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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02273089
Date of registration: 06/10/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central
Public title: CPAP to Reduce Arterial Stiffness in Non Sleepy, Moderate to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea (STIFFSLEEP) STIFFSLEEP
Scientific title: Use of CPAP to Reduce Arterial Stiffness in Moderate to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Without Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (STIFFSLEEP)
Date of first enrolment: October 2012
Target sample size: 45
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02273089
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Portugal
Contacts
Name:     Alexandra Mineiro, MD
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Affiliation:  Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central
Name:     João Cardoso, MD
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Affiliation:  Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central
Name:     Pedro Marques-da-Silva, MD
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Affiliation:  Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central
Name:     Maria João Marques-Gomes, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, defined as apnea/hypopnea index superior
to 15

Exclusion Criteria:

- Epworth sleep scale superior to 16

- other sleep diseases

- moderate or severe lung disease

- cardiac disease other than hypertension

- cerebrovascular diseases

- other vascular diseases

- other chronic diseases except metabolic syndrome



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Vascular Stiffness
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Sleep Disorder Daytime Somnolence
Intervention(s)
Device: CPAP (ResMed S9 AutoSet)
Primary Outcome(s)
Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) [Time Frame: Change on PWV from baseline up to three months of intervention]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) [Time Frame: Change on AHI from baseline up to three months of intervention]
Nocturnal oxygenation [Time Frame: Change from baseline up to three months of intervention]
Excessive daytime sleepiness [Time Frame: Change on ESS from baseline up to three months of intervention]
Secondary ID(s)
CHLC.CI.105.2014
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Results
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