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Single-center, randomized, double-blind, single-dose, 3-way crossover study to compare the effects of daridorexant and placebo on postural stability, the auditory awakening threshold, and cognitive function in the middle-of-the-night following evening administration to healthy adult and elderly subjects

Single-center, randomized, double-blind, single-dose, 3-way crossover study to compare the effects of daridorexant and placebo on postural stability, the auditory awakening threshold, and cognitive function in the middle-of-the-night following evening administration to healthy adult and elderly subjects - Study investigating the effects of daridorexant in healthy subjects

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON51304
Enrollment
36
Registered
2022-11-28
Start date
2023-01-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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Conditions

Insomnia Sleeplessness

Interventions

Daridorexant (25mg and 50 mg) and placebo

Sponsors

Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Signed informed consent in a language understandable to the subject prior to any study-mandated procedure. 2. Male and female subjects aged >= 18 years at Screening (18 subjects must be >= 65 years). 3. Woman of childbearing potential (WoCBP) who has a negative serum pregnancy test at Screening and a negative urine pregnancy test on Day 1 pre-dose. She must agree to use consistently and correctly (from Screening, during the entire study, and for at least 5-7 days after last study treatment administration) an acceptable method of contraception with a failure rate of

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Known hypersensitivity to daridorexant, or treatments of the same class, or any of its excipients. 2. History of narcolepsy. 6. Any known factor or disease (e.g., unstable medical condition, significant medical disorder, or acute illness) that might interfere with subject*s safety, study conduct, or interpretation of the results, such as: history of non-compliance with medical regimen; history of hearing impairment, psychiatric disease; or neurological disorder that may impact sleep, motor performance, or cognition, including Parkinson disease, predementia, dementia, other neurodegenerative disorder, and stroke. 16. Shift work within 2 weeks prior to Screening, or planned shift work during the study. 17. Travel across >= 3 time zones within 1 week prior to Screening, or planned travel across >= 3 time zones during the study. 18. Previous (i.e., within 2 weeks prior to first study treatment administration) and ongoing treatment with any prescribed central nervous system (CNS)-active medications, and/or diuretics that would affect nighttime rest, and/or moderate to strong cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4 inhibitors or inducers. 19. Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score = 65 years at Screening.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pharmacodynamic endpoints

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Safety and tolerability endpoints

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)