Status:

COMPLETED

OSA in Pregnant Women With Chronic HTN

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology

Conditions:

Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

Pregnancy

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify whether pregnant women with chronic hypertension are at significantly higher risk of having undiagnosed OSA and should be routinely screened with home sleep te...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pregnant woman who are patients of:Duke Hospital, Duke Birthing Center (DBC), Duke Perinatal Durham clinic, Inpatients will be recruited from the obstetric antepartum service.
  • Gestational age 10 weeks, 0 days to 20 weeks, 6 days
  • 18 years or older
  • English speaking
  • They will be enrolled into one of two groups:-Chronic hypertension (on medication or hypertensive blood pressures documented on two clinic visits (including prior to pregnancy), -Normal blood pressure, and not on any treatment for chronic HTN and no history of chronic HTN, and matched for BMI (+/- 3 kg/m2) with the chronic HTN group
  • The two groups will be matched for body mass index to control for the effect of obesity on OSA diagnosis and HTN.
  • Subjects will be not be excluded if they have an established diagnosis of OSA that is not currently being treated.

Exclusion

  • Being treated for OSA
  • On chronic opioids
  • On alpha-blockers (which can interfere with the PAT signal)
  • Have secondary HTN
  • Unwilling to remove nail polish and/or shorten one nail (which can also interfere with the PAT signal)
  • Have a severe allergy to latex
  • Do not speak English.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 16 2017

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 30 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03230110

Start Date

June 16 2017

End Date

April 30 2019

Last Update

September 24 2019

Active Locations (2)

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Duke Hospital

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710