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The goal of this observational study is to investigate concussions and contact sports practices in REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD). The main questions it aims to answer are: - What is the proportion of patients with RBD that have a history of concussions or exposure to contact sports? - Is this proportion higher to that in control patients without a diagnosis of RBD? Participants will undergo an interview with a sleep medicine specialist to answer questions about history of concussions and contact sports practices. Researchers will compare an RBD group and a control group (without RBD) to see if the proportion of concussions and exposure to contact sports differ.


Clinical Trial Description

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterised by the presence of acting-out behaviours in sleep and vivid dreams, which diagnosis requires the demonstration of loss of REM atonia or an RBD episode on a video-polysomnography (v-PSG). Importantly, patients with the isolated form of RBD are at a high risk to develop Parkinson's disease or related neurodegenerative conditions, such as dementia with Lewy bodies or multiple system atrophy (synucleinopathies). Hence, RBD is a condition frequently associated to, and often preceding, a manifest neurodegenerative disorder. It is therefore extremely relevant to identify factors that may be linked to these early neuropathological processes. This will be key for a timely diagnosis of isolated RBD, especially when neuroprotective trials become available. There is also solid evidence showing that repeated concussions lead to an increased risk to develop a neurodegenerative disorder such as Parkinson's disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, all-causes of dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In epidemiological studies, self-reported head injury was more frequently present in RBD vs controls. Head injury was also proposed as a possible risk factor for probable RBD in large community-based studies, although the diagnosis of RBD was not confirmed by v-PSG in these cases. Of note, a higher frequency of professional football players was demonstrated on a recent study including a large cohort of RBD patients when compared to a control group. Moreover, in a group of deceased contact sport athletes with neuropathology diagnosing traumatic chronic encephalopathy, probable RBD was present in over 30% of the sample. We hypothesise that the presence of a history of concussions or exposure to contact sports is more frequently reported by patients with v-PSG-confirmed RBD than by sex- and age-matched controls. There is, however, a lack of further characterisation of the head-impact events and circumstances in which they have occurred. It would be relevant to know whether repeated head impacts while playing contact sports or concussions that may have not been formally diagnosed, and that may have happened in non-professional as well as in professional sport activities, may be linked with RBD. The demonstration of a higher percentage of concussions or exposure to contact sports in RBD would provide greater evidence related to neuropathological changes in the context of certain sport practices. Given the prognostic implications of a diagnosis of RBD and the established links between head injury and neurodegenerative conditions, it seems relevant to assess the characteristics of previous concussions or exposure to head-impact sports in patients with v-PSG-confirmed RBD. This will provide further evidence to help increase the awareness of RBD (hopefully leading to a more timely diagnosis of this condition), and potentially aid the development of health and government policies, including those relating to safer sport practices. As one of the major sleep disorders centres in the UK, and one of the few with expertise in sleep neurological conditions such as RBD, it is our responsibility to assess and report our experience on this matter. The primary objective of this study is to assess the frequency of self-reported history of concussions or exposure to contact sports in patients with v-PSG-confirmed RBD against a control group (without a diagnosis of RBD). Secondary objectives of this study will include investigating concussions/head impact characteristics in RBD vs control group. We will also aim to search differences in demographic and clinical variables between RBD patients with and without history of concussions/head impact. ;


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NCT number NCT06270290
Study type Observational
Source Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Laura Pérez-Carbonell, PhD
Phone 02071883430
Email laura.perezcarbonell@gstt.nhs.uk
Status Recruiting
Phase
Start date April 23, 2024
Completion date March 30, 2025

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