Status:

COMPLETED

Effectiveness of Auto-adjusted Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Long-term Treatment of Sleep Apnea

Lead Sponsor:

Konrad E. Bloch

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Zurich

Kantonsspital Münsterlingen

Conditions:

Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Hypothesis: Computer controlled continuous positive airway pressure (autoCPAP) is equally effective in improving obstructive sleep apnea syndrome symptoms, breathing disturbances, objective vigilance,...

Detailed Description

1. To investigate whether computer controlled continuous positive airway pressure (autoCPAP) improves subjective sleepiness, quality of life, objective vigilance, and nocturnal respiration to a simila...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Excessive sleepiness, and Epworth Sleepiness Score \> or = 8
  • Apnea- Hypopnea-Index (AHI) \> or = 10/hour
  • Age 18-75

Exclusion

  • Psychophysiological incapacity to perform questionnaires
  • Other sleep disorders
  • Psychiatric disease requiring treatment
  • Previous CPAP therapy
  • Previous uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
  • Chronic nasal obstruction that required treatment for more than 1 month
  • Cancer
  • COPD, with FEV1 \< 50% predicted
  • Symptomatic cardiovascular disease requiring treatment defined as congestive heart failure \> NYHA II
  • Previous stroke with neurological residuum
  • Cheyne-Stokes respiration
  • Chronic pain syndromes, fibromyalgia
  • Drug or alcohol addiction

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

208 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00280800

Start Date

January 1 2006

End Date

March 1 2014

Last Update

October 30 2017

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Pulmonary Division and Sleep Disorders Center, University Hospital of Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland, CH-8091