Study of BOTOX Injections in Prevention of Migraine in Adult Participants With Episodic Migraine

Recruitment Status
TERMINATED - HAS RESULTS
(See Contacts and Locations)Verified October 2025 by AbbVie
Sponsor
AbbVie
Information Provided by (Responsible Party)
AbbVie
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NCT05028569
Other Study ID Numbers:
M21-307
First Submitted
August 24, 2021
First Posted
August 30, 2021
Results First Posted
October 30, 2025
Last Update Posted
December 8, 2025
Last Verified
October 2025

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History of Changes

Study Details

Study Description

Condition or DiseaseIntervention/Treatment
Episodic Migraine
Drug: PlaceboDrug: BOTOXDrug: BOTOXDrug: BOTOX

Study Design

Study TypeInterventional
Actual Enrollment775 participants
Design AllocationRandomized
Interventional ModelParallel Assignment
MaskingQuadruple
Primary PurposePrevention
Official TitlePhase 3 Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of BOTOX (Botulinum Toxin Type A) for the Prevention of Migraine in Subjects With Episodic Migraine
Study Start DateNovember 4, 2021
Actual Primary Completion DateNovember 5, 2024
Actual Study Completion DateNovember 5, 2024

Groups and Cohorts

Group/CohortIntervention/Treatment
Double-Blind Phase: Placebo
Participants received placebo for BOTOX intramuscular injections in the head/neck muscles on Day 1 and Week 12.
Drug: Placebo
Intramuscular Injection
Double-Blind Phase: BOTOX 155 U
Participants received intramuscular injections of BOTOX 155 U in the head/neck muscles on Day 1 and Week 12.
Drug: BOTOX
Intramuscular Injection
Double-Blind Phase: BOTOX 195 U
Participants received intramuscular injections of BOTOX 195 U in the head/neck muscles on Day 1 and Week 12.
Drug: BOTOX
Intramuscular Injection
Open-Label Phase: BOTOX 195 U
Eligible participants received intramuscular injections of BOTOX 195 U in the head/neck muscles on Weeks 24 and 36.
Drug: BOTOX
Intramuscular Injection

