Clinical trial NCT00792298
Conditions: Primary Insomnia
Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Start date: 2008-11-05; Completion date: 2009-12-26
Enrollment: 254 participants; Allocation: RANDOMIZED; Intervention model: CROSSOVER

Brief summary:
A cross-over, polysomnography study to test the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of different doses of suvorexant (MK-4305) in the treatment of patients with primary insomnia.

Detailed description:

Arms: arm 1: After an \~1- to 2-week single-blind placebo run-in period, participants received 10 mg suvorexant daily prior to bedtime for 4 weeks during Treatment Period 1, followed by a 1-week single-blind placebo washout period, followed by dose-matched placebo to suvorexant daily prior to bedtime during Treatment Period 2. arm 2: After an \~1- to 2-week single-blind placebo run-in period, participants received dose-matched placebo to suvorexant daily prior to bedtime for 4 weeks during Treatment Period 1, followed by a 1-week single-blind placebo washout period, followed by 10 mg suvorexant daily prior to bedtime during Treatment Period 2. arm 3: After an \~1- to 2-week single-blind placebo run-in period, participants received 20 mg suvorexant daily prior to bedtime for 4 weeks during Treatment Period 1, followed by a 1-week single-blind placebo washout period, followed by dose-matched placebo to suvorexant daily prior to bedtime during Treatment Period 2. arm 4: After an \~1- to 2-week single-blind placebo run-in period, participants received dose-matched placebo to suvorexant daily prior to bedtime for 4 weeks during Treatment Period 1, followed by a 1-week single-blind placebo washout period, followed by 20 mg suvorexant daily prior to bedtime during Treatment Period 2. arm 5: After an \~1- to 2-week single-blind placebo run-in period, participants received 40 mg suvorexant daily prior to bedtime for 4 weeks during Treatment Period 1, followed by a 1-week single-blind placebo washout period, followed by dose-matched placebo to suvorexant daily prior to bedtime during Treatment Period 2. arm 6: After an \~1- to 2-week single-blind placebo run-in period, participants received dose-matched placebo to suvorexant daily prior to bedtime for 4 weeks during Treatment Period 1, followed by a 1-week single-blind placebo washout period, followed by 40 mg suvorexant daily prior to bedtime during Treatment Period 2. arm 7: After an \~1- to 2-week single-blind placebo run-in period, participants received 80 mg suvorexant daily prior to bedtime for 4 weeks during Treatment Period 1, followed by a 1-week single-blind placebo washout period, followed by dose-matched placebo to suvorexant daily prior to bedtime during Treatment Period 2. arm 8: After an \~1- to 2-week single-blind placebo run-in period, participants received dose-matched placebo to suvorexant daily prior to bedtime for 4 weeks during Treatment Period 1, followed by a 1-week single-blind placebo washout period, followed by 80 mg suvorexant daily prior to bedtime during Treatment Period 2.
Interventions: intervention 1: Suvorexant intervention 2: Dose-matched Placebo to Suvorexant
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: oral tablet taken before bedtime intervention 2: Dose-matched placebo to suvorexant taken before bedtime (oral tablet)

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