NCT06279247

Brief Summary

Narcolepsy (NRL) is a rare chronic central nervous system dysfunction disease, which is more common in children and adolescents, and less common in adults. Its typical clinical features include excessive daytime sleep, paroxysmal cataplexy, sleep paralysis and sleep hallucination. In addition to the above typical manifestations, patients with narcolepsy can also manifest as hyperappetite, weight gain, multiple dreams, sleep fragmentation, anxiety and depression and other emotional disorders. In particular, in narcolepsy type 1 with cataplexy, cataplexy episodes can be confused with falls caused by seizures, transient ischemic attacks or neuromuscular disorders, or even mental conversion disorders. Due to its diverse clinical symptoms, it is easy to be missed and misdiagnosed. At present, the pathogenesis of narcolepsy is still unclear, and its pathogenesis may be related to immune, genetic, environmental, infection, central nervous system degeneration and other factors. This study aims to investigate the changes of body fluid proteomics and metabolomics in patients with narcolepsy, and to provide an important basis for the pathogenesis of narcolepsy.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
60

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for all trials

Timeline
16mo left

Started Sep 2022

Longer than P75 for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress75%
Sep 2022Aug 2027

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2022

Completed
1.5 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 19, 2024

Completed
9 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 28, 2024

Completed
2.5 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

August 26, 2026

Expected
1 year until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 26, 2027

Last Updated

March 24, 2026

Status Verified

December 1, 2025

Enrollment Period

4 years

First QC Date

February 19, 2024

Last Update Submit

March 22, 2026

Conditions

Keywords

Narcolepsymetabonomicsproteomics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • To screen potential molecular markers related to the biological characteristics and prognosis of narcolepsy.

    1. omics analysis of metabolic mechanisms related to narcolepsy and screening of co-enriched pathways. To screen potential molecular markers related to the biological characteristics and prognosis of narcolepsy. 2. To study the body fluid and imaging characteristics of narcolepsy patients.

    2022.09~2024.09

Study Arms (2)

narcolepsy group

health control group

Eligibility Criteria

Age5 Years - 100 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodProbability Sample
Study Population

Patients with narcolepsy

You may qualify if:

  • All patients met the diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Third edition (ICSD-3).

You may not qualify if:

  • primary hypersomnia or hypersomnia due to shift work, sleep deprivation and other sleep rhythm disturbances;
  • excessive sleep due to drug abuse;
  • suffering from Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other nervous system diseases and mental diseases;
  • complicated with heart, lung, liver, kidney, blood endocrine system and other basic diseases, or acute chronic infection in a short period of time;
  • Use of sedatives, hypnotics, antidepressants, lithium and dopamine receptor antagonists for two weeks before examination;
  • patients who cannot cooperate with PSG and MSLT due to various factors.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Qilu Hospital of Shandong University

Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China

RECRUITING

Biospecimen

Retention: SAMPLES WITH DNA

Information of subjects' medical records (basic information, scale score, sleep data, imaging examination) (10KB/ sample), collection of body fluid (blood (3ml/ case)/urine (3ml/ case)/stool (2g/ case)/cerebrospinal fluid (3ml/ case) from narcolepsy patients) Basic information (10KB/ sample), body fluids (blood (3ml/ case)/urine (3ml/ case)/stool (2g/ case)) of healthy subjects were collected (cerebrospinal fluid was not collected from healthy subjects).

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Narcolepsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disorders of Excessive SomnolenceSleep Disorders, IntrinsicDyssomniasSleep Wake DisordersNervous System DiseasesMental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
CASE CONTROL
Time Perspective
CROSS SECTIONAL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

February 19, 2024

First Posted

February 28, 2024

Study Start

September 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Estimated)

August 26, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 26, 2027

Last Updated

March 24, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-12

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