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures
  1. Change From Baseline in the Frequency of Monthly Migraine Days Across Months 5 and 6
    The frequency of monthly migraine days across Months 5 and 6 is calculated by taking the 2-month average of monthly migraine days over Months 5 and 6. Month 5 and Month 6 are the 28-day daily diary periods ending with Days 56 and Days 84 after the second study treatment intervention day with BOTOX or placebo injections, respectively. Negative changes from Baseline indicate improvement.
  2. Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (AEs)
    An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. The investigator assesses the relationship of each event to the use of study drug. A serious adverse event (SAE) is an event that results in death, is life-threatening, requires or prolongs hospitalization, results in a congenital anomaly, persistent or significant disability/incapacity or is an important medical event that, based on medical judgment, may jeopardize the participant and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent any of the outcomes listed above. Treatment-emergent adverse events/treatment-emergent serious adverse events (TEAEs/TESAEs) are defined as any event that began or worsened in severity on or after the first dose of study drug.
Secondary Outcome Measures
  1. Change From Baseline in the Frequency of Monthly Headache Days Across Months 5 and 6
    The frequency of monthly headache days across Months 5 and 6 is calculated by taking the 2-month average of monthly headache days over Months 5 and 6. Month 5 and Month 6 are the 28-day daily diary periods ending with Days 56 and Days 84 after the second study treatment intervention day with BOTOX or placebo injections, respectively. Negative changes from Baseline indicate improvement.
  2. Percentage of Participants With ≥ 50% Reduction From Baseline in the Frequency of Monthly Migraine Days Across Months 5 and 6
    The frequency of monthly migraine days across Months 5 and 6 is calculated by taking the 2-month average of monthly migraine days over Months 5 and 6. Month 5 and Month 6 are the 28-day daily diary periods ending with Days 56 and Days 84 after the second study treatment intervention day with BOTOX or placebo injections, respectively. The responder status of 50% reduction from Baseline is defined as a participant with at least a 50% reduction from Baseline in the 2-month average of monthly migraine days over Months 5 and 6.
  3. Change From Baseline in the Frequency of Monthly Acute Headache Medication Days Across Months 5 and 6
    Monthly acute headache medication days across Months 5 and 6 is calculated by taking the 2-month average of monthly acute headache medication days over Months 5 and 6. Month 5 and Month 6 are the 28-day daily diary periods ending with Days 56 and Days 84 after the second study treatment intervention day with BOTOX or placebo injections, respectively. Negative changes from Baseline indicate improvement.
  4. Change From Baseline in Migraine-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire Version 2.1 (MSQ v2.1) Role Function - Restrictive (RFR) Domain Score At Month 6
    The MSQ v2.1 is a 14-item questionnaire designed to measure health-related quality of life impairments attributed to migraine over the past 4 weeks. It is divided into 3 domains, and the Role Function Restrictive (RFR) assesses how migraines limit one's daily social and work-related activities using a 6-point scale ranging from "none of the time" to "all of the time". Raw dimension scores are computed as a sum of item responses and rescaled to a 0 to 100 scale, where higher scores indicate better quality of life. Positive changes from Baseline indicate improvement.
  5. Change From Baseline in the Activity Impairment in Migraine - Diary (AIM-D) Physical Impairment Domain Score Across Months 5 and 6
    AIM-D Physical Impairment Domain score is calculated based on the summation of AIM-D items 6-9. Participants answer each question based on the level of difficulty experienced in the 24 hours prior, with "during your headache" indicated for when they reported a headache, using a 6-point rating scale ranging from "not difficult at all" to "extremely difficult". The raw daily score is transformed to a 0-100 scale, and the monthly score is calculated using the average daily scores, where a higher score indicates worse physical impairment. AIM-D Physical Impairment domain score across Months 5 and 6 is calculated by taking the 2-month average of AIM-D Physical Impairment domain scores over Months 5 and 6. Month 5 and Month 6 are the 28-day daily diary periods ending with Days 56 and Days 84 after the second study treatment intervention day with BOTOX or placebo injections, respectively. Negative changes from Baseline indicate improvement.
  6. Change From Baseline in the Total 6-item Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) Score Across Months 5 and 6
    The HIT-6 is a 6-item assessment used to measure the impact headaches have on a participant's ability to function on the job, at school, at home and in social situations. It assesses the effect that headaches have on normal daily life and the subject's ability to function. Responses are based on frequency using a 5-point scale ranging from "never" to "always." The HIT-6 total score, which ranges from 36 to 78, is the sum of the responses, each of which is assigned a score ranging from 6 points (never) to 13 points (always). The Total 6-item Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) score across Months 5 and 6 is calculated by taking the 2-month average of total 6-item Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) scores over Months 5 and 6. Negative changes from Baseline in the HIT-6 score indicate improvement.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study(Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for StudyAll
Accepts Healthy VolunteersNo
Inclusion Criteria
History of migraine headache disorder meeting International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-3 diagnostic criteria for migraine with aura or migraine without aura for \>= 12 months.
Onset of migraine before 50 years of age.
History of 6 to 14 migraine days/month in each of the 3 months prior to Visit 1.
Six to 14 migraine/probable migraine days during the 4-week screening/baseline phase.
Less than 15 headache days/month in each of the 3 months prior to Visit 1 and during the 4-week screening/baseline phase.
Exclusion Criteria
Current diagnosis of chronic migraine according to ICHD-3.
History or current diagnosis of migraine with brainstem aura, retinal migraine, complications of migraine, chronic tension-type headache, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, hypnic headache, hemicrania continua, or new daily persistent headache.
History of headache attributed to another disorder (e.g., cervical dystonia, craniotomy, head/neck trauma) with exception that medication overuse headache per ICHD-3 criteria is allowed.
History of inadequate response to \> 4 prophylactic treatment for migraine, 2 of which have different mechanisms of action.
Female who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or considering becoming pregnant during the study or within 90 days after the last dose of study drug.

