The Role of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients With Hypertension

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
• Interventions: Other: acupuncture

• Registration Number: NCT02451241
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pernambuco

Brief Summary

Recent evidences from small studies show potential benefit of acupuncture in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). These studies did not evaluate the benefit of the treatment on the cardiovascular system.

Primary end-point:

To investigate the effects of acupuncture in improving OSA severity among hypertensive patients.

Secondary end-point To investigate the effect of acupuncture in improving the quality of life and sleep assessed by the Short Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire and Pittsburgh Questionaire (PSQI); To investigate the effect of acupuncture in blood pressure and arterial stiffness

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-02
• Primary Completion: 2015-05
• Study First Submitted: 2015-05-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-05-20
• Study First Posted: 2015-05-21
• Study Completion: 2016-03
• Status Verified: 2017-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

• 5<apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)<30 e/h

Exclusion Criteria

• body mass index > 35 kg/m2
• Previous OSA treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
sham acupuncture	acupuncture	group will be submitted to placebo electroacupuncture for 20 minutes, two times a week for 5 weeks. Each session lasts about 40 min.
acupuncture	acupuncture	group will be submitted to electroacupuncture for 20 minutes, two times a week for 5 weeks. Each session lasts about 40 min.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)	5 weeks	reduction in AHI

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life	5 weeks	Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF36) scores
Sleep quality	5 weeks	Improvement in PSQI scores
Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV)	5 weeks	reduction in PWV
Blood pressure	5 weeks	ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) 24h reduction

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rodrigo Pedrosa; 🇧🇷 Recife, PE, Brazil