Across 4 clinical trials and 2 distinct doses, Emgality demonstrated a consistent safety profile in patients with migraine and in patients with episodic cluster headache1
aInjection site reactions include multiple related adverse event terms, such as injection site pain, injection site reaction, injection site erythema, and injection site pruritus.
The safety of Emgality was also evaluated for up to 2 months in a placebo-controlled study in patients with episodic cluster headache1b
Overall, the safety profile observed in patients with episodic cluster headache treated with Emgality 300 mg monthly was consistent with the safety profile in migraine patients.1
- 2 Emgality-treated patients with episodic cluster headache discontinued double-blind treatment because of adverse events
bEmgality Episodic Cluster Headache Study: Emgality 300 mg (N=49); placebo (N=57).
Across 3 studies in patients with migraine,
Immunogenicity1
As with all therapeutic proteins, there is the potential for immunogenicity. Comparison of the incidence of antibodies to galcanezumab-gnlm with the incidence of antibodies in other studies or to other products may be misleading.
In controlled studies with Emgality up to 6 months (EVOLVE-1, EVOLVE-2, and REGAIN), the incidence of anti-galcanezumab-gnlm antibody development was 4.8% (33/688) in patients receiving Emgality once monthly. With 12 months of treatment in an open-label study, up to 12.5% (16/128) of Emgality-treated patients developed anti-galcanezumab-gnlm antibodies, most of whom tested positive for neutralizing antibodies.
Although anti-galcanezumab-gnlm antibody development was not found to affect the pharmacokinetics, safety, or efficacy of Emgality in these patients, the available data are too limited to make definitive conclusions.
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aGovernmental beneficiaries excluded.
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