Doubtful use of placebo following placebo in recent controlled trials of lasmiditan and ubrogepant for the treatment of migraine attacks

Peer Tfelt-Hansen*, Karsten Jørgensen, Hans-Christoph Diener

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

Abstract

PURPOSE: In four large controlled trials with lasmiditan and ubrogepant placebo was administered in the first step to demonstrate an effect on migraine attack. In the same trials the investigators also asked the question: is a second dose of the drug effective in non-responders to the first dose? In this phase patients who received placebo in the first phase of the trial again after 2 hours received another dose of placebo.

CONCLUSION: To be ethical, clinical research requires balancing rigorous science with the protection of human subjects; and it is, in our view, questionable whether placebo was used with "scientific rigor" in the second step of these trials, and this design is not recommended.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftCephalalgia : an international journal of headache
Vol/bind42
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)82-85
Antal sider4
ISSN0333-1024
DOI
StatusUdgivet - jan. 2022

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