Heart failure (HF) Sleep disordered breathing (SDB)
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with symptomatic chronic HF (HF diagnosis and on beta blockers over 3 months, No change in HF drugs within 2 weeks) 2) New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class is greater than or equal to II; either heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (left ventricular ejection fraction is less than or equal to 50%) or heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (history of hospitalization due to acute decompensated heart failure or plasma BNP level is greater than or equal to 100 pg/mL) 3) coexisting SDB (AHI is greater than or equal to 10 and the percentage of central AHI per total AHI is less than or equal to 70%)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Primary valvular heart disease 2) PCI or TAVI or cardiac surgery within 3 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| AHI or E/e' by echocardiogram (tissue Doppler image) or plasma BNP level at 3 months | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Juntendo University School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Respiratory Sleep Medicine