NCT00001664

Sleep Disorders of Patients With Diseases of the Nervous System

Training Protocol for Various Sleep Disorders in Patients With Neurological Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 83 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) · NIH
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assist training doctors about different diseases of the nervous system affecting sleep. Patients selected to participate in this study will have any of a variety of sleep disorders. They will undergo several tests including an overnight recording of brain activity, eye movement, leg movement, breathing, heart rate, and other measures. Results of these tests will be used to better understand diseases causing sleep disorders and may be used to develop better treatments for them.

Detailed description

The objective of this protocol is to provide training in a broad range of neurological sleep disorders to clinical associates who are eligible for sitting in the Board examination of the Added Qualification of Clinical Neurophysiology administered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. This protocol is to supplement small accrual of research patients who are referred from within the NIH.

Conditions

• Hypersomnia
• Narcolepsy
• Nervous System Disease
• Sleep Disorder

Timeline

• Start date: 1996-12-04
• Completion: 2011-09-07
• First posted: 1999-11-04
• Last updated: 2017-07-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States