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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12614001202651
ACTRN12614001202651
Completed
N/A

Can continuous positive airway pressure treatment of patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnoea prevent sleep apnoea-related brain damage?

Dr. Carrie Innes0 sites45 target enrollmentNovember 17, 2014

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Moderate obstructive sleep apnoea (between 15 and 29 hypopnoea or apnoea events per hour during sleep).
Sponsor
Dr. Carrie Innes
Enrollment
45
Status
Completed
Last Updated
5 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
November 17, 2014
End Date
June 28, 2019
Last Updated
5 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Dr. Carrie Innes

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • All participants:
  • Be at least 18 yrs but no older than 80 yrs.
  • Normal time to bed between the hours of 0900 pm and 1200 am.
  • Normal time in bed of 7 to 9 hours.
  • Have a basic ability in English (verbal and written).
  • Participants with moderate OSA:
  • Be diagnosed with moderate OSA (15 \- 29 OSA\-related events per hour during Level 2 Sleep Study.
  • Participants without OSA:
  • Have \<10 OSA\-related events per hour during Level 2 Sleep Study.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Currently receiving or previously received OSA treatment.
  • A history of physiological, psychiatric, or neurological disorders that could affect or is affecting sleep behaviour, fatigue, cerebral perfusion or brain structure (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart disease, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension \> 150/90, migraine, myocardial infarction, stroke, previous brain surgery, stroke, traumatic brain injury, etc., but not mild depression).
  • Currently taking any medication that could impact on cerebral perfusion (e.g., ACE inhibitors, nitrates …).
  • Not willing or unable to give consent.
  • Not willing or unable to remove metal that could either be harmful to the participant during a MRI or could likely create MRI artefacts that negatively affect the quality of the scan.
  • Based on current Sleep Unit criteria, not have any reason for urgent treatment.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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