The Effect of Caffeine on the Narcoleptic Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-05-07
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Caffeine may be playing a beneficial role in patients with narcolepsy. However, the relationship between caffeine and its effects on narcoleptic patients has not been examined, and it is also unclear whether caffeine provides a beneficial effect or not. Hence, the aim of this study is to assess the effects of caffeine consumption on daytime sleepiness and reaction time in narcoleptic patients.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: King Saud University
• Collaborator: King Saud Medical City
• Treatments: Adenosine; Caffeine; Caffeine citrate; Citric Acid; Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Case -group should be Narcoleptic with cataplexy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals older than 45 years or younger than 18 years old.

• Individuals complaining of any diseases or conditions that affect their dietary intake, as such : renal failure, liver failure, malabsorption problems, cardiac diseases … etc.

• Individuals having hypersensitivity to caffeine.

• Individuals with medical conditions that cause sleepiness (like hypothyroidism) and pregnant or lactating females will be excluded.