Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the efficacy and tolerability of gabapentin enacarbil in subjects with restless legs syndrome.
To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of gabapentin enacarbil (GEn) 1200 mg or 600 mg compared with placebo in subjects with moderate-to-severe primary restless legs syndrome (RLS). ⋯ GEn 1200 mg and 600 mg significantly improve RLS symptoms and sleep disturbance compared with placebo and are generally well tolerated.
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One of the most important caveats of ambulatory devices is the inability to record and stage sleep. We assessed an algorithm determining 4 different stages: wake, light sleep, deep sleep, and REM sleep using signals derived from the portable monitor Watch-PAT100 (PAT recorder). ⋯ Analysis of autonomic signals from the PAT recorder can detect sleep stages with moderate agreement to more standard techniques in normal subjects and OSA patients. This novel algorithm may provide insights on sleep and sleep architecture when applying the PAT recorder for OSA diagnosis.