Status:

COMPLETED

The Obesity-hypoventilation Syndrome Study of Clinical Characteristics and Predictive Factors of Response to Treatment

Lead Sponsor:

Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Collaborating Sponsors:

Spanish Respiratory Society

Conditions:

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Main objective: To describe clinical and functional characteristics of the obese hypoventilating patient; to study the relation between the obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) and the obstructive ...

Detailed Description

HYPOTHESIS: Patients with OHS may be characterized and differentiated from obese patients without associated respiratory pathology on the basis of clinical, functional and metabolic data. There is a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Obesity degree I-III (Body mass index, BMI \>30 Kg/m2)
  • Stable daytime PCO2 \>45 mmHg.
  • Age \< 75 years
  • Absence of other parenchymal, respiratory or neuromuscular diseases, diseases of the chest wall which may occur concomitantly with hypoventilation.
  • Absence of exclusion criteria.

Exclusion

  • Cognitive disorders that interfere with the administration of the clinical questionnaires.
  • Severe comorbidity.
  • FEV1/FVC ratio \< 65% in the forced spirometry.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

110 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00938977

Start Date

June 1 2003

Last Update

July 14 2009

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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 08025