Sleep Disorders

Drs Margaret Park and Russell Rosenberg share considerations for the use of solriamfetol, lower-sodium oxybate, and pitolisant in narcolepsy for various patient populations.

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DSP-0187, an orexin-2 receptor agonist, adds to Jazz’s portfolio of sleep disorder therapies, expanding it into a new medicine class. The molecule will be referred to as JZP441 by Jazz.

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Key opinion leaders in sleep medicine discuss the pitolisant studies and their experience using the drug in clinical practice.

Margaret Park, MD, and Russell Rosenberg, PhD, DABSM, provide insight on novel FDA-approved treatment options and their impact on the narcolepsy treatment landscape.

A greater number of hypothalamic wake-promoting neurons were associated with a lower percentage of time in stage 2 of non-REM sleep and REM stages.

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Pitolisant, an agent that originally received FDA-approval in 2019 to treat excessive daytime sleepiness in narcolepsy, will have efficacy and safety evaluated in a cohort of 200 patients with idiopathic hypersomnia.

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Patients who switched from a twice-nightly stable regimen of Xyrem or Xywav to once-nightly FT218 reported that they preferred the new dosing schedule, along with challenges in adherence to twice-nightly dosing.

Margaret Park, MD, leads the discussion on setting and managing patient expectations for treatment in narcolepsy.

Expert sleep specialists review the case of a 22-year-old man who is diagnosed with excessive daytime sleepiness and type 2 narcolepsy and his challenges with treatment.

Despite a low percentage of patients missing work time due to their condition, a higher percentage reported impairment while working, overall work impairment, and activity impairment.

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In a subgroup analysis, Wuling capsule was significantly better than control when used as monotherapy or as adjunctive therapy, though investigators suggest adjunctive use may be superior and more study is needed.

Rami H. Ben-Joseph, PhD, executive director, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, provided insight on the real-world CV-BOND study that evaluates the cardiovascular burden in patients with narcolepsy.