title: Sleep and Quality of Life Under Prolonged Release Oxycodone/Naloxone for Severe Restless Legs Syndrome: An Analysis of Secondary Efficacy Variables of a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study with an Open-Label Extension.
abstract: The aim was to assess the effects of prolonged release oxycodone/naloxone (OXN PR) on sleep and quality of life (QoL) in patients with severe restless legs syndrome (RLS) refractory to first-line dopaminergic RLS treatment.
  
  
  
  Sleep and QoL data from a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with subsequent 40-week, open-label extension were analyzed. Instruments included the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) sleep scale, RLS-6 rating scale, and RLS-QoL questionnaire.
  
  
  
  The full analysis population included 132 OXN PR and 144 placebo patients. After 12 treatment weeks, improvements in the MOS domains 'sleep disturbance' [-18.6; 95 % confidence interval (CI) -24.4 to -12.9; p < 0.0001], 'sleep adequacy' (14.9; 95 % CI 7.9-21.9; p < 0.0001), and 'sleep quantity' (0.77 h; 95 % CI 0.43-1.11; p < 0.0001) were significantly greater under OXN PR than under placebo. OXN PR also reduced symptom severity (when falling asleep and during the night) and daytime tiredness, and increased sleep satisfaction to a significantly greater extent than placebo (all p < 0.001; RLS-6). QoL improved in both treatment arms, with a significant difference of -9.02 (95 % CI -12.85 to -5.19; p < 0.001) in the mean sum score in favor of OXN PR. All sleep and QoL aspects also improved under 40 weeks of open-label OXN PR treatment.
  
  
  
  OXN PR improved RLS symptom severity and sleep quantity and adequacy, resulting in greater sleep satisfaction, less daytime tiredness, and improved QoL. In appropriate patients, OXN PR should be considered as an alternative treatment option for severe RLS that cannot be controlled by first-line dopaminergic medications.
  
  
  
  ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01112644) and EudraCT (2009-011107-23).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043, Marburg, Germany. oertelw@med.uni-marburg.de.
authors.forename: Wolfgang H
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6469-6340
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Oertel
authors.affiliation: Neuro Center, St Gorans Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Yngve
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hallström
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Gerda M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Saletu-Zyhlarz
authors.affiliation: Mundipharma Research GmbH, Limburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hopp
authors.affiliation: Mundipharma Research GmbH, Limburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bosse
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany.|Paracelsus-Elena Hospital, Kassel, Germany.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trenkwalder
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009270:Naloxone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010098:Oxycodone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012890:Sleep / Q000187:drug effects*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004338:Drug Combinations; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009270:Naloxone; D010098:Oxycodone