Hypertension, Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary objective of this study is to observe if Sibutramine is effective in improving the symptoms and signs of sleep apnea in obese patients. The secondary objectives are to document the effects of Sibutramine on heart rate variability and 24-h arterial pressure values. We hypothesized that sibutramine will improve sleep disordered breathing, cardiac autonomic function and systemic blood pressure in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Interventions
DEVICECPAP
DRUGSibutramine
The first group received sibutramine 10 mg for the first 4 weeks, at which time consideration of increasing dosage to 15 mg was re-evaluated in the case of insufficient weight loss (\< 1.8 kg) over the first month of treatment.
Sponsors
Laval University
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Eligible participants with non-treated OSA syndrome were aged between 18 to 65 years, with a body-mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2 or ≥ 27 kg/m2 in the presence of other risk factors such as controlled systemic hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia and/or visceral obesity (as defined by a waist circumference ≥ 102 cm in men and ≥ 88 cm in women).
Exclusion criteria
*
Outcome results
None listed