Kim Hyeyun, Han Hyun Jeong
Department of Neurology, Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, Korea.
Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Seonam University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
Dement Neurocogn Disord. 2016 Dec;15(4):153-158. doi: 10.12779/dnd.2016.15.4.153. Epub 2016 Dec 31.
This study was designed to evaluate the effect on sleep of rivastigmine transdermal patch in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Patients with probable AD underwent a sleep questionnaire, overnight polysomnography and neuropsychological tests before and after rivastigmine transdermal patch treatment. We analyzed the data from enrolled patients with AD.
Fourteen patients with probable AD were finally enrolled in this study. The respiratory disturbance index after the rivastigmine patch treatment was improved in patients with probable AD and sleep breathing disorder, compared with that of before treatment (<0.05).
Rivastigmine transdermal patch application are expected to improve the symptoms of sleep disordered breathing in patients with probable AD. Further placebo controlled studies are needed to confirm these results.
本研究旨在评估卡巴拉汀透皮贴剂对疑似阿尔茨海默病(AD)患者睡眠的影响。
疑似AD患者在接受卡巴拉汀透皮贴剂治疗前后进行睡眠问卷调查、夜间多导睡眠图检查和神经心理学测试。我们分析了纳入的AD患者的数据。
最终有14例疑似AD患者纳入本研究。与治疗前相比,使用卡巴拉汀贴剂治疗后,疑似AD合并睡眠呼吸障碍患者的呼吸紊乱指数有所改善(<0.05)。
卡巴拉汀透皮贴剂有望改善疑似AD患者的睡眠呼吸障碍症状。需要进一步的安慰剂对照研究来证实这些结果。