Auto positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea

Auto PAP: its effectiveness in reducing the apnoea hypopnoea index in severe obstructive sleep apnoea

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000184370

Enrollment

Registered

2008-04-10

Start date

2008-03-15

Completion date

2008-11-01

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Study aims to determine whether autoPAP technology is suitable for patients requiring a high treatment pressure to treat obstructive sleep apnoea. The study found that this was very variable with some patients being well treated and others not.

Interventions

Crossover trial of AutoPAP and CPAP for a period of 4 nights with a 4 night washout

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with severe OSA and either BMI > 40kg/m2 or neck circumference> 48cm plus a need for a manually titrated CPAP pressure of >= 14cmH2O to prevent 95% of OSA

Exclusion criteria

Another sleep disorder Cardiac or respiratory failure Poor comprehension of English

Outcome results