Susan Hutchinson (Irvine, CA/ US), Jack Schim (Carlsbad, CA/ US), Richard B. Lipton (Bronx, NY/ US), Robert Croop (Nerw Haven, CT/ US), Christopher M. Jensen (Nerw Haven, CT/ US), Alexandra C. Thiry (Nerw Haven, CT/ US), Elyse G. Stock (Nerw Haven, CT/ US), Charles M. Conway (Nerw Haven, CT/ US), Meghan Lovegren (Nerw Haven, CT/ US), Vladimir Coric (Nerw Haven, CT/ US), Michael Hanna (Nerw Haven, CT/ US)
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Objective
Evaluate the safety and tolerability of rimegepant in adults with cardiovascular (CV) risk factors.
Methods
This was a multicenter, long-term, open-label safety study (NCT03266588) in adults with a history of 2-14 monthly migraine attacks of moderate to severe pain intensity. Subjects used rimegepant 75 mg up to once daily for up to 52 weeks. For this analysis, subjects were organized into subgroups by number of baseline CV risk factors (0, 1, ≥2) and Framingham 10-year risk of developing a CV condition (low = <10%, moderate to high = ≥10%).
Results
Of the 1800 rimegepant-treated subjects, 735 (40.8%) had CV risk factors (518 [28.8%] had 1 and 217 [12.1%] had ≥2]) and 126 (7.0%) had a moderate to high risk 10-year CV risk. The most common adverse events (AEs) regardless of relationship to treatment were upper respiratory tract infection (8.8%), nasopharyngitis (6.8%), and sinusitis (5.1%), and the proportion of subjects reporting ≥1 AE was similar across all subgroups (Figure). No serious AEs were considered by the investigator to be related to rimegepant. Only 1 subject out of 1800, a 53 year-old male with a history of CV disease (angina pectoris), experienced an ischemic Cardiac Disorder SOC AE (angina pectoris) deemed by the investigator to be not related to rimegepant.
Conclusion
Rimegepant dosed up to once daily for up to 1 year showed favorable safety and tolerability in adults with migraine with CV risk factors, including adults with moderate to high CV risk.