The Effects of a Long-lasting Infusion of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) in Episodic Migraine Patients

NCT ID: NCT04260035

Last Updated: 2020-10-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 21 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-05-19
• Study Completion Date: 2020-09-15

Brief Summary

Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is a peptide of 28 amino acid residues that belongs to the glucagon/secretin superfamily of peptides. Along with other neuropeptides, such as calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), it is released from the trigeminal afferents and exerts a strong vasodilating activity on the cranial vasculature. Especially, it shares 70% structure with PACAP and acts on the same receptors. But, unlike it, VIP cannot induce a long-lasting vasodilation and has a modest capability to induce migraine attacks. Whether it may induce migraine-like attacks in migraine patients, as a twenty-minute infusion of PACAP, is unknown.

Detailed Description

The vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) is a peptide of 28 amino acid residues that belongs to the glucagon/secretin superfamily of peptides. It is distributed in different regions of the nervous system, including several autonomic ganglia and the brain. Once released from neurons, it acts on the vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor 1 (VPAC1), the vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor 2 (VPAC2) and the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide type I receptor (PAC1). All three belong to a family of G-protein coupled receptors, sharing the activation of adenylate cyclase and the increase in intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). The three receptors are involved in many physiological functions, among them the vasodilating and parasympathetic responses. VPAC1 and VPAC2 are expressed in dura mater vessels and are primarily responsible for the relaxation of arteries. PAC1 is located in the trigemino-autonomic system, but not in blood vessels. VIP shares the binding to the three aforementioned receptors with other peptides, including the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-38 (PACAP38), and the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-27 (PACAP27).

20-minute infusion of VIP and PACAPs in patients with migraine dilated cranial arteries. However, only PACAP27 and PACAP38 induced a sustained cranial vasodilation, and migraine like-attacks. VIP-induced cranial vasodilation was of short duration, and patients did not report migraine-like attacks. The discrepancy was ascribed to the preferential activation of the PAC1 receptor by PACAPs, but a monoclonal antibody against PAC1 receptor recently failed in migraine prevention. Currently, it is unknown whether the prolonged cranial vasodilation related with the appearance of migraine-like attacks. More recently, a two-hour infusion of VIP promoted a long-lasting cranial vasodilation and delayed headache in healthy volunteers, resembling the effect of PACAP27 and PACAP38, two closely related peptides causing migraine. Whether a long-lasting infusion of VIP may induce a sustained cranial vasodilation and migraine-like attacks in migraine patients, as a twenty-minute infusion of PACAP27 and PACAP38, is unknown.

Conditions

Migraine; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: QUADRUPLE

Study Groups

Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP)

Intravenous infusion of 8 pmol/Kg/min of Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP).

The infusion is administered at constant speed by an automatic pump, lasting 120 minutes.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP)

Intervention Type: DRUG

20 episodic migraine patients without aura of both genders are randomized to receive a 2-hour infusion of VIP and/or sterile saline on two days, with at least one week in between.

Sterile, isotonic, non-active saline (Placebo)

Intravenous infusion of sterile, isotonic, non-active saline 9 mg/ml (placebo). The infusion is administered at constant speed by an automatic pump, lasting 120 minutes.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Sterile saline

Intervention Type: DRUG

20 episodic migraine patients without aura of both genders are randomized to receive a 2-hour infusion of VIP and/or sterile saline on two days, with at least one week in between.

Interventions

Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP)

20 episodic migraine patients without aura of both genders are randomized to receive a 2-hour infusion of VIP and/or sterile saline on two days, with at least one week in between.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Sterile saline

20 episodic migraine patients without aura of both genders are randomized to receive a 2-hour infusion of VIP and/or sterile saline on two days, with at least one week in between.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP); Isotonic saline; 0.9% saline

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of migraine without aura as according to the International Classification
• Frequency of migraine attacks between one and six attacks within 8 weeks
• Weight: 50-90 kg
• Fertile women should use contraception. Fertile women do not include hysterectomies women or women who are postmenopausal for at least 2 years. Contraception includes either IUD, birth control pills, surgical sterilization of the woman or depot progesterone

Exclusion Criteria

• Any other type of headache (including > 2 days of tension-type headache per month)
• Headache less than 48 hours before the start of the experiment
• Daily intake of any medicine other than oral contraception
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women
• Clinical signs of Hypertension (systolic blood pressure > 150 mmHg and / or diastolic blood pressure > 100 mmHg) and/or Hypotension (systolic blood pressure < 90 mm Hg and / or diastolic blood pressure < 50 mmHg)
• Cardiovascular disease of all kinds, including cerebrovascular disease
• Anamnestic or clinical signs of mental illness, abuse or smoking

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Danish Headache Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lanfranco Pellesi

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Messoud Ashina, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Danish Headache Center

Locations

Danish Headache Center

Glostrup Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark

Countries

Denmark

References

Pellesi L, Al-Karagholi MA, De Icco R, Chaudhry BA, Lopez CL, Snellman J, Hannibal J, Amin FM, Ashina M. Plasma Levels of CGRP During a 2-h Infusion of VIP in Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Migraine: An Exploratory Study. Front Neurol. 2022 Apr 1;13:871176. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.871176. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35432170 (View on PubMed)

Pellesi L, Al-Karagholi MA, De Icco R, Coskun H, Elbahi FA, Lopez-Lopez C, Snellman J, Hannibal J, Amin FM, Ashina M. Effect of Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide on Development of Migraine Headaches: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Aug 2;4(8):e2118543. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18543.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 34357396 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

H-19075630

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id