Purpose: Arousals may contribute to the pathogenesis of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and central sleep apnea (CSA). We aimed to determine the effect of the nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic zolpidem on the frequency of respiratory-related arousals and central apnea in patients with moderate-to-severe SDB. We hypothesized that zolpidem decreases the severity of SDB by decreasing the frequency of respiratory-related arousals.
Methods: Patients with apnea-hypopnea index ≥ 15 events/hour and central apnea-hypopnea index ≥ 5 events/hour underwent a sleep study on zolpidem 5 mg and a sleep study with no medication in a randomized order. The respiratory arousal index was compared between the two studies using a randomized crossover design. Sleep, respiratory, and physiologic parameters, including the CO reserve and the respiratory arousal threshold, were also compared.
Results: Eleven participants completed the study. Compared to no treatment, zolpidem reduced the respiratory arousal index (39.7 ± 7.7 vs. 23.3 ± 4.4 events/h, P = 0.031). Zolpidem also lowered the total apnea-hypopnea index (55.6 ± 8.5 vs. 41.3 ± 7.5 events/hour, P = 0.033) but did not affect other clinical and physiologic parameters. Compared to control, zolpidem did not widen CO reserve (- 0.44 ± 1.47 vs. - 0.63 ± 0.86 mmHg, P = 0.81). The respiratory arousal threshold did not show a significant change on zolpidem compared to control (- 8.72 ± 2.1 vs. - 8.25 ± 2.81 cmHO, P = 0.41).
Conclusion: Nocturnal arousals and overall SDB severity were reduced with a single dose of zolpidem in patients with moderate-to-severe sleep-disordered breathing with increased susceptibility for central apnea. Zolpidem did not widen the CO reserve or increase the arousal threshold.
Trial Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov. Sleep and Breathing in the General Population - Chemical Stimuli (NCT04720547).
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