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Is daridorexant an effective treatment for short-term (under 3 months) insomnia disorder in adults?

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Miia Aro
2.6.2026

Level of evidence: B

Daridorexant probably reduces wake after sleep onset (WASO), latency of persistent sleep (LPS), and increases subjective sleep time (sTST) after one month of use with doses 25 mg and 50mg and three months use with 25 mg dose in adult patients with insomnia.

Quality of evidence was downgraded due to significant unexplained heterogeneity in some of the doses and outcomes. The results did not meet the clinically significant thresholds for NNT

Table 1. Description of the included studies
Reference Study type Population Intervention and comparison Outcomes Risk of bias [Table «Additional comments for included studies...»2Additional comments]
SR=systematic review
«Dutta S, Singhal S, Shah R, et al. Daridorexant as...»1 SR 4 RCT's with 2768 adult patients, including elderly daridorexant 10mg, 25mg, or 50mg vs. placebo or zolpidem 1. Wake After Sleep Onset (WASO)
2. Latency to Persistent Sleep (LPS)
3.Subjective Total Sleep Time (sTST)
Low
«Chalet FX, Luyet PP, Rabasa C, et al. Daridorexant...»2 RCT 930 patients, post hoc-study daridorexant 25 mg, 50mg or placebo 1.NNT (number needed to treat)
2.NNH (number needed to harm)
moderate
Table 2. Additional comments for included studies
Reference Comments
«Dutta S, Singhal S, Shah R, et al. Daridorexant as...»1 Studies were well-designed, randomized, and double-blinded. One study had incomplete reporting of outcomes. GRADE and Cochrane tools were used for quality assessment.
«Chalet FX, Luyet PP, Rabasa C, et al. Daridorexant...»2 The study recruited participants with a latency to persistent sleep (LPS) ≥20minutes, wakefulness after sleep onset (WASO) ≥30minutes, and mean total sleep time (TST) of <7hours, as measured by polysomnography recording during two consecutive nights. Overall, 930 patients were included (all randomized participants; 310 received daridorexant 25mg, 310 received daridorexant 50mg, and 310 received placebo). Mean age was 55.4years and 364 (39%) of the participants were ≥65years old. The majority of patients were female (67% among the treatment arms).

Results

Table 3. WASO, Wake after sleep onset (min)
Reference Number of studies and number of patients (I/C) Follow-up time Mean (SD) I Mean (SD) C Mean difference (95% CI)
Level of evidence: moderate
The quality of evidence is downgraded due to imprecision
I= intervention; C=comparison; CI=confidence interval
«Dutta S, Singhal S, Shah R, et al. Daridorexant as...»1 25 mg
3 RCT (679/678)
1 month -38.9 (4.2) to -18.4 (33.3) -33.8 (4.2) to -6.2 (33.4) - 9.1 (-14.56,-3.65)
25 mg
2 RCT (619/618)
3 months -24.25 (42.6) to -22.97 (35.7) -14 (42.4) to -11.1 (36) -11.19 (-15.51,-6.88)
50mg
2 RCT (371/370)
1 month -48 (4.1) to -28.98 (33) -33.8 (4.2) to -6.2 (33.4) -18.11 (-26.48,-9.73)
«Chalet FX, Luyet PP, Rabasa C, et al. Daridorexant...»2
Table 4. LPS (latency of persistent sleep)
Reference Number of studies and number of patients (I/C) Follow-up time Mean (SD) I Mean (SD) C Mean Difference (95% CI)
Level of evidence: moderate
The quality of evidence is downgraded due to imprecision in 50mg dose (I2=60%)
I= intervention; C=comparison; CI=confidence interval
«Dutta S, Singhal S, Shah R, et al. Daridorexant as...»1 25mg
3 RCTs (679/678)
1 month -37.9 (4.3) to -26.4 (37.2) -28.4 (4.3) to -19.85 (29.8) -9.21 (-10.63,-7.79)
25 mg
2 RCTs (619/618)
3 months -30.73 (29.6) to -28.9 (40.2) -23.13 (29.8) to -19.9 (40) -8.1 (-11.86, -4.34)
50 mg
2RCTs (371/370)
1 month -35.8 (4.3) to -31.2 (29.6) -28.4 (4.3) to -19.85 (29.8) -8.73 (-12.39,-5.07)
«Chalet FX, Luyet PP, Rabasa C, et al. Daridorexant...»2
Table 5. sTST (subjective total sleep time)
Reference Number of studies and number of patients (I/C) Follow-up time Mean (SD) I Mean (SD) C Mean Difference (95% CI)
Level of evidence: high
I= intervention; C=comparison; CI=confidence interval
«Dutta S, Singhal S, Shah R, et al. Daridorexant as...»1 25mg
3 RCTs (679/678)
1 month 34.2 (48.9) to 56.2 (51.5) 21.6 (48.9) to 52.7 (50.3) 13.41 (8.13, 18.69)
25 mg
2 RCTs (619/618)
3 months 47.8 (58.1) to 56.2 (56.9) 37.1 (56.6) to 37.9 (58) 14.55 (5.60, 23.49)
50 mg
2RCTs (371/370)
1 month 43.6 (48.7) to 77.4 (58.7) 21.6 (48.9) to 52.7 (50.3) 22.42 (15.27, 29.56)
«Chalet FX, Luyet PP, Rabasa C, et al. Daridorexant...»2
Table 6. Number needed to treat (NNT) WASO: ≤ -20 min, LPS ≤ -15 min
Reference Outcome and dose Follow-up time Absolute number of events I/All Absolute number of events C/All NNT (95% CI)
I= intervention; C=comparison; CI=confidence interval; WASO= wake after sleep onset; LPS= latency to persistent sleep
«Chalet FX, Luyet PP, Rabasa C, et al. Daridorexant...»2 WASO, 25mg 1 month 153/298 115/299 8 (5, 22)
WASO, 50mg 1 month 182/305 115/299 5 (4, 8)
WASO, 25 mg 3 months 167/289 122/283 8 (5, 17)
WASO, 50 mg 3 months 179/289 122/283 6 (4, 10)
LPS, 25mg 1 month 202/298 157/299 7 (5, 14)
LPS, 50mg 1 month 205/305 157/299 7 (5,15)
LPS 25mg 3 months 200/289 175/283 15 (-148 to inf to 7)
LPS 50mg 3 months 204/287 175/283 11 (6,74)

References

  1. Dutta S, Singhal S, Shah R, et al. Daridorexant as a novel pharmacotherapeutic approach in insomnia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2023;22(12):1237-1251 «PMID: 37526060»PubMed
  2. Chalet FX, Luyet PP, Rabasa C, et al. Daridorexant for patients with chronic insomnia disorder: number needed to treat, number needed to harm, and likelihood to be helped or harmed. Postgrad Med 2024;136(4):396-405 «PMID: 38814132»PubMed