Steroid Nasal Spray for Sleep Disordered Breathing in Childre
- Conditions
- Sleep Disordered BreathingRespiratory - Sleep apnoea
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12618000448246
- Lead Sponsor
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 276
Patients aged 3 to 12 years of age, referred to Upper Airways, Sleep, Respiratory and Ear Nose Throat (ENT) clinics at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) and Sleep and ENT clinic at Monash Medical Centre (MMC) will be screened by telephone for symptoms of SDB
•Children with a Brouillette score =/> -1 will be eligible
Children will be excluded if:
•BMI > 97th centile
•Stertor while awake and at rest
•Past Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy
•Craniofacial, neuromuscular, syndromic or defined genetic disorders
•Haemorrhagic diathesis or recurrent nosebleeds
•Use of intranasal or systemic corticosteroid within the past 6 weeks
•Active nasal infection or nasal trauma not fully healed
•Active tonsillitis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method