Contacts and Locations

Sponsors and CollaboratorsAbbVie
Locations
Neurology and Neurodiagnostics of Alabama /ID# 231918 | Hoover Alabama, United States, 35244-5700Rehabilitation & Neurological Services /ID# 252441 | Huntsville Alabama, United States, 35805-4046Alea Research /ID# 233329 | Phoenix Arizona, United States, 85012-2707Duplicate_Barrow Neurological Institute /ID# 231799 | Phoenix Arizona, United States, 85013-4407Clinical Endpoints /ID# 232625 | Scottsdale Arizona, United States, 85258-4595Tucson Neuroscience Research /ID# 232288 | Tucson Arizona, United States, 85710-6152Arkansas Clinical Research /ID# 231640 | Little Rock Arkansas, United States, 72205Woodland International Research Group /ID# 231492 | Little Rock Arkansas, United States, 72211Hope Clinical Research /ID# 232189 | Canoga Park California, United States, 91303Pharmacology Research Institute (PRI) - Encino (Wake) /ID# 231351 | Encino California, United States, 91316Duplicate_Neuro Pain Medical Center /ID# 231478 | Fresno California, United States, 93710-5473Sun Valley Research Center /ID# 231350 | Imperial California, United States, 92251-9401Wake Research - Pharmacology Research Institute (WR-PRI), LLC (Alamitos) /ID# 231908 | Los Alamitos California, United States, 90720Pharmacology Research Institute (PRI) - Newport Beach (Wake) /ID# 231337 | Newport Beach California, United States, 92660Colorado Springs Neurological Associates (CSNA) /ID# 230662 | Colorado Springs Colorado, United States, 80907Summit Headache and Neurologic Institute /ID# 231809 | Englewood Colorado, United States, 80113-3781Advanced Neurosciences Research, LLC /ID# 230658 | Fort Collins Colorado, United States, 80528Georgetown University Hospital /ID# 232129 | Washington D.C. District of Columbia, United States, 20007Neurology Offices of South Florida, PLLC /ID# 232281 | Boca Raton Florida, United States, 33428-2231Nova Clinical Research, LLC /ID# 245256 | Bradenton Florida, United States, 34209-4616Velocity Clinical Research - Hallandale Beach /ID# 232442 | Hallandale Florida, United States, 33009-4427CNS Healthcare - Jacksonville /ID# 231345 | Jacksonville Florida, United States, 32256-6039Brainstorm Research /ID# 243825 | Miami Florida, United States, 33176-2315Sensible Healthcare /ID# 231340 | Ocoee Florida, United States, 34761Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc /ID# 231362 | Orlando Florida, United States, 32801-2986Pain Relief Centers /ID# 232415 | Sun City Center Florida, United States, 33573-6828University of South Florida- Neuroscience Institute /ID# 231808 | Tampa Florida, United States, 33613Olympian Clinical Research - Tampa /ID# 239519 | Tampa Florida, United States, 33615Accel Research Sites - Tampa Clinical Research Unit /ID# 231670 | Tampa Florida, United States, 33634Premiere Research Institute - Palm Beach /ID# 230646 | West Palm Beach Florida, United States, 33407-3209Conquest Research /ID# 232604 | Winter Park Florida, United States, 32789Accel Research Sites Neurostudies /ID# 230665 | Decatur Georgia, United States, 30030-2627CenExcel iResearch LLC /ID# 231335 | Decatur Georgia, United States, 30030Clinical Research Institute /ID# 239517 | Stockbridge Georgia, United States, 30281Northwest Clinical Trials /ID# 230657 | Boise Idaho, United States, 83704Velocity Clinical Research - Boise /ID# 230660 | Meridian Idaho, United States, 83642Robbins Headache Clinic /ID# 230970 | Riverwoods Illinois, United States, 60015-5711Josephson-Wallack-Munshower Neurology - Northeast /ID# 230654 | Indianapolis Indiana, United States, 46256Deaconess Clinic - Gateway Health Center /ID# 231329 | Newburgh Indiana, United States, 47630Duplicate_Accellacare - McFarland Clinic /ID# 231496 | Ames Iowa, United States, 50010Kansas Institute of Research /ID# 231862 | Overland Park Kansas, United States, 66211-1363Ochsner Clinic Foundation /ID# 230645 | Covington Louisiana, United States, 70433-8107Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital /ID# 231865 | Boston Massachusetts, United States, 02130-3446Boston Clinical Trials /ID# 231367 | Boston Massachusetts, United