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Objective Sleep Disturbances in Orthostatic Intolerance

Completed
Conditions
Chronic Orthostatic Intolerance
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
Interventions
Procedure: Polysomnography
Registration Number
NCT00581022
Lead Sponsor
Satish R. Raj
Brief Summary

We wish to study sleep architecture in patients with chronic orthostatic intolerance. We will test the null hypothesis that there is no difference in time during the various phases of sleep between patients and healthy control subjects.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • diagnosed with chronic orthostatic intolerance (or healthy subject)
Exclusion Criteria
  • overt cause or acute orthostatic intolerance
  • pregnancy or lactation

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1PolysomnographyPatients with Chronic Orthostatic Intolerance
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of sleep1 night
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time in individual phases of sleep1 night
sleep latency1 might

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vanderbilt Unviersity

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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