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lublin | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Indywidualna Praktyka Lekarska dr hab. med. Anna Szczepanska-Szerej Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lublin | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Instytut Zdrowia Dr Boczarska-Jedynak Sp. z o.o. S.K. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oswiecim | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Solumed Sp. z o.o. sp.k. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| ETG Neuroscience Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Futuremeds Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wroclaw | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| MIGRE Polskie Centrum Leczenia Migreny Anna Gryglas-Dworak Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wroclaw | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Etg Zamosc Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zamość | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Neurokard Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zory | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| MUDr. Beata Dupejova, Neurologicka Ambulancia S.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Banská Bystrica | Slovakia | Active, not recruiting |
| KONZILIUM s.r.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dubnica nad Váhom | Slovakia | Active, not recruiting |
| NEURES s r o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Krompachy | Slovakia | Active, not recruiting |
| Liptovska Nemocnica S Poliklinikou Mudr. Ivana Stodolu Liptovsky Mikulas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Liptovský Mikuláš | Slovakia | Active, not recruiting |
| Dent Neurosciences Research Center, Merz Investigational Site #0010486 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Amherst | United States | Unknown status |
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Merz Investigational Site #0010505 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brooklyn | United States | Unknown status |
| Dayton Center for Neurological Disorders, Merz Investigational Site #0010531 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Centerville | United States | Unknown status |
| Crescent City Headache and Neurology Center, Merz Investigational Site #0010517 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chalmette | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chandler | United States | Unknown status |
| Headache Center of Hope, Merz Investigational Site #0010528 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | City of Saint Peters | United States | Unknown status |
| University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Merz Investigational Site #0010491 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dearborn Heights | United States | Unknown status |
| Accel Research - NeuroStudies, Merz Investigational Site #0010523 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Decatur | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmond | United States | Unknown status |
| Quest Research Institute, Merz Investigational Site #0010484 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Farmington Hills | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frisco | United States | Unknown status |
| Northwest Florida Clinical Research Group, Merz Investigational Site #0010286 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gulf Breeze | United States | Unknown status |
| Nexus Clinical Research Center, Merz Investigational Site #0010514 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Homestead | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Honolulu | United States | Unknown status |
| Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, Merz Investigational Site #0010515 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Unknown status |
| EvergreenHealth Research Department, Merz Investigational Site #0010516 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kirkland | United States | Unknown status |
| Gundersen Health System, Merz Investigational Site #0010507 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Crosse | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Research of Central Florida, Merz Investigational Site #0010532 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lakeland | United States | Unknown status |
| Chemidox Clinical Trials Inc, Merz Investigational Site #0010488 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lancaster | United States | Unknown status |
| Baptist Health Medical Center, Merz Investigational Site #0010520 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Research Institute, Merz Investigational Site #0010487 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| MedStar Health - Department of Neurology, Merz Investigational Site #0010231 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | McLean | United States | Unknown status |
| American Research Institute, Merz Investigational Site #0010492 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Haven | United States | Unknown status |
| Yale Center for Clinical Investigations, Merz Investigational Site #0010527 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Haven | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Orleans | United States | Unknown status |
| New York Neurology Associates, Merz Investigational Site #0010500 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Omaha | United States | Unknown status |
| Kansas Institute of Research,, Merz Investigational Site #0010495 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Overland Park | United States | Unknown status |
| Thomas Jefferson University, Merz Investigational Site #0010354 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Port Jefferson Station | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Port Royal | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Unknown status |
| Mayo Clinic, Merz Investigational Site #0010212 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Unknown status |
| New England Institute Neurology and Headache, Merz Investigational Site #0010441 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stamford | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Trials Management Services, Merz Investigational Site #0010526 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Thousand Oaks | United States | Unknown status |
| BNL Health Inc., Merz Investigational Site #0010489 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Torrance | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Virginia Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Waltham | United States | Unknown status |
| Mass Institute of Clinical Research, Merz Investigational Site #0010506 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Westborough | United States | Unknown status |
| Premiere Research Institute at Palm Beach Neurology, Merz Investigational Site #0010499 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | West Palm Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| Upstate Clinical Research Associates, Merz Investigational Site #0010485 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Williamsville | United States | Unknown status |
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