A randomized controlled study of pergolide in patients with restless legs syndrome.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Open clinical trials indicate that low doses of pergolide, a long-acting D1 and D2 dopamine agonist, lead to a reduction in the symptoms of restless legs syndrome (RLS) with subjective improvement in sleep quality. OBJECTIVE:To assess the therapeutic efficacy of pergolide in improving sleep and subjective measures of well-being in patients with idiopathic RLS using polysomnography and clinical ratings. METHODS:In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover design we enrolled 30 patients with idiopathic RLS according to the criteria of the International RLS Study Group. All patients were free of psychoactive drugs for at least 2 weeks before the study. Patients were monitored using polysomnography, clinical ratings, and sleep diaries at baseline and at the end of a 4-week pergolide or placebo treatment period. The initial dosage of 0.05 mg pergolide was increased to the best subjective improvement paralleled by 20 mg domperidone tid. RESULTS:At a mean dosage of 0.51 mg pergolide as a single daily dose 2 hours before bedtime, there were fewer periodic leg movements per hour of time in bed (5.7 versus 54.9, p < 0.0001), and total sleep time was significantly longer (373 versus 261 minutes, p < 0.0001). Ratings of subjective sleep quality, quality of life, and severity of RLS were improved significantly without relevant adverse events. CONCLUSION:Pergolide given as a single low-to-medium bedtime dose in combination with domperidone provides a well-tolerated and effective treatment of sensorimotor symptoms and sleep disturbances in patients with primary RLS.

journal_name

Neurology

journal_title

Neurology

authors

Wetter TC,Stiasny K,Winkelmann J,Buhlinger A,Brandenburg U,Penzel T,Medori R,Rubin M,Oertel WH,Trenkwalder C

doi

10.1212/wnl.52.5.944

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-03-23 00:00:00

pages

944-50

issue

5

eissn

0028-3878

issn

1526-632X

journal_volume

52

pub_type

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