States, 02131-2515Michigan Headache & Neurological Institute (MHNI) /ID# 230659 | Ann Arbor Michigan, United States, 48104-5131Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology - Burnsville /ID# 231780 | Burnsville Minnesota, United States, 55337-6732StudyMetrix Research /ID# 230642 | City of Saint Peters Missouri, United States, 63303Clinvest Research LLC /ID# 252440 | Springfield Missouri, United States, 65807Excel Clinical Research /ID# 232188 | Las Vegas Nevada, United States, 89109Las Vegas Clinical Trials /ID# 232628 | North Las Vegas Nevada, United States, 89030-7187Albuquerque Clinical Trials, Inc. /ID# 231101 | Albuquerque New Mexico, United States, 87102Duplicate_Dent Neurosciences Research Center, Inc. /ID# 252442 | Amherst New York, United States, 14226Fieve Clinical Research, Inc. /ID# 231365 | New York New York, United States, 10017-1921Montefiore Headache Center /ID# 232130 | The Bronx New York, United States, 10461-2720Upstate Clinical Research Associates /ID# 231343 | Williamsville New York, United States, 14221-6046Headache Wellness Center /ID# 230819 | Greensboro North Carolina, United States, 27405M3 Wake Research Inc. /ID# 232285 | Raleigh North Carolina, United States, 27612-8106Neurology - Triad /ID# 231733 | Winston-Salem North Carolina, United States, 27103-6984Duplicate_Duplicate_University Of Cincinnati Medical Center /ID# 231739 | Cincinnati Ohio, United States, 45267-0585IPS Research Company /ID# 231085 | Oklahoma City Oklahoma, United States, 73106Lynn Institute of Oklahoma City /ID# 231349 | Oklahoma City Oklahoma, United States, 73112Cutting Edge Research Group /ID# 231095 | Oklahoma City Oklahoma, United States, 73116-1423Sooner Clinical Research /ID# 231096 | Oklahoma City Oklahoma, United States, 73116Abington Neurological Associates - Abington /ID# 231798 | Abington Pennsylvania, United States, 19001Lehigh Center for Clinical Research /ID# 231355 | Allentown Pennsylvania, United States, 18103Suburban Research Associates - Media /ID# 231354 | Media Pennsylvania, United States, 19063-1760Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience /ID# 230664 | Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States, 19107-5191Duplicate_Frontier Clinical Research /ID# 232623 | Smithfield Pennsylvania, United States, 15478Clinical Trials of SC /ID# 231369 | Charleston South Carolina, United States, 29406Coastal Carolina Research Center - North Charleston /ID# 231353 | North Charleston South Carolina, United States, 29405Clinical Neuroscience Solutions - Memphis /ID# 231328 | Memphis Tennessee, United States, 38119Nashville Neuroscience Group /ID# 231642 | Nashville Tennessee, United States, 37203Austin Clinical Trial Partners /ID# 231092 | Austin Texas, United States, 78737Texas Neurology /ID# 230661 | Dallas Texas, United States, 75214NeuroCare Plus /ID# 252499 | Houston Texas, United States, 77094-1385Charlottesville Medical Research /ID# 231368 | Charlottesville Virginia, United States, 22911Integrated Neurology Services - Falls Church /ID# 244776 | Falls Church Virginia, United States, 22043-2367Tidewater Integr Med Research /ID# 231359 | Virginia Beach Virginia, United States, 23451Sentara Neurology Specialists - Virginia Beach /ID# 231341 | Virginia Beach Virginia, United States, 23456-0019Northwest Clinical Research Center /ID# 231336 | Bellevue Washington, United States, 98007Puget Sound Neurology /ID# 230640 | Tacoma Washington, United States, 25328Frontier Clinical Research - Kingwood /ID# 234127 | Kingwood West Virginia, United States, 26537-9797CHAMP Clinic /ID# 231635 | Calgary Alberta, Canada, T3M 1M4Vancouver Island Health Authority /ID# 231992 | Victoria British Columbia, Canada, V8R 1J8Maritime Neurology /ID# 232048 | Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada, B3R 1V9Toronto Memory Program /ID# 240006 | Toronto Ontario, Canada, M3B 2S7Clinique Neuro Levis /ID# 232049 | Lévis Quebec, Canada, G6W 0M5Fakultní Nemocnice U Sv. Anny V Brně /ID# 232213 | Brno Brno-mesto, Czechia, 656 91Fakultni Nemocnice Ostrava /ID# 232211 | Ostrava Ostrava-mesto, Czechia, 708 52Nemocnice