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. 2016 Mar 15;19(8):pyw022. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyw022

Table 3.

Summary of Exploratory Efficacy Endpoints (Full Analysis Set)a

PSG endpoints a Night 1 Week 4
2.5 mg 5 mg 10 mg 20 mg 2.5 mg 5 mg 10 mg 20 mg
TST, min 40.4 (25.4, 55.3)b 48.1 (33.1, 63.1)b 53.1 (38.3, 67.9)b 64.2 (49.4, 78.9)b 23.4 (9.9, 37.0)b 19.9 (6.4, 33.5)c 45.6 (32.1, 59.2)b 42.2 (28.6. 55.9)b
NAW 0.1 (-1.4, 1.6) -1.2 (-2.8, 0.3) -0.6 (-2.0, 0.9) -3.0 (-4.4, -1.5)b 1.3 (-0.2, 2.7) -0.5 (-2.0, 0.9) -0.5 (-1.9, 0.9) 0.4 (-1.1, 1.8)
Sleep architecture
 Stage 1, min 1.9 (-1.8, 5.6) 2.7 (-1.0, 6.5) 7.1 (3.4, 10.8)b 1.8 (-1.9, 5.4) 7.3 (3.3, 11.2)b -0.2 (-4.1, 3.7) 3.6 (-0.3, 7.6) 3.1 (-0.8, 7.1)
 Stage 1, % -0.8 (-1.8, 0.3) -0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) 0.0 (-1.0, 1.0) -1.6 (-2.6, -0.6)c 0.9 (-0.3, 2.0) -0.5 (-1.7, 0.6) -0.8 (-1.9, 0.3) -0.3 (-1.4, 0.8)
 Stage 2, min 15.8 (5.1, 26.5)c 15.5 (4.8, 26.3)c 20.0 (9.4, 30.6)b 34.3 (23.7, 44.9)b 13.8 (3.1, 24.5)d 7.4 (-3.3, 18.0) 24.0 (13.3, 34.8)b 23.5 (12.8, 34.3)b
 Stage 2, % -2.0 (-3.7, -0.2)d -3.3 (-5.1, -1.6)b -3.2 (-4.9, -1.5)b -1.2 (-2.9, 0.6) -0.2 (-1.9, 1.6) -1.1 (-2.8, 0.7) -0.8 (-2.6, 0.9) -0.1 (-1.8, 1.7)
 SWS, min 3.8 (-2.5, 10.1) 11.1 (4.8, 17.3)b 4.4 (-1.7, 10.5) 7.8 (1.5, 14.2)d 0.8 (-5.5, 7.1) 1.4 (-4.9, 7.7) 2.5 (-3.8, 8.9) 3.5 (-3.2, 10.1)
 SWS, % -0.5 (-2.0, 1.1) 1.3 (-0.3, 2.8) -0.2 (-1.7, 1.3) 0.0 (-1.5, 1.6) -0.5 (-2.0, 1.1) -0.2 (-1.7, 1.4) -0.7 (-2.2, 0.9) -0.4 (-2.1, 1.2)
 REM, min 19.1 (11.7, 26.5)b 18.6 (11.2, 26.0) b 22.3 (15.0, 29.6)b 21.6 (14.4, 28.9)b 0.8 (-5.5, 7.2) 11.3 (4.9, 17.7)b 16.3 (10.0, 22.7)b 11.3 (4.9, 17.7)b
 REM, % 3.3 (1.7, 4.8)b 2.5 (1.0, 4.1)b 3.1 (1.6, 4.6)b 2.6 (1.1, 4.1)b -0.8 (-2.2, 0.6) 1.5 (0.1, 2.9)d 2.1 (0.7, 3.5)c 0.6 (-0.8, 2.0)
 Latency to REM, min -14.0 (-28.4, 0.5) -26.1 (-40.6, -11.5)b -25.4 (-39.7, -11.1)b -31.7 (-46.0, -17.5)b -5.5 (-18.3, 7.3) -10.6 (-23.4, 2.3) -11.8 (-24.6, 1.0) -25.6 (-38.4, -12.8)b
Patient-reported endpoints a Week 1 Week 4
2.5 mg 5 mg 10 mg 20 mg 2.5 mg 5 mg 10 mg 20 mg
Subjective sleep
 sTST, min 5.3 (-6.1, 16.7) 19.2 (7.6, 30.7)c 20.1 (8.7, 31.5)b 30.1 (19.1, 41.2)b 14.1 (3.3, 25.0)d 25.7 (14.7, 36.7)b 30.7 (19.8, 41.6)b 38.0 (27.4, 48.6)b
 sTSO, min -8.0 (-15.4, -0.6)d -12.0 (-19.5, -4.5)c -17.6 (-25.0, -10.2)b -16.9 (-24.1, -9.7)b -9.4 (-16.0, -2.7)c -14.0 (-20.8, -7.3)b -17.1 (-23.8, -10.5)b -18.2 (-24.7, -11.7)b
 sQual, 4-point scalee 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.1 (0.0, 0.3)d 0.2 (0.1, 0.4)b 0.2 (0.1, 0.3)b 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4)b 0.3 (0.2, 0.4)b 0.3 (0.2, 0.4)b
 sFresh, 5-point scalef 0.1 (-0.1, 0.2) 0.2 (0.0, 0.3)d 0.2 (0.0, 0.4)d 0.2 (0.0, 0.3)d 0.1 (0.0, 0.3) 0.2 (0.0, 0.4)d 0.3 (0.1, 0.4)c 0.3 (0.1, 0.4)c
ISI
 Total score - - - - -1.5 (-2.6, -0.4)c -2.3 (-3.3, -1.2)b -3.0 (-4.1, -2.0)b -3.4 (-4.4, -2.3)b
SDS
 Total score - - - - -1.1 (-2.5, 0.2) -1.4 (-2.7, -0.1)d -1.8 (-3.1, -0.4)c -1.8 (-3.1, -0.5)c
 Work - - - - -0.2 (-0.7, 0.3) -0.5 (-1.0, 0.0)d -0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) -0.6 (-1.1, -0.1)d
 Social - - - - -0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) -0.3 (-0.8, 0.1) -0.6 (-1.0, -0.1)d -0.6 (-1.1, -0.1)d
 Family - - - - -0.1 (-0.6, 0.4) -0.6 (-1.1, -0.1)d -0.7 (-1.2, -0.2)c -0.5 (-1.0, 0.0)d

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ISI, Insomnia Severity Index; NAW, number of awakenings after onset of persistent sleep; REM, rapid eye movement; SDS, Sheehan Disability Scale; sFresh, patient-reported freshness of sleep; sQual, patient-reported quality of sleep; sTSO, subjective time to sleep onset; sTST, subjective total sleep time; SWS, slow-wave sleep (stage 3 and 4); TSO, time to sleep onset; TST, total sleep time; VAS, visual analog scale.

aData presented are difference (95% CI) between filorexant and placebo in least-squares mean changes from baseline.

b P≤.001.

c P≤.01.

d P≤.05 vs placebo.

eResponse options were: 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=excellent, in response to the question, “How would you describe the quality of your sleep last night?”

fResponse options were: 0=not at all, 1=a little, 2=moderately, 3=quite a bit, 4=extremely, in response to the question, “How refreshed do you feel this morning?”