Aatif M Husain1, Shay Bujanover2, Robert Ryan3, Brian Scheckner3, Jed Black2,4, Judi Profant2. 1. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. 2. Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California. 3. Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 4. Stanford University Sleep Medicine Center, Redwood City, California.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the time course and duration of common, early-onset treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) associated with sodium oxybate (SXB) use in adults with narcolepsy. METHODS: These were post hoc analyses of two 8-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. In SXB-15, participants (n = 246) received daily placebo (n = 60) or SXB (n = 186) initiated at 4.5 g. Participants assigned to SXB 6 or 9 g were titrated in 1.5-g increments. In SXB-22, participants entering on modafinil (n = 231) received placebo (n = 56), SXB (n = 55), modafinil (n = 63), or SXB and modafinil (n = 57). SXB was initiated at 6 g for weeks 1-4 and increased to 9 g for weeks 5-8. TEAEs reported more frequently in SXB-treated participants than placebo and in ≥5% of any SXB treatment group during week 1 were examined as TEAEs of interest. RESULTS: Dizziness and nausea met criteria as TEAEs of interest in both studies; headache also met criteria as a TEAE of interest in SXB-15. Incidence of new or worsened TEAEs was highest at week 1 (SXB-15: dizziness, 7.5%; headache, 7.5%; nausea, 5.9%; SXB-22: dizziness, 5.4%; nausea, 7.1%) and decreased over time in both studies. The longest median duration was reported for dizziness: 9.0 and 17.5 days in SXB-15 and SXB-22, respectively. Dizziness caused discontinuation in 2.2% and 3.6% of participants in SXB-15 and SXB-22, respectively; nausea caused discontinuation in 2.7% and 1.8%. CONCLUSIONS: Common early-onset TEAEs associated with SXB treatment were generally of short duration and their incidence decreased over time. These TEAEs accounted for few discontinuations overall. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: Registry: ClinicalTrials.gov; Names: Safety and Efficacy of Xyrem Oral Solution (Sodium Oxybate) Compared With Placebo in Narcoleptic Patients; Trial Comparing Effects of Xyrem Taken Orally and Modafinil With Placebo in Treating Daytime Sleepiness in Narcolepsy; URLs: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00049803 and https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00066170; Identifiers: NCT00049803 and NCT00066170.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the time course and duration of common, early-onset treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) associated with sodium oxybate (SXB) use in adults with narcolepsy. METHODS: These were post hoc analyses of two 8-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. In SXB-15, participants (n = 246) received daily placebo (n = 60) or SXB (n = 186) initiated at 4.5 g. Participants assigned to SXB 6 or 9 g were titrated in 1.5-g increments. In SXB-22, participants entering on modafinil (n = 231) received placebo (n = 56), SXB (n = 55), modafinil (n = 63), or SXB and modafinil (n = 57). SXB was initiated at 6 g for weeks 1-4 and increased to 9 g for weeks 5-8. TEAEs reported more frequently in SXB-treated participants than placebo and in ≥5% of any SXB treatment group during week 1 were examined as TEAEs of interest. RESULTS: Dizziness and nausea met criteria as TEAEs of interest in both studies; headache also met criteria as a TEAE of interest in SXB-15. Incidence of new or worsened TEAEs was highest at week 1 (SXB-15: dizziness, 7.5%; headache, 7.5%; nausea, 5.9%; SXB-22: dizziness, 5.4%; nausea, 7.1%) and decreased over time in both studies. The longest median duration was reported for dizziness: 9.0 and 17.5 days in SXB-15 and SXB-22, respectively. Dizziness caused discontinuation in 2.2% and 3.6% of participants in SXB-15 and SXB-22, respectively; nausea caused discontinuation in 2.7% and 1.8%. CONCLUSIONS: Common early-onset TEAEs associated with SXB treatment were generally of short duration and their incidence decreased over time. These TEAEs accounted for few discontinuations overall. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: Registry: ClinicalTrials.gov; Names: Safety and Efficacy of Xyrem Oral Solution (Sodium Oxybate) Compared With Placebo in Narcoleptic Patients; Trial Comparing Effects of Xyrem Taken Orally and Modafinil With Placebo in Treating Daytime Sleepiness in Narcolepsy; URLs: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00049803 and https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00066170; Identifiers: NCT00049803 and NCT00066170.
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