• J Headache Pain · Oct 2023

    Triptan non-response in specialized headache care: cross-sectional data from the DMKG Headache Registry.

    • Ruth Ruscheweyh, Gudrun Gossrau, Thomas Dresler, Tobias Freilinger, Stefanie Förderreuther, Charly Gaul, Torsten Kraya, Lars Neeb, Victoria Ruschil, Andreas Straube, Jörg Scheidt, and Tim Patrick Jürgens.
    • Department of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, Munich, 81377, Germany. ruth.ruscheweyh@med.uni-muenchen.de.
    • J Headache Pain. 2023 Oct 10; 24 (1): 135135.

    BackgroundTriptans are effective for many migraine patients, but some do not experience adequate efficacy and tolerability. The European Headache Federation (EHF) has proposed that patients with lack of efficacy and/or tolerability of ≥ 2 triptans ('triptan resistance') could be considered eligible for treatment with the novel medications from the ditan and gepant groups. There is little data on the frequency of 'triptan resistance'.MethodsWe used patient self-report data from the German Migraine and Headache Society (DMKG) Headache Registry to assess triptan response and triptan efficacy and/or tolerability failure.ResultsA total of 2284 adult migraine patients (females: 85.4%, age: 39.4 ± 12.8 years) were included. 42.5% (n = 970) had failed ≥ 1 triptan, 13.1% (n = 300) had failed ≥ 2 triptans (meeting the EHF definition of 'triptan resistance'), and 3.9% (n = 88) had failed ≥ 3 triptans. Compared to triptan responders (current use, no failure, n = 597), triptan non-responders had significantly more severe migraine (higher frequency (p < 0.001), intensity (p < 0.05), and disability (p < 0.001)), that further increased with the level of triptan failure. Responders rates were highest for nasal and oral zolmitriptan, oral eletriptan and subcutaneous sumatriptan.ConclusionIn the present setting (specialized headache care in Germany), 13.1% of the patients had failed ≥ 2 triptans. Triptan failure was associated with increased migraine severity and disability, emphasizing the importance of establishing an effective and tolerable acute migraine medication. Acute treatment optimization might include switching to one of the triptans with the highest responder rates and/or to a different acute medication class.Trial RegistrationThe DMKG Headache Registry is registered with the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS 00021081).© 2023. Springer-Verlag Italia S.r.l., part of Springer Nature.

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