The long-term tolerability and efficacy of armodafinil in patients with excessive sleepiness associated with treated obstructive sleep apnea, shift work disorder, or narcolepsy: An open-label extension study

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 458-466

  Black, Jed E ^a,b   Hull, Steven G ^c   Tiller, Jane ^d   Yang, Ronghua ^d   Harsh, John R ^e  

^a ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Vince and Associates Clinical Research   (United States)

^d CEPHALON INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Armodafinil; Clinical study; Long term treatment; Narcolepsy; Obstructive sleep apnea; Shift work disorder; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ARMODAFINIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRIEF FATIGUE INVENTORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EVENING DOSAGE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEMORRHOID HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; INSOMNIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NARCOLEPSY; NAUSEA; OPEN STUDY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SHIFT WORK DISORDER; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAL SIGN; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 78149340459     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27935     Document Type: Article

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