Jihlava, prispevkova organizace /ID# 232164 | Jihlava , Czechia, 586 01Clintrial s.r.o. /ID# 232208 | Prague , Czechia, 100 00DADO MEDICAL s.r.o. /ID# 232157 | Prague , Czechia, 120 00Axon Clinical, s.r.o. /ID# 232212 | Prague , Czechia, 140 00Fakultni Thomayerova nemocnice /ID# 232214 | Prague , Czechia, 140 59Duplicate_Neurologie Klinikum Großhadern /ID# 232479 | Munich Bavaria, Germany, 81344Duplicate_Kopfschmerzzentrum Frankfurt /ID# 234066 | Frankfurt am Main Hesse, Germany, 65929Universitaetsmedizin Rostock /ID# 232471 | Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 18057Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden /ID# 239283 | Dresden Saxony, Germany, 01307Schmerzklinik Kiel /ID# 232480 | Kiel Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 24149Zentrum für Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie /ID# 232472 | Berlin , Germany, 10117Praxis Dr. Gendolla /ID# 232474 | Essen , Germany, 45133Universitaetsklinikum Essen /ID# 232478 | Essen , Germany, 45147Universitaetsklinikum Halle (Saale) /ID# 241506 | Halle , Germany, 06120Vitos Orthopaedische Klinik Kassel gemeinnuetzige GmbH /ID# 232475 | Kassel , Germany, 34131Maccabi Healthcare Services /ID# 238605 | Kfar Saba Central District, Israel, 4420123Hillel Yaffe Medical Center /ID# 232122 | Hadera Haifa District, Israel, 38100Shaare Zedek Medical Center /ID# 239485 | Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel, 91031The Chaim Sheba Medical Center /ID# 232119 | Ramat Gan Tel Aviv, Israel, 5265601Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center /ID# 232598 | Tel Aviv Tel Aviv, Israel, 6423906Rambam Health Care Campus /ID# 238732 | Haifa , Israel, 3109601Solumed Centrum Medyczne /ID# 238446 | Poznan Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, 60-529Specjalistyczne Gabinety Sp. z o.o. /ID# 233526 | Krakow Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, 30-539Linden Sp. z o.o. sp.k. /ID# 245685 | Krakow Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, 30-721Instytut Zdrowia Dr Boczarska Jedynak /ID# 251857 | Oświęcim Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, 32-600Indywidualna Praktyka Lekarska dr hab. med. Anna Szczepanska-Szerej /ID# 232355 | Lublin Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, 20-582Warszawska Klinika Sp. z o.o. /ID# 240612 | Warsaw Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, 02-119Silmedic Sp. z o.o. /ID# 232358 | Katowice Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, 40-282MIGRE Polskie Centrum Leczenia Migreny Anna Gryglas-Dworak /ID# 241887 | Wroclaw , Poland, 52-210Clinica Universidad de Navarra - Pamplona /ID# 232270 | Pamplona Navarre, Spain, 31008Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias /ID# 232428 | Oviedo Principality of Asturias, Spain, 33011Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron /ID# 232268 | Barcelona , Spain, 08035CLINICA UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA-Madrid /ID# 233320 | Madrid , Spain, 28027Hospital Universitario La Paz /ID# 232495 | Madrid , Spain, 28046Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid /ID# 232272 | Valladolid , Spain, 47003Skaneuro Privatmottagning /ID# 232175 | Lund Skåne County, Sweden, 227 33Neurology Clinic /ID# 234067 | Stockholm Stockholm County, Sweden, 114 33Optimuskliniken /ID# 232174 | Upplands Vasby , Sweden, 194 61Linkoping University Hospital /ID# 234040 | Linköping Östergötland County, Sweden, 581 85Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust /ID# 242763 | Hull East Riding Of Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HU3 2JZDuplicate_Queen Elizabeth University Hospital /ID# 244870 | Glasgow Glasgow City, United Kingdom, G51 4TFNHS Highland /ID# 242855 | Inverness , United Kingdom, IV2 3UJWalton Centre /ID# 242857 | Liverpool , United Kingdom, L9 7LJSt Pancras Clinical Research /ID# 242764 | London , United Kingdom, EC2Y 8EA
Investigators
Study Director: ABBVIE INC., AbbVie
Study Documents (Full Text)
Documents provided by AbbVieStudy Protocol  April 2, 2024Documents provided by AbbVieStatistical Analysis Plan  June 2, 2024