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Sleep and Memory in Children

Sleep-dependent Memory Consolidation in Children With Sleep Diseases

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02785328
Acronym
EnSOM
Enrollment
71
Registered
2016-05-27
Start date
2016-02-29
Completion date
2018-05-29
Last updated
2019-03-21

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Conditions

Healthy Subject, High Intellectual Potential, Narcolepsy, Sleep Apnea, Temporo-central Epilepsy

Keywords

Memory, sleep, narcolepsy, apnea, epilepsy

Brief summary

Sleep exerts a dual effect on learning: on the one hand, good sleep quality allows good daytime aptitudes leading to knowledge acquisition. On the other hand, sleep after learning is necessary for knowledge consolidation. A key role of sleep has clearly been demonstrated in memory consolidation in adults. Sleep leads to strengthen memory by promoting brain plasticity. Surprisingly, sleep influence on learning stabilization has scarcely been studied during childhood and in children affected by sleep disorders. Yet, sleep disorders concern almost 30% of children and are frequently related to a worsening in academic performances. Classical neuropsychological evaluations of these children, based on daytime learning, often fail to determine cognitive profiles explaining their academic difficulties. The investigators hypothesize that a lack of sleep-dependent consolidation could take an active part in these children's cognitive and academic difficulties. This proposal aims at characterizing interactions between sleep, learning and memory processes that have not been studied in children of elementary school age (6-12 years). The investigators will evaluate sleep-dependent memory consolidation processes in children with sleep disorders before and after treatment and healthy controls. Neuropsychological testing and academic performances will be also evaluated.. The comparison of performances obtained before and after medical treatment, will allow to understand whether normalisation of sleep quality permits the restoration of sleep-dependent memory consolidation.

Interventions

OTHERmemory evaluation at V1 and V2 (with treatment)

Overnight episodic and procedural memory consolidation performance will be assessed at V1 and V2. The performance will be correlated with sleep data, diurnal neuropsychological assessment and academic performance. The children receive drug treatment (BECTS and Narcolepsy) or surgical (OSA) as part of their routine care.

OTHERmemory evaluation at V1 (without treatment)

Overnight episodic and procedural memory consolidation performance will be assessed at V1. The performance will be correlated with sleep data, diurnal neuropsychological assessment and academic performance.

OTHERmemory evaluation at V1 and V2 (without treatment)

Overnight episodic and procedural memory consolidation performance will be assessed at V1 and V2. The performance will be correlated with sleep data, diurnal neuropsychological assessment and academic performance.

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* aged between 6 and 12 y * referred to the HFME for a suspicion of sleep apnea * narcolepsy * centro-temporal epilepsy * high intellectual potential * children without sleep disorders will be included in the healthy control group.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Memory performances6 monthsmemory test : Björn Rasch, et al. (2007)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
sleep efficiency (sleep time/time on bed)3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
sleep latency (time before sleeping after closing eyes)3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
number of awakenings3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
number of Stage 13 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
number of Stage 23 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
Slow-wave sleep (SWS) percentages3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
PS percentages3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
SWS time3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
PS latency (time between start of sleep and start of PS)3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
numbers of rapid eye movements3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
total sleep time (TST)3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
TCT/TST ratio3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
WASO (wake after sleep onset)3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
apnoea/hypopnoea index3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
O2 desaturation3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
micro-arousal index3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.
attention assessment3 months and 6 monthsNeuropsychological assessment will be standardized
short and long term memory3 months and 6 monthsNeuropsychological assessment will be standardized
executive functions3 months and 6 monthsNeuropsychological assessment will be standardized
depression and anxiety3 months and 6 monthsNeuropsychological assessment will be standardized
Intellectual Quotient3 months and 6 monthsNeuropsychological assessment will be standardized
total cycle time (TCT)3 months and 6 monthsstandard full-night polysomnographic recording following the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendation will be performed at the hospital for the children suffering from sleep diseases (Morpheus, Medatec, Belgium) or at home for the healthy subjects (Dream, Medatec, Belgium). It will include electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026