Treatment of High-altitude Sleep Disturbance: A Double-blind Comparison of Temazepam Versus Acetazolamide.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 34
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The Groningen Sleep Quality Questionnaire survey
研究概览
简要总结
More than 70% of visitors to high altitude suffer poor sleep. The present study seeks to answer the question: Which medication is associated with better sleep at high altitude: temazepam or acetazolamide? The investigators hypothesis is that one medication will be associated with higher subjective sleep scores than the other. The study will compare the sleep quality of 100 subjects as they take either temazepam or acetazolamide during a visit to high altitude.
详细描述
Difficulty sleeping is very common with acute high altitude exposure. Sleep disturbances were reported by more than 70% of participants in acute mountain sickness pharmacologic treatment trials. Difficulty sleeping is one of the primary complaints of visitors to high altitude and some authors consider difficulty sleeping to be nearly universal at high altitudes. Acetazolamide, temazepam, zolpidem and zaleplon are all effective and safe in treating the acute insomnia of high altitude. No head-to-head trials have been performed to determine the best drug class for treatment of high altitude sleep disturbances. The purpose of this study is to compare temazepam and acetazolamide in the treatment of high altitude sleep disturbances. Such knowledge will benefit the hundreds of thousands of visitors to areas of high altitude throughout the world.
The study will be a convenience sample of 100 trekkers in Manang, Nepal (elevation 11,500 feet). The study will only enroll trekkers who have gained more than 200 meters (650 feet) over the preceding 24 hours. Subject enrollment will take place from March 1, 2012, through May 30, 2012. One hundred subjects will be enrolled.
All subjects will complete the study in Manang, Nepal. Once an individual decides to enroll in the study, they will be instructed on the risks of the study and informed consent will be obtained. Eligibility to participate will be verified.
Each subject will be randomly assigned to take 125 mg of acetazolamide or 7.5 mg of temazepam by mouth immediately prior to going to bed. Each subject will only take one dose of the medication as part of the trial. Subjects will wear a pulse oximeter and an actigraph to bed. An actigraph is an accelerometer that is worn like a wrist watch. Actigraphs can sense and record movement and for this reason are often used in sleep studies to help measure sleep duration and quality.
Study participants will keep a sleep log and will be asked to complete a Groningen Sleep Quality Questionnaire Survey and Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness questionnaire. Subjects will also complete a Stanford Sleepiness Scale every hour for eight hours.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Trekkers on the Annapurna circuit
- •Must be in the process of ascent (> 200 meters over the previous 24 hours)
- •Must be willing to stay 2 nights in Manang, Nepal
- •Healthy adults, age 18-65
- •Self-report of new difficulty sleeping over the previous two days
排除标准
- •Recent (< 2 weeks) high altitude exposure (higher than 11, 500 feet or 3500 meters)
- •Current acute illness
- •Moderate to Severe Acute Mountain Sickness (Lake Louise AMS score > 4)
- •High Altitude Cerebral Edema
- •High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
- •Any pre-existing sleep disorders or sleep related condition including obstructive sleep apnea, morbid obesity (BMI > 40), restless leg syndrome, etc.
- •Any lung disease or condition affecting the lungs, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis, etc.
- •Congestive heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, or cardiomyopathy
- •Current oxygen use
- •Kidney disease
- •Liver disease
- •Pregnancy or breast feeding
- •Seizure disorder or other neurologic disorder
- •Sulfa allergy
- •Acetazolamide allergy
- •Benzodiazepine allergy
- •Temazepam allergy
- •Currently on acetazolamide
- •Currently taking any benzodiazepines
- •Current medical treatment with any of the following: antidepressants, neuroleptics, anxiolytics, H1 antihistamines, barbiturates or hypnotics (including benzodiazepines or any other sleep aids).
- •Major psychiatric diagnosis (depression, anxiety, schizophrenia)
- •Recreational drug use
- •Caffeine con¬sumption > 3 cups of coffee/day
- •Alcohol consumption > 1 drink/day
- •Mental Retardation or Developmental Disabilities
- •Inability to provide informed consent
研究组 & 干预措施
Temazepam
50 subjects are instructed to take 7.5mg temazepam by mouth prior to going to sleep for one night only.
干预措施: Temazepam (Drug)
Acetazolamide
50 subjects are instructed to take 125mg of acetazolamide by mouth prior to going to sleep one night only.
干预措施: Acetazolamide (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
The Groningen Sleep Quality Questionnaire survey
时间窗: 1 day
The Groningen Sleep Quality Questionnaire survey includes fifteen questions that describe sleep onset, sleep quality, awakenings, sleep duration, and wake up quality. Survey is completed by the subject.
Global assessment of sleep quality using a 100mm visual analog scale
时间窗: 1 day
The morning after taking the study medication, subjects will be asked: How would you rate last night's sleep quality? They will mark their answer on a 100mm visual analog scale with 0mm representing 'worst night of sleep ever' and 100mm representing 'best night of sleep ever'.
次要结局
- Time in Bed(1 day)
- Mean O2 Saturation(1 day)
- Global assessment of sleep depth(1 day)
- Terminal Wakefulness(1 day)
- Number of Awakenings to Urinate(1 day)
- Wake Time After Sleep Onset(1 day)
- Global assessment of drowsiness(1 day)
- Lake Louis Acute Mountain Sickness delta score(1 day)
- Number of desaturation events per hour(1 day)
- Number of awakenings per hour(1 day)
- Sleep Onset Latency(1 day)
- Total Sleep Duration(1 day)
- Number of Awakenings(1 day)
- Stanford Sleepiness Scale scores(1 day)
- Proportion of time in periodic breathing(1 day)
- Sleep Efficiency(1 day)
研究者
N. Stuart Harris MD MFA
Director, MGH Wilderness Medicine Fellowship; Chief, Division of Wilderness Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital