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A randomized, double-blind comparison of sumatriptan and Cafergot in the acute treatment of migraine. The Multinational Oral Sumatriptan and Cafergot Comparative Study Group.

Abstract
The efficacy and safety of oral sumatriptan as a 100-mg dispersible tablet was compared with oral Cafergot (2 mg ergotamine tartrate, 200 mg caffeine) in a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group trial. In the trial, 580 patients were treated from 47 investigating centres in nine European countries. Sumatriptan was significantly more effective than Cafergot at reducing the intensity of headache from severe or moderate to mild or none; 66% (145/220) of those treated with sumatriptan improved in this way by 2 h, compared with 48% (118/246) of those treated with Cafergot (p less than 0.001). The onset of headache resolution was more rapid with sumatriptan, whereas recurrence of migraine headache within 48 h was lower with Cafergot. Sumatriptan was also significantly more effective at reducing the incidence of nausea (p less than 0.001), vomiting (p less than 0.01) and photophobia/phonophobia (p less than 0.001) 2 h after treatment, and fewer patients on sumatriptan (24%) than on Cafergot (44%, p less than 0.001) required other medication after 2 h. The overall incidence of patients reporting adverse events was 45% after sumatriptan and 39% after Cafergot; the difference was not significant. The most commonly reported events in the sumatriptan-treated patients were malaise or fatigue and bad taste; these were generally mild and transient. Nausea and/or vomiting, abdominal discomfort, and dizziness or vertigo were reported by a greater proportion of Cafergot-treated patients. It is concluded that oral sumatriptan was well tolerated and is a more effective acute treatment for migraine than Cafergot.
Authors
JournalEuropean neurology (Eur Neurol) Vol. 31 Issue 5 Pg. 314-22 ( 1991) ISSN: 0014-3022 [Print] Switzerland
PMID1653139 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial)
Chemical References
  • Drug Combinations
  • Indoles
  • Sulfonamides
  • Vasoconstrictor Agents
  • caffeine, ergotamine drug combination
  • Caffeine
  • Sumatriptan
  • Ergotamine
Topics
  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Caffeine (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Drug Combinations
  • Electrocardiography
  • Ergotamine (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Indoles (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Migraine Disorders (drug therapy, physiopathology)
  • Nausea (drug therapy)
  • Recurrence
  • Sulfonamides (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Sumatriptan
  • Vasoconstrictor Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Vomiting (prevention & control)

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