Cochrane · systematic review · CD010703

Eszopiclone for insomnia

Rösner, S, Englbrecht, C, Wehrle, R, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · Cochrane Library

Common Mental DisordersAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 42.9%Moderate 4 · 57.1%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Eszopiclone for insomnia

Population: Patients with insomnia
7 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Sleep onset latency Participant reports. Scale from 30 to 540 minutes; fewer minutes equalled better outcome; CFB and double‐blind average values included
no estimate extracted9 studies · 2890 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias
Wake time after sleep onset Participant reports. Scale from: 30 to 540 minutes; fewer minutes equalled better outcome; CFB and double‐blind average values included
no estimate extracted8 studies · 2295 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Rebound insomnia ‐ sleep onset latency Scale from: 0 to 540 minutes.
no estimate extracted1 study · 291 participantsLow
Rebound insomnia ‐ wake time after sleep onset Scale from: 0 to 540 minutes.
no estimate extracted1 study · 291 participantsLow
Total sleep time Participant reports. Scale from: 300 to 840; more minutes equalled better outcome; CFB and double‐blind average values included
no estimate extracted9 studies · 2935 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias
Next‐day alertness Participant reports. Scale from: 0 to 10 points; higher scores equalled better outcome; CFB and double‐blind average values included
no estimate extracted8 studies · 2061 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Serious adverse events (as defined in the primary study) Participant reports. Serious adverse events observed during double‐blind treatment period
no estimate extracted12 studies · 4289 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias