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. 2023 Apr 13;46(8):zsad103. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsad103

Table 3.

Efficacy Measures of RBD Activity Per RBD Logs and Video-Polysomnography

Median [IQR]
Sodium oxybate Placebo Sodium oxybate vs. placebo
Baseline
n = 12
Final Dose
n = 10
Change (95% CI), pa Baseline
n = 12
Final Dose
n = 12
Change (95% CI), pa Difference in Changeb (95% CI) p c
RBD logs RBD
Episodes per Month
37.5 [27.5 to 48.5] 23.5 [6 to 47] −23.5 (−41.0 to −2.0), 0.03 35 [28.5 to 45.5] 25.5 [14.5 to 46] −9.0, (−21.5 to 0.0), 0.11 −14.5 (−32.0 to 11.3) 0.27
Overall Severity
Burden
89.5 [63 to 193.5] 53 [14 to 150] −46.5 (−85.0 to −19.0), 0.01 121 [78.5 to 149.5] 94.5 [45 to 138] −34.5 (−52.5 to 1.5), 0.08 −12 (−60.0 to 21.5) 0.46
Severe Episode Burden 1.5 [0.5 to 4.0] 0.5 [0 to 1] −1 (−3 to 0), 0.02 1.5 [0 to 3.5] 1.0 [0 to 2.5] 0 (−1 to 1), 0.83 −1 (−3.5 to 0.0) 0.09
Baseline
n = 10
Final dose
n = 7
Change (95% CI), pe Baseline
n = 10
Final dose
n = 9
Change (95% CI), pe Difference in Changef
(95% CI)
p g
Video-PSGd Video Total Movements 55.5 [18 to 82] 16 [0 to 50] −25 (−90 to −4), 0.03 57.5 [24 to 269] 25 [16 to 153] −24 (−61 to 11), 0.15 −1.0 (−82 to 46) 0.72
Video Movements per 10 minutes 13.2 (12.3) 7.2 (7.4) −6.2 (−15.2 to 1.7), 0.23 10.1 (8.4) 10.5 (10.0) 0.2 (−4.6 to 4.5), 0.95 −6.4 (−16.2 to 3.1) 0.22
REM sleep minutes 53.8 (20.1) 31.6 (30.1) −24.5 (−35.7 to −12.2), 0.01 107.5 (57.2) 81.2 (32.6) −32.6 (−63.4 to −0.7), 0.09 8.1 (−25.2 to 40.8) 0.67

IQR, interquartile range; PSG, polysomnography.

a P-value for within-group change, Wilcoxon Signed Rank test.

bnegative values favor sodium oxybate group.

c P-value for difference between-group comparison, Mann–Whitney U test.

dmean (SD) for normal data in both groups.

e P-value for within-group change, paired t-tests.

fNegative values favor sodium oxybate group.

g P-value for difference between-group comparison, unpaired t-test.