Vulnerability to alertness failure in response to sleep deprivation in people with obstructive sleep apnoea
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Obstructive Sleep ApnoeaRespiratory - Sleep apnoea
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000075583
- Lead Sponsor
- Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Alertness, Safety and Productivity
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 550
Inclusion Criteria
(a) Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea
(b) Apnoea-hypopnoea index [AHI] greater than or equal to 10 per hour
(c) Able to provide informed consent
(d) English speaking (to understand instructions for performance tests)
Exclusion Criteria
(a) Physician recommended exclusion
(b) Unable to or unwilling to consent
(c) Central sleep apnoea (central apnoea index > 5/hour)
(d) Major co-morbidities (e.g. cardiac or respiratory failure, severe or very severe (GOLD 3/4) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], uncontrolled psychiatric illness)
(e) No use of continuous positive airways pressure [CPAP] or mandibular advancement splint [MAS] treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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