Active clinical trials for "Disorders of Excessive Somnolence"

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pitolisant compared with placebo in treating excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 ages 18 to 65 years. The secondary objectives of this study are to assess the impact of pitolisant on fatigue, cognitive function and the burden of disease along with assessing the long-term safety and effectiveness of pitolisant in patients with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 ages 18 to 65 years.

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 primary objective of this study is to assess the long-term safety and effectiveness of pitolisant in patients with idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) who completed the Double-Blind Randomized Withdrawal Phase of study HBS-101-CL-010.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pitolisant compared with placebo in treating excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients with idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) age ≥18 years. Key secondary objectives of this study are to assess the impact of pitolisant on: Overall symptoms of IH Patient impression of overall change in their symptoms of IH Investigator assessment of overall disease severity of IH Other secondary objectives of this study are to assess the impact of pitolisant in patients with IH on: Patient impression of overall severity of their EDS Functional status and activities of daily living Sleep-related impairment Sleep inertia Cognitive function

Narcolepsy is a chronic disabling neurologic disorder mainly characterised by excessive daytime sleepiness. Type 1 narcolepsy is associated with a deficit of hypocretin in the cerebrospinal fluid responsible for the cataplexy symptom while type 2 shows a normal hypocretin level and no cataplexy. While the development of narcolepsy is independent of parental social level, narcolepsy has a significant influence on educational level, grading, social outcome, and welfare consequences. Several studies assessed global cognition efficiency, mood, and attention in narcoleptic patients but only a few specifically measured social cognition and mostly without a control group. In a population of narcoleptics children, a severe impairment in social cognition is described for 20% of the group, contrary to 2 % for the control group. The literature also depicts some impairments in decision making, somatic and cognitive emotions responses but the emotion recognition seems to be preserved. A better understanding of the social and cognitive aspects of narcolepsy could lead to a better treatment of the disease in its entirety, including if relevant specific cognitive behavioural therapy. The protocol consists in a psychometric evaluation including several questionnaires in order to assess social cognition. It will be proposed to patients with type 1 or type 2 narcolepsy and patients with idiopathic hypersomnia.

This is a retrospective and prospective cohort study. There are 600 subjects (age 9-45) will be collected.The purposes of this study are as follows:(1) The main purpose is to use Multi-Signal Based Monitoring System to link with brain image data and perform cross-comparison to find out possible pathological mechanisms of these CNS hypersomnias.(2) Use the Multi-Signal Based Monitoring System to link with brain image data and perform cross-comparison to further screen out these clinically significant biomarkers for CNS hypersomnias, and to find ideal and accurate physiological biomarkers that can monitor the course of the disease.(3) Utilize these precisely monitored biomarkers to track changes in the biomarkers and the long-term course of these CNS hypersomnias, and evaluate the treatment effect and prognosis.(4) Use computer machine learning and other algorithms to analyze and construct a variety of faster and more accurate prediction models for these CNS hypersomnias, thereby achieving the goal of preventive medicine.

This study is a within subject's assessment of whether a novel wearable technology, NextSense electroencephalography earbuds (EEGBuds), is able to detect differences in onset to sleep from wake versus in-laboratory, gold-standard electroencephalography (EEG) utilized as part of a standard four trial Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) at medicated baseline versus free of prescribed medications for promoting wake (random order).

Excessive daytime sleepiness which still remains after an effective treatment with nocturnal ventilotherapy or with other specific treatments (positional therapy, oro-mandibular devices) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome has a prevalence of 55% of treated cases, representing a notable theme of clinical and research interest. In recent years there have been several studies on the use of wakefulness-promoting drugs generally prescribed in patients with narcolepsy, in this disorder with promising results. Right in consideration of the forthcoming approval of these drugs, it is important to find biomarkers able to predict which patients will develop daytime sleepiness resistant to ventilatory treatment. Several studies have highlighted the association between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and the increase of cerebral amyloid beta deposits, concluding that apnoic disorder can be considered a risk factor for the development of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer';s disease. In this scenario, it would be useful to identify biological markers able to underline which clinical phenotypes of sleep apnea syndrome are more associated with residual excessive daytime sleepiness and/or cognitive impairment. In recent years several kits for the assay of biomarkers of neurodegeneration have been developed not only in CSF, but also in human serum. Among them, the most important are light chain neurofilaments (NFL), amyloid isoforms 40 and 42 (Ab40 and Ab42). Other biomarkers found in neurodegenerative diseases associated with excessive daytime sleepiness are orexin A (OXA) and histamine (HA). In this view, the aim of this study is to evaluate the role of biomarkers of neurodegeneration in characterizing disease severity and response to treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with residual excessive daytime sleepiness.

Sleep disorders are commonly under-recognized in the primary care setting and available screening tools are often are limited. The study inestigators hypothesize that the use of a novel subjective sleep vital sign (VS) will improve recognition of patients with sleep disorders and can be utilized to track outcomes to sleep therapy.

This is a study of only patients with idiopathic hypersomnia. It is a rare and still poorly understood pathology. In clinical practice, we have found that the treatment and care offered were not always effective. The idea of this study to improve knowledge of this pathology by studying the demographic characteristics of patients and other co-morbidities, in particular psychiatric patients, to see if we can identify common factor to our patients and useful in their medical care. The main objective of this research is to allow a quantitative study of the demographic and psychiatric characteristics of patients with idiopathic hypersomnia.