Migraine Disability Assessment Test

Biohaven's Nurtec ODT Garners Greater Early-Line Use as a Preventive Therapy Among Patients with Less Severe Migraine Compared to Eli Lilly's Emgality, According to Spherix Patient-Level Data

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

In the third annual audit included in Spherix's RealWorld Dynamix: Preventive Treatment in Migraine (US) service, 221 neurologists and migraine specialists provided data on 1,013 patients.

Key Points: 
  • In the third annual audit included in Spherix's RealWorld Dynamix: Preventive Treatment in Migraine (US) service, 221 neurologists and migraine specialists provided data on 1,013 patients.
  • In comparison, close to one-third of patients recently prescribed Emgality were diagnosed with chronic migraine.
  • The leading efficacy-related factor was prolonged or increased duration of migraine attacks when prescribed Emgality and persistently high or worsening migraine severity when prescribed Nurtec ODT.
  • Likely benefiting from broad use as an acute therapy, Nurtec ODT is currently being prescribed as an earlier-line preventive therapy compared to Emgality.