Prioritizing treatment attributes and their impact on selecting an oral triptan: results from the TRIPSTAR Project

Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2004 Dec;8(6):435-42. doi: 10.1007/s11916-004-0064-2.

Abstract

Seven oral triptans, which differ on a range of attributes important for treatment selection, are now available for treating migraine. US neurologists were surveyed to assess the relative importance of treatment attributes, prespecified by clinical relevance and availability of controlled study data, for selecting among oral triptans. Using a multiattribute decision model, we combined these data on the importance of treatment attributes with information on the relative performance of the oral triptans derived from a recent meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Data Collection
  • Decision Support Techniques
  • Humans
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Migraine Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Migraine Disorders / epidemiology
  • Neurology
  • Physicians
  • Serotonin Receptor Agonists / administration & dosage
  • Serotonin Receptor Agonists / adverse effects
  • Serotonin Receptor Agonists / therapeutic use*
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Serotonin Receptor Agonists