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DARIDOREXANT TAB,ORAL

Clinical Criteria Summary

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Exclusion Criteria

  • Narcolepsy
  • Co-administration with strong CYP3A inhibitors
  • Co-administration with moderate or strong CYP3A4 inducers
  • Active substance use disorder
  • Considered a high suicide risk
  • Untreated significant sleep-related breathing disorder-obstructive or central sleep apnea syndrome
  • Severe hepatic impairment (e.g., Child-Pugh C)
  • Receiving other drugs to treat insomnia
  • History of complex sleep behaviors

Inclusion Criteria

  • Prescribed and monitored by a VA / VA Community Care sleep specialist or locally designated expert in sleep disorders
  • Documented diagnosis of insomnia characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance
  • When available, cognitive behavioral therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) has been tried, via face to face, tele-mental health or non-VA care
  • An adequate short-term trial of 2 formulary sedative hypnotics for the treatment of sleep onset and maintenance have been tried and failed to resolve symptoms or were not tolerated

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Indication

  • • Treatment of adult patients with insomnia characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance

Dosing & Administration

  • • Available as 25 mg and 50 mg tablets
  • • Once daily administration
  • • Clinically meaningful efficacy is supported only for the 50-mg dose based on AASM consensus criteria

Contraindications

  • • Narcolepsy

Warnings & Precautions

  • • CNS-depressant effects and daytime impairment
  • • Worsening of depression/suicidal ideation
  • • Sleep paralysis, hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations, and cataplexy-like symptoms
  • • Complex sleep behaviors
  • • Patients with compromised respiratory function
  • • Need to evaluate for co-morbid diagnoses

Drug Interactions

  • • Avoid co-administration with strong CYP3A inhibitors
  • • Avoid co-administration with moderate or strong CYP3A4 inducers

Hepatic Impairment

  • • Not recommended in severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh C)

Formulary & Regulatory Status

  • • Non-Formulary (NF) with Clinical Formulary Utilization (CFU)
  • • Schedule IV controlled substance

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