CompletedPhase 3
A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Daridorexant in Participants With Insomnia Disorder
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Nxera Pharma Korea Co., Ltd.
- Where
- South Korea17 sites in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 164 people enrolled
- Started
- 4 Dec 2024
- Ended
- 21 Oct 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Daridorexant
- Placebo
- Record updated
- 21 January 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 19 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Signed informed consent prior to any study-mandated procedure
- Male or female aged ≥ 19 years
- Insomnia disorder according to DSM-5 criteria
- The predominant complaint is dissatisfaction with sleep quantity or quality, associated with one (or more) of the following symptoms:
- Difficulty initiating sleep
- Difficulty maintaining sleep (characterized by frequent awakenings or problems returning to sleep after awakenings)
- Early-morning awakening with inability to return to sleep
- Insomnia Severity Index score ≥ 15
- Insufficient sleep quantity as collected subjectively in the sleep diary A. ≥ 30 min to fall asleep, and B. Wake time during sleep ≥ 30 min, and C. Subjective Total Sleep Time (sTST) ≤ 6.5 h
Who cannot take part
- History of and/or concurrent sleep apnea or suspected sleep apnea
- Initiation of the cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for treatment of insomnia disorder within 4 weeks prior to the Screening visit (Visit 1) or planned CBT during the study
- Positive urine drug test or presence of alcohol in exhaled breath as detected by breathalyzer test
- Documented medical history and/or comorbidity of sleep-related breathing disorder
- A history of moderate to severe hepatic impairment (eg, Child-Pugh Class B or C)
- Korean-Mini Mental State Examination-2 (K-MMSE-2) score < 25 in subjects ≥ 50 years
- Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40.0 kg/m2
- For female subjects: pregnant, lactating or childbearing potential who do not consent to true abstinence or use an effective method of contraception for required period
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The purpose of this phase 3 study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Daridorexant compared to in participants with insomnia disorder.
The 2 groups in the trial
- DaridorexantTreatment being tested
- PlaceboPlacebo, for comparison
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Randomized, Double-blind, Multi-center, Placebo-controlled, Parallel, Phase III Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ACT-541468 (Daridorexant) in Adult and Elderly Subjects With Insomnia Disorder
- Record updated
- 21 January 2026