Status:

RECRUITING

International Swiss Primary Hypersomnolence and Narcolepsy Cohort Study

Lead Sponsor:

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Collaborating Sponsors:

Klinik Barmelweid

Zentrum für Schlafmedizin Basel

Conditions:

Narcolepsy

Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Eligibility:

All Genders

10-70 years

Brief Summary

Swiss Primary Hypersomnolence and Narcolepsy Cohort Study (SPHYNCS) is a cohort study on disease presentation and long-term course with an exploratory approach to detect biomarkers.

Detailed Description

An exploratory prospective, national, multi-center cohort study on clinical, electrophysiological and biological biomarkers of disease presentation and course.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Study participants:
  • Subjective complaints of Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and/or Hypersomnia (H) as defined above
  • EDS and/or H present daily or almost daily for at least 1 month prior to the consultation
  • Ability and consent to undergo electrophysiological routine assessment
  • Ability to give informed consent
  • Healthy controls:
  • Age and gender matched healthy subjects
  • Including blood related relatives of study participants
  • Ability and consent to undergo electrophysiological routine assessment
  • Ability to give informed consent
  • Controls with Sleep disordered breathing (SDB):
  • Subjective complaints of EDS with Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) \> 10 (adults) and/or H due to SDB: Presence of clinically significant and untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as determined by the investigator with an apnea-hypopnea-index \>30/h
  • Multiple sleep-latency test (MSLT) mean sleep latency ≤ 8min
  • Subjective and objective improvement of EDS and/or H within 3 months after treatment with
  • Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy with documented
  • Reduction of apnea-hypopnea index below \<10/h
  • Reduction of ESS by ≥ 25%
  • MSLT mean Sleep Latency \> 12min
  • Ability and consent to undergo electrophysiological routine assessment
  • Ability to give informed consent

Exclusion

  • Study participants and controls:
  • SDB for study participants and healthy controls: Presence of clinically significant and untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or central sleep apnea (CSA) as determined by the investigator or documented previously; or documentation of one of the following:
  • Apnea index (AI) \> 10 if on OSA treatment or untreated; or
  • Clinically significant hypoventilation; or
  • Noncompliance with primary OSA therapy
  • except if NT1 has been diagnosed including decreased or missing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hypocretin
  • SDB for control population with SDB:
  • Central Sleep Apnea (CSA)
  • Noncompliance with primary OSA therapy and/or
  • No reported improvement of EDS and/or H within 3 months of positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment
  • The following disorders/conditions that on clinical grounds are considered to be the cause of EDS / H
  • Other sleep disorders (e.g. Restless legs syndrome (RLS) with periodic leg movement syndrome (PLMS), sleepwalking, clear-cut circadian disorder)
  • Other neurological disorders (e.g. stroke, multiple sclerosis, parkinsonism, severe traumatic brain injury)
  • (Auto-)immune and systemic disorders (such as Hashimoto Thyroiditis, Chron's Disease, ulcerous colitis, Diabetes mellitus type I, Systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Malignancy (except: Status in Remission for at least \> 10 years)
  • Instable psychiatric disorder (e.g. acute psychotic, acute suicidal, episode of major depression requiring in-hospital treatment, active substance abuse)
  • Active infectious disease at screening
  • Permanent medications / drugs
  • Chronic infectious diseases (such as Hepatitis B/C, HIV)
  • Chronic use of antibiotics
  • Recent use (\< 8 weeks) of immune-modulating drugs
  • Healthy controls additional:
  • Subjective complaints of EDS and / or H
  • ESS \> 10
  • Polysomnography (PSG) with AI \> 10/h and / or PLMS Index \> 30/h
  • MSLT mean Sleep Latency \< 12 min

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 6 2020

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

600 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04330963

Start Date

January 6 2020

End Date

June 30 2026

Last Update

April 20 2023

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Claudio L Bassetti

Bern, Switzerland, 3010