Agenda EURLSSG-Meeting
Friday 12th December 2025, 9:00 - 17:00 h
Welcome and Literature Survey:
RLS publications in the last 12 months
Wolfgang Oertel, President, Germany
Epidemiology and genetics in the clinic
Chairperson:
Claudia Trenkwalder, Germany
How to assess RLS in large population studies - Expert examination versus classification from questionnaires
Klaus Berger, Germany
Genetics
Chairperson:
Klaus Berger, Germanyand Barbara Schormair, Germany
Genetic risk factors for RLS in end-stage renal disease
Noah Risse, München, Germany – Young Investigator
RLS and the autonomic system
Chairpersons:
Wolfgang Oertel, Germany and TBD
RLS as surrogate for more generalized dysautonomia
Olli Polo, Finland
Significance of central sensitization in the disease process of restless legs syndrome
Yuichi Inoue, Japan
The role of iron and dopaminergic systems in RLS
Chairperson:
Stefan Clemens, USA and Claudia Trenkwadler, Germany
Intravenous iron treatment in patients with restless legs syndrome and Revisiting ferritin thresholds in restless legs syndrome: a sub-analysis of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose treatment
Celia Garcia Malo, Spain
RLS and comorbidity in neurological and psychiatric disorders
Chairperson:
Federica Provini, Itlay and Lucia Muntean, Germany
Prevalence and predictive factors of RLS in Thai patients with Parkinson’s disease: A preliminary report
Jindapa Srikajon, Thailand
Description and preliminary data of a large population of RLS inpatients from a specialised center of Movement Disorders (Paracelsus Elena Klinik)
Isabel Karger, Germany
Depression and anxiety among people with insomnia with and without RLS
Haykuhi Hovakimyan, Armenia
RLS and PLMS in nocturnal epilepsy vs NREM parasomnia
Elza Balian, Armenia
Emerging new treatment options, pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies
Chairperson:
Yves Dauvilliers, France and Samson Khachatryan, Armenia
Managing the hyperdopaminergic state of RLS with augmentation: the "bridging" utility of a dopaminergic pathway-stabilizing drug such as aripiprazole
Celia Garcia Malo, Spain
Daridorexant treatment for chronic insomnia in RLS
Claudio Liguori, Italy
Industry partner
Daridorexant in patients with insomnia disorder and comorbid restless leg syndrome: rationale and design of a non-interventional data collection study
Orestis Briasoulis, Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Switzerland
Discussion: clinical trial concepts and design on augmentation
RLS. Hormons, Circadian Rhythm, Microbiome
Chairpersons:
TBD
Sex and gonadotropin hormones in the context of RLS
Sofia Kasradze, Georgia
Analysis of gut microbiota in RLS: searching for metagenomic signature
Angelica Montini, Spain / Italy
RLS after awakening at night: a separate phenotype yet underrecognized – a case-based concept discussion
Samson Khachatryan, Armenia
RLS Guidelines
Chairpersons:
Ambra Stefani, Austria and TBD
An update on treatment guidelines for RLS in Japan
Yukiyoshi Sumi, Austria
Patient-perspective on guidelines (input sent to EAN RLS-guideline group)
Sören Berg, Sweden
Comments on the AASM recommendations for the treatment of RLS
Lucia Muntean, Samson Khachatryan - open round discussion
RLS Young Researcher Award
Chairperson:
Joachim Paulus, Germany
German RLS Society: Ceremony and Lecture
TBD
Agenda EURLSSG-Meeting
Saturday 13th December 2025, 9:00 - 14:00 h
Welcome
Wolfgang Oertel, President, Germany
Industry Session
Chairpersons:
TBD
TOMAC (Nidra) neurostimulation therapy in patients with refractory RLS; interim results from the THRIVE post-market observational study.
Jonathan Charlesworth, Noctrix Health, Inc., USA
Restlessness, RLS, ADHD and maternal Sleep: Compromised iron homeostasis in animal models and its manifestation in the clinic
Chairpersons:
Osman Ipsiroglu, Canada and Stefan Clemens, USA
Central Iron Deficiency. Take-home Messages from Animal Studies
Stefan Clemens, USA
RLS and PLMS during pregnancy and puerperium: Data from the Life-ON Study
Silvia Riccardi, Switzerland
Mother/Child-Cohort studies in the EU. Sleep-related Outcome Measures
Marianna Karachaliou, The Netherlands
Iron Deficiency Screening beyond RLS: Take-home Messages from the clinic
Osman Ipsiroglu, Canada / Austria
Common Projects
Chairpersons:Wolfgang Oertel, Germany and Federica Provini, Italy
Data Base Augmentation
Website
Others