Seiko Miyata, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Ippei Okada, Akihiro Fujimoto, Yuki Kogo, Daisuke Mori, Manabu Amano, Nao Matsuyama, Kazuki Nishida, Masahiko Ando, Toshiaki Taoka, Shinji Naganawa, Norio Ozaki
PURPOSE: Both subjective and objective evaluations are essential for the treatment of insomnia. Lemborexant has been shown to be effective in the long-term based solely on a subjective basis, and no long-term objective measures have been evaluated under natural sleep conditions. Small, lightweight sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) monitor was used, instead of polysomnography, to objectively evaluate sleep at home 4 and 12 weeks after lemborexant treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Adults and elderly subjects with insomnia disorder, per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, were enrolled in this open-label, single-arm, single-center trial...
2024: Nature and Science of Sleep