Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) on Cognitive and Functional Performance in Stroke Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Lead Sponsor:
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
Conditions:
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
Cerebrovascular Accident
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
" Obstructive sleep apnea"(OSA) is a sleep breathing disorder. When a person with OSA tries to sleep the back of the throat closes and blocks the flow of air into lungs.When this happens, a person's s...
Detailed Description
Stroke occurs as a result of ischemic injury to neural tissue, as a result of cardiogenic or artery to artery embolism or intracranial arterial thrombosis. The traditional vascular risk factors, namel...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- completed embolic, thrombo-embolic or hemorrhagic subacute strokes admitted within 3 weeks of stroke onset to the SRU of TRI.
- all subjects must be able to follow simple commands in English based upon the Speech Language therapist's intake assessment and have competency to provide informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion
- brainstem strokes due to increased aspiration risk with CPAP.
- patients with previously diagnosed OSA or stroke.
- diseases primarily or frequently affecting the central nervous system, including dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis,Huntington's disease or Lupus.
- history of a psychotic disorder
- stroke secondary to traumatic brain injury.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00221065
Start Date
June 1 2005
End Date
October 1 2008
Last Update
February 5 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, MG52A2