Active clinical trials for "Narcolepsy"

The goal of the study is to assess the risk of occurrence of narcolepsy following the administration of inactivated (AS03) adjuvanted A/H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine in the province of Quebec, Canada, using different case definitions and time intervals to disease onset, while controlling for potential confounding variables such as age, gender, season and, when possible, A/H1N1 pandemic influenza infection. Another aim is to describe the epidemiology and clinical features of narcolepsy cases with onset during the period January 1st, 2009 to December 31, 2010 in the population of Quebec.

The purpose of this study is to assist training doctors about different diseases of the nervous system affecting sleep. Patients selected to participate in this study will have any of a variety of sleep disorders. They will undergo several tests including an overnight recording of brain activity, eye movement, leg movement, breathing, heart rate, and other measures. Results of these tests will be used to better understand diseases causing sleep disorders and may be used to develop better treatments for them.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether portable devices can provide measurements at home similar to those taken in the clinic, in particular in participant with NT1, and to investigate night-to-night changes in sleep patterns using these devices at home. This study may enable future at-home studies and ultimately lead to a decreased burden on the people who need these measurements.

Narcolepsy is a chronic, disabling condition characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and, in some patients, falls in muscle tone related to emotions (cataplexies). It often begins in childhood or in young adults. Symptoms of narcolepsy are responsible for an important handicap in everyday life, and are often misunderstood by the family and professional environment. In addition, many comorbidities are associated with narcolepsy, such as depression, anxiety, or obesity. Few studies have examined the impact of narcolepsy on patients' educational background, socio-professional integration, and quality of life. In particular, the factors of professional handicap related to the characteristics of the disease and the determinants of the insertion of the patients remain poorly known. As a better understanding of these determinants could help to inform patients and guide them in their choices, NARCOWORK study aims at evaluating the academic and professional trajectories of a wide population of narcoleptic patients.

The goal of this project is to examine the neurophysiology of hypersomnia during sleep and wakefulness, to identify biomarkers for excessive sleepiness in neuropsychiatric disorders, and pilot acoustical slow wave induction during sleep in patients with hypersomnolence, to determine if this decreases daytime sleepiness in these patients. The primary study hypotheses are that individuals with hypersomnolence will have reduced slow wave activity (SWA) during sleep and increased waking theta/alpha activity during wake in specific brain regions. A secondary hypothesis is that acoustical slow wave induction in hypersomnolent patients will increase SWA during sleep, reduce theta/alpha activity during wake, and improve subjective sleepiness.

Narcolepsy is a rare disease that affects 0.05% of the general population. It is characterized by a dysregulation of the sleep wake regulation that leads to uncontrolled sleep episode during day and a disorganized sleep during night. These symptoms are due to a loss of hypocretin neurons in the brain leading to an inability to maintain wake properly. The physiopathology of this rare disease still needs investigations. Since we are a reference center for this disease, we propose to use patients files to better describe and document the sleep characteristics of these children, the cognitive performances, the effects of narcolepsy treatments on sleep architecture and the metabolic status of these children.

The study is planned to provide expanded access treatment to subjects with narcolepsy who have completed the 2-week treatment phase and follow-up in study CTP2S13031H3 (NCT04072380), and in instances when the investigator as well as the subject believe that the benefits outweigh the risks to continue the treatment with SUVN-G3031.

This EAP will be open to provide access to treatment with pitolisant while a U.S. New Drug Application (NDA) is being prepared and submitted for review for marketing approval. This program will be open to adult patients in the U.S. with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) associated with narcolepsy, with or without cataplexy. Pitolisant will be made available through treating physicians participating in the program.

This study evaluates the PSG and cerebral metabolism and functions in narcolepsy with/without RBD