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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01621061
Date of registration: 13/06/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Zurich
Public title: Sleep Related Breathing Disturbances and High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension in Kyrgyz Highlanders
Scientific title: Sleep Apnea and High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension in Kyrgyz Highlanders
Date of first enrolment: June 2012
Target sample size: 125
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01621061
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Kyrgyzstan
Contacts
Name:     Konrad E Bloch, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Zurich, Switzerland
Name:     Talant Sooronbaev, MD
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Affiliation:  National Center for Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- high altitude pulmonary hypertension confirmed by clinical presentation and systolic
pulmonary artery pressure >50 mmHg measured by echocardiography at altitude of
residence.

- healthy subjects (high altitude controls)

- Both genders

- Age >16 y

- Kyrgyz ethnicity

- born, raised and currently living at >2500 m

- healthy subjects currently living at <1000 m (low altitude controls)

Exclusion criteria:

- Pulmonary hypertension from other causes, in particular from left ventricular failure
as judged clinically and by echocardiography

- excessive erythrocytosis

- other coexistent disorders that may interfere with the cardio-respiratory system and
sleep

- regular use of medication that affects control of breathing

- heavy smoking



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
Sleep Apnea
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Sleep related breathing disturbances [Time Frame: 4 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cerebral oxygen saturation [Time Frame: 4 months]
Mountain sickness [Time Frame: 4 months]
Pulmonary artery pressure [Time Frame: 4 months]
Pulmonary function [Time Frame: 4 months]
Exercise performance [Time Frame: 4 months]
Dyspnea [Time Frame: 4 months]
Generic quality of life [Time Frame: 4 months]
Disease specific quality of life [Time Frame: 4 months]
Subjective sleepiness [Time Frame: 4 months]
Vigilance [Time Frame: 4 months]
Secondary ID(s)
01-7/219
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Center for Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Ethics review
Results
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