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Table 5 The demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

From: Real-life experiences with galcanezumab and predictors for treatment response in Turkey

Variables

Non-responsive

n (%)

50–74% of responsiveness

n (%)

75–99% of responsiveness

n (%)

Headache freedom

n (%)

All patients (n = 476)

64 (13.6)

129 (27.1)

215 (45.3)

68 (14.0)

Females (n = 384)

46 (12.0)

103 (26.8)

179 (46.6)

56 (14.6)

Males (n = 92)

18 (19.6)

26 (28.3)

36 (39.1)

12 (13.0)

EM (n = 241)

28 (11.6)

62 (25.7)

107 (44.4)

44 (18.3)

LFEM (n = 79)

10 (12.7)

23 (29.1)

33 (41.8)

13 (16.5)

HFEM (n = 145)

17 (11.7)

39 (26.9)

65 (44.8)

24 (16.6)

CM (n = 235)

36 (15.6)

67 (28.5)

108 (46.0)

24 (10.2)

CM w/o MOH (n = 31)

8 (25.8)

8 (25.8)

13 (41.9)

2 (6.5)

CM with MOH (n = 204)

28 (13.7)

59 (28.9)

95 (46.6)

22 (1.8)

MwoA (n = 324)

42 (13.0)

90 (27.8)

146 (45.1)

46 (14.2)

MwA (n = 152)

22 (14.5)

39 (25.7)

69 (45.4)

22 (14.5)

Age of 18–34 (n = 106)

15 (14.2)

39 (36.8)

38 (35.8)

14 (13.2)

Age of 35–49 (n = 236)

31 (13.1)

55 (23.3)

120 (50.8)

30 (12.7)

Age of 50–64 (n = 121)

15 (12.4)

32 (26.4)

53 (43.)8

21 (17.4)

Age of > 65 (n = 13)

3 (23.1)

3 (23.1)

4 (30.8)

3 (23.1)

≤ 2 PPTF (n = 297)

28 (9.4)

73 (24.6)

142 (47.8)

54 (18.2)

≥ 3 PPTF (n = 179)

36 (20.1)

56 (31.3)

73 (40.8)

14 (7.8)

  1. EM: Episodic migraine, CM: Chronic migraine, MOH: Medication overuse headache, MWA: Migraine with aura, MwoA: Migraine without aura, PPTF: Previous prophylactic treatment failure