Active clinical trials for "Cataplexy"

This study is a multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized Phase 3 trial to assess the safety and efficacy of AXS-12 in narcoleptic subjects with cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS).

The goal of this clinical trial is to test two behavioral treatments for nightmares in adults with narcolepsy. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) effective for narcolepsy-related nightmares? Does adding targeted dream control (TDC) to IRT make it more effective? Participants will be randomized to one of two treatment groups and will be asked to: Complete a daily log of sleep symptoms for up to 13 weeks. Attend 7 sessions of treatment. Complete questionnaires before and after treatment. Go to the research lab in Evanston, IL to complete a sleep study during a daytime nap (Chicago area residents only).

This study will evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of AXS-12 in narcoleptic subjects with cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a medication called clarithromycin for treating sleepiness in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia. Studies have shown that clarithromycin can reduce sleepiness, but researchers do not know how clarithromycin does this. This study will look at brain activity (on magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]), inflammation, bacteria living in the gut, and cerebrospinal fluid, to better understand how clarithromycin can reduce sleepiness. This study will recruit 92 participants who will be randomized to receive clarithromycin or a placebo for 14 days.

An Open Label Study to Evaluate Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of a Once Nightly Formulation of Sodium Oxybate for Extended-Release Oral Suspension (FT218) and the ability to switch from twice-nightly immediate release sodium oxybate to once-nightly FT218 for the Treatment of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Cataplexy in Subjects with Narcolepsy

The purpose of this multicenter double blind study is to assess efficacy and safety of Pitolisant versus placebo in paediatric Narcoleptic patients with or without cataplexy.

The goal of this clinical trial is to see how NLS-2 (mazindol extended-release) works on symptoms of narcolepsy, including cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness. Approximately 48 participants will take part in the study across the United States. The study treatment (NLS-2 or placebo) will be administered for 8 weeks. After this treatment period, the participant may have the option to participate in a separate long-term extension study during which all participants will be treated with NLS-2.

CoRDS, or the Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford, is based at Sanford Research in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It provides researchers with a centralized, international patient registry for all rare diseases. This program allows patients and researchers to connect as easily as possible to help advance treatments and cures for rare diseases. The CoRDS team works with patient advocacy groups, individuals and researchers to help in the advancement of research in over 7,000 rare diseases. The registry is free for patients to enroll and researchers to access. Visit sanfordresearch.org/CoRDS to enroll.

To determine the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on vigilance in subjects with central hypersomnia without cataplexy. To determine the effects of tDCS on subjective measures of sleepiness and alertness in subjects with central hypersomnia without cataplexy.

In humans, selective loss of orexin neurons is responsible for type 1 narcolepsy (NT1), or narcolepsy with cataplexy, or orexin deficiency syndrome. The International Classification of Sleep Disorders 3rd edition (ICSD-3) distinguishes between hypersomnolence of central origin: NT1, narcolepsy type 2 (NT2), or narcolepsy without cataplexy, and idiopathic hypersomnia (HI). These rare conditions are all characterised by hypersomnolence (excessive daytime sleepiness, or excessive need for sleep), which is the primary and often most disabling symptom. A level of ORX-A in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (<110 pg/mL) is a very sensitive and specific biomarker of NT1, currently sufficient for the diagnosis of this condition. In contrast, ORX neurons are thought to be intact in IH and NT2, and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying these diseases remain unknown. Thus, their diagnosis is based solely on clinical and electrophysiological criteria. The objective of this project is to determine the validity of a mass spectrometric technique for the determination of ORX-A in the cerebral spinal fluid of patients suffering from hypersomnolence in comparison with the radioimmunoassay which is the reference technique.