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Sleep Disorders of Patients With Diseases of the Nervous System

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00001664
First received: November 3, 1999
Last updated: September 8, 2011
Last verified: September 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to assist training doctors about different diseases of the nervous system affecting sleep.

Patients selected to participate in this study will have any of a variety of sleep disorders. They will undergo several tests including an overnight recording of brain activity, eye movement, leg movement, breathing, heart rate, and other measures.

Results of these tests will be used to better understand diseases causing sleep disorders and may be used to develop better treatments for them.


Condition
Hypersomnia
Narcolepsy
Nervous System Disease
Sleep Disorder

Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Training Protocol for Various Sleep Disorders in Patients With Neurological Disorders

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):

Enrollment: 83
Study Start Date: December 1996
Estimated Study Completion Date: September 2011
Detailed Description:

The objective of this protocol is to provide training in a broad range of neurological sleep disorders to clinical associates who are eligible for sitting in the Board examination of the Added Qualification of Clinical Neurophysiology administered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. This protocol is to supplement small accrual of research patients who are referred from within the NIH.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   5 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria
  • IINCLUSION CRITERIA:

Patients 5 years of age and older, with the following referring diagnoses:

Narcolepsy

Hypersomnia

REM behavior disorder

Frontal nocturnal dystonia

Restless legs syndrome

Insomnia

Parasomnia

Nocturnal epileptic seizure

Nocturnal movement disorder

Sleep-related diagnostic dilemma

Sleep apnea associated with neurological disorders

Patients who are ambulatory and who are able to comply with the study procedures.

Patients who are able to understand and sign the informed consent. (Parent or guardian for minors).

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Patients who have been diagnosed with acute and progressive neurological disorders.

Patients who are unable to comply with the study procedures and require other than standard care.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00001664

Locations
United States, Maryland
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
  More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00001664     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 970070, 97-N-0070
Study First Received: November 3, 1999
Last Updated: September 8, 2011
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Narcolepsy
Polysomnography
Multiple Sleep Latency Test
 Sleep Disorders
Hypersomnia
Periodic Leg Movements

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Narcolepsy
Nervous System Diseases
Sleep Disorders
Parasomnias
Disorders of Excessive Somnolence
 Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic
Dyssomnias
Mental Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms

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