Safety and efficacy of calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonists for cluster headache: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonists provide preventive benefit with acceptable safety in cluster headache. These findings should be interpreted as supportive but less definitive. Larger, long-term, placebo-controlled randomized trials are needed to confirm efficacy and guide clinical use.
Authors
- Sama Hattab
- Ro’ya Khanfar
- Eithar Radwan
Institutions
- An-Najah National University (PS)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Neurology
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-026-04733-8
- Primary Topic
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00