Treating Sleep/Wake Cycle Disturbances in Basal Ganglia Disorders With Ramelteon

Summary

The proposed study is a double-blind, placebo controlled pilot study of HD, PD, and DLB subjects with sleep disturbances. This study is designed to determine the effects of 4 weeks Ramelteon treatment on the sleep patterns of people with basal ganglia disorders such as HD, PD and DLB. The study also aims to look at the sleep patterns of caregivers of people with HD, PD and DLB.

Timeline

Start

2009-05

Primary completion

2010-03

Completion

2010-07

Publications

• Background Hurelbrink CB, Lewis SJ, Barker RA. The use of the Actiwatch-Neurologica system to objectively assess the involuntary movements and sleep-wake activity in patients with mild-moderate Huntington's disease. J Neurol. 2005 Jun;252(6):642-7. doi: 10.1007/s00415-005-0709-z. Epub 2005 Mar 7.
• Background Morton AJ, Wood NI, Hastings MH, Hurelbrink C, Barker RA, Maywood ES. Disintegration of the sleep-wake cycle and circadian timing in Huntington's disease. J Neurosci. 2005 Jan 5;25(1):157-63. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3842-04.2005.
• Background Ancoli-Israel S, Clopton P, Klauber MR, Fell R, Mason W. Use of wrist activity for monitoring sleep/wake in demented nursing-home patients. Sleep. 1997 Jan;20(1):24-7. doi: 10.1093/sleep/20.1.24.

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