d Immobilization Test (SIT) Test for Early Detection of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Augmentation - Proof of Concept
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 68
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Periodic Leg Movement/Hour on SIT PSG
研究概览
简要总结
Some medications used to treat the restless legs syndrome (RLS) when taken for some time make the condition worse. This study seeks to find a method for early detection of this problem so that it can either be prevented or corrected.
详细描述
Long term dopaminergic treatment of RLS produces an exacerbation of RLS symptoms worse than before treatment for a significant percentage (5 - 70%) of those treated. This appears to be related to half-life, dose and duration of treatment. Shorter half-life medications appear to produce more augmentation. Once started augmentation appears to be progressive in many of the patients with the end result that the patient has much more severe RLS symptoms than before treatment. These symptoms can still be temporarily reduced by adding more dopaminergic treatment, but eventually this fails to suffice even with very high dopaminergic doses. The problem is finding a way to detect augmentation early during dopamine treatment both to determine the true rate of occurrence of this problem and to change treatment strategies before the problem becomes severe.
The suggested immobilization test creates the stimulus situation of protracted rest while lying down that provokes RLS symptoms. It provides a sensitive test for the severity of the symptom.. It should therefore provide an early detection of any exacerbation of symptoms such as that occurring with RLS augmentation.
In addition diphenhydramine also creates an exacerbation of RLS symptoms. This exacerbation would amplify the current severity of the RLS and as such could provide a tool for enhancing the degree of augmentation. Thus testing with a diphenhydramine challenge dose before the SIT test could provide an even more sensitive measure of augmentation
The investigators specifically hypothesize:
- The objective measures from the SIT test will reveal an increase in severity of RLS that occurs with RLS augmentation at the same time or before the augmentation is detected by the usual subjective clinical assessments.
- An oral dose of 25 mg of diphenhydramine taken 45 minutes before a SIT test will amplify the augmentation effects shown on the objective measures of the SIT. This will provide an enhanced detection of augmentation before or at the same time as that detected by either the SIT test alone or the clinical evaluation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Primary RLS (exclude all secondary RLS including those related to neuropathies and medications)
- •Adult and adolescents 18 years of age or older
- •One of the following 2 criteria must be met:
- •RLS treatment with either ropinirole or pramipexole or with a non-DA treatment (opioid or GABA active hypnotic), with the first dose each day taken at or before 4:30 PM. (Note this allows patients to be entered who had the usual tapered withdrawal from another medication with a concurrent gradual start of the DA agonist or opioid over a period of up to 12 months. In all such cases the initial evaluations must occur at least 6 weeks after discontinuing any prior drug treatment.) OR
- •Off all RLS medication treatments for at least 6 weeks AND planning on starting DA agonist or a non-DA treatment (opioid or GABA active hypnotic) as the only RLS medication treatment.
排除标准
- •Pregnant or lactating.
- •Inadequate birth control if female and able to become pregnant.
- •History of allergic reaction to diphenhydramine.
- •History of major psychiatric or chronic neurological disorder that would affect RLS treatment or judgment. These include but are not limited to bipolar depression, major affective disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and all neurodegenerative diseases.
- •History of another major sleep disorder other than RLS and insomnia: narcolepsy, significant sleep-disordered breathing (DBR>15/hr), and circadian rhythm disorder.
- •History of use of dopamine antagonist within the last year for any reason other than treating nausea.
- •History of use of tramadol within the last 3 months.
- •Unable to give informed consent.
结局指标
主要结局
Periodic Leg Movement/Hour on SIT PSG
时间窗: 0 months/Baseline
First SIT used as a baseline, 1 or 2 days depending on participant's past experience with the test.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Richard Allen
Research Associate, Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University