Sleep disorder drug gets extended safety check

NCT ID NCT05458128

Summary

This study followed adults with idiopathic hypersomnia, a rare disorder causing extreme daytime sleepiness, to see how safe and effective the medication pitolisant is over the long term. All 119 participants had already completed a previous pitolisant study and continued taking the drug openly for many months. Researchers tracked side effects and whether the medication continued to help reduce sleepiness and improve daily functioning.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • ARSM Research

    Huntersville, North Carolina, 28078, United States

  • Abington Neurological Associates

    Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, 19090, United States

  • Bogan Sleep Consultants

    Columbia, South Carolina, 29201, United States

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • Central Texas Neurology Consultants, PA

    Round Rock, Texas, 78681, United States

  • Clayton Sleep Institute

    St Louis, Missouri, 63123, United States

  • Clinical Neurophysiology Services

    Sterling Heights, Michigan, 48314, United States

  • Clinical Research of Gastonia

    Gastonia, North Carolina, 28054, United States

  • Comprehensive Sleep Medicine Associates

    Sugar Land, Texas, 77478, United States

  • Duke University School of Medicine

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

  • Florida Pediatric Research Institute

    Winter Park, Florida, 32789, United States

  • FutureSearch Trials of Neurology LP

    Austin, Texas, 78731, United States

  • Great Plains Health

    North Platte, Nebraska, 69101, United States

  • Intrepid Research, LLC

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45245, United States

  • Lowcountry Lung Critical Care

    North Charleston, South Carolina, 29406, United States

  • Meris Clinical Research

    Brandon, Florida, 33511, United States

  • NeuroScience Research Center, LLC

    Canton, Ohio, 44718, United States

  • Neurology Clinic, P.C.

    Cordova, Tennessee, 38018, United States

  • Neurotrials Research Inc.

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30328, United States

  • North Star Medical Research

    Middleburg, Ohio, 44130, United States

  • NorthShore University Health System

    Glenview, Illinois, 60026, United States

  • Northwell Health

    New Hyde Park, New York, 11042, United States

  • Northwest Houston Neurology and Sleep

    Tomball, Texas, 77375, United States

  • OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center

    Peoria, Illinois, 61637, United States

  • Ohio Sleep Medicine and Neuroscience Institue

    Dublin, Ohio, 43017, United States

  • Respiratory Specialists

    Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, 19610, United States

  • Sleep Dynamics

    Neptune City, New Jersey, 07753, United States

  • Sleep Medicine Specialists of California

    San Ramon, California, 94583, United States

  • St. Francis Medical Institute

    Clearwater, Florida, 33765, United States

  • St. Luke's Sleep Medicine and Research Center

    Chesterfield, Missouri, 63017, United States

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53719, United States

  • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

    Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49008, United States

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