Status:

COMPLETED

Group Psychotherapy in Narcolepsy Type 1

Lead Sponsor:

Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Conditions:

Narcolepsy Type 1

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The aim of this pilot study is to test the benefit of behavior therapy-oriented, method-integrated psychotherapy in an outpatient group setting in patients with narcolepsy type 1. Therefore we collect...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosed narcolepsy type 1 according to AASM, examined by an experienced sleep physician including history, clinical examination, polysomnographic examination (PSG) with a multiple sleep latency test (MSLT), possibly also including determination of HLA DQB1 \* 062 and orexin A / hypocretin 1
  • Age between 18 and 65 years
  • Signed informed consent
  • Exclusion of other clinically relevant organic sleep disorders by means of polysomnography (AHI\>10/h)

Exclusion

  • Presence of severe psychiatric comorbidity
  • Other psychotherapy during the study period
  • Change of medication used for narcolepsy therapy shortly before the start and during the study period including follow-up measurement. In this case, patients may still complete group therapy, but the data will not be included in the analysis.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05314556

Start Date

August 1 2021

End Date

December 31 2022

Last Update

February 8 2023

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Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, 9000

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