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Efficacy and Safety of Daridorexant in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Insomnia: Double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTIS
Registry ID
CTIS2025-524794-16-00
Enrollment
134
Registered
2026-05-04
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-05-04

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Conditions

Patients with major depressive episode and moderate to severe insomnia disorder

Brief summary

Improvement in insomnia severity, measured by the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) at 3 months.

Detailed description

To evaluate the efficacy of Daridorexant compared with placebo in improving insomnia as measured by overnight polysomnography at 3 months, including sleep latency, total sleep time, wake after sleep onset., To evaluate the efficacy of Daridorexant compared with placebo in improving depressive symptoms in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) at 3 months, measured by Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), MINI Suicide Module., To evaluate the safety of Daridorexant compared with placebo by monitoring worsening of depressive symptoms, emergence of suicidal ideation at baseline and at 3 months., To compare the side-effect profile of Daridorexant with placebo over the 3-month treatment period., To evaluate the efficacy of Daridorexant compared with placebo in improving quality of life, measured by the EuroQol (EQ-5D) after insomnia treatment at 3 months.

Interventions

DRUGCELLULOSE
DRUGMAGNESIUM STEARATE

Sponsors

Fundacio Institut D'Investigacio Biomedica De Bellvitge IDIBELL
Lead SponsorOTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Improvement in insomnia severity, measured by the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) at 3 months.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the efficacy of Daridorexant compared with placebo in improving insomnia as measured by overnight polysomnography at 3 months, including sleep latency, total sleep time, wake after sleep onset., To evaluate the efficacy of Daridorexant compared with placebo in improving depressive symptoms in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) at 3 months, measured by Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), MINI Suicide Module., To evaluate the safety of Daridorexant compared with placebo by monitoring worsening of depressive symptoms, emergence of suicidal ideation at baseline and at 3 months., To compare the side-effect profile of Daridorexant with placebo over the 3-month treatment period., To evaluate the efficacy of Daridorexant compared with placebo in improving quality of life, measured by the EuroQol (EQ-5D) after insomnia treatment at 3 months.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTIS · Data processed: May 5, 2026