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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in Children With Type 1 Narcolepsy Treated With Sodium Oxybate

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of stable treatment with sodium oxybate (SO) on nocturnal REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) that severely affected children with type 1 narcolepsy (NT1). METHODS: Nineteen children and adolescents with NT1 (9 female, mean age 12.5 ±...

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Autores principales: Antelmi, Elena, Filardi, Marco, Pizza, Fabio, Vandi, Stefano, Moresco, Monica, Franceschini, Christian, Tinazzi, Michele, Ferri, Raffaele, Plazzi, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7905776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33177222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000011157
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of stable treatment with sodium oxybate (SO) on nocturnal REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) that severely affected children with type 1 narcolepsy (NT1). METHODS: Nineteen children and adolescents with NT1 (9 female, mean age 12.5 ± 2.7 years, mean disease duration 3.4 ± 1.6 years) underwent neurologic investigations and video-polysomnography (v-PSG) at baseline and after 3 months of stable treatment with SO. v-PSG was independently analyzed by 2 sleep experts to rate RBD episodes. RSWA was automatically computed by means of the validated REM sleep atonia index (RAI). RESULTS: Compared to baseline, RAI significantly improved (p < 0.05) and complex movements during REM sleep were remarkably reduced after stable treatment with SO. Compared to baseline, children also reported improvement in clinical complaints and showed a different nighttime sleep-stage architecture. CONCLUSIONS: RBD and RSWA improved after treatment with SO, pointing to a direct role of the drug in modulating motor control during REM sleep. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This study offers Class IV evidence of the positive effect of SO on modulation of muscle atonia during REM sleep in children with NT1 because of the absence of a control group.