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Last refreshed on: 28 April 2015
Main ID:  NCT02417584
Date of registration: 11/04/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Crete
Public title: Efficacy of PAP Therapy on Blood Pressure
Scientific title: The Role of Compliance With Positive Airway Pressure Use on Blood Pressure in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Date of first enrolment: June 2009
Target sample size: 1168
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02417584
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Greece
Contacts
Name:     Sophia E Schiza, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Crete
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- newly diagnosed OSAHS by polysomnography according to standard criteria

- no history of previous PAP therapy

- normotensive and hypertensive patients

- an above-elementary school education.

Exclusion Criteria:

- refusal to participate

- refusal of PAP therapy

- secondary hypertension

- central sleep apnea syndromes

- obesity hypoventilation syndrome

- restrictive ventilator syndromes

- history of established cardiovascular disease

- severe congestive heart failure

- a history of life-threatening arrhythmias

- severe cardiomyopathy

- significant chronic kidney disease

- long-term oxygen therapy

- family or personal history of mental illness

- drug or alcohol abuse

- severe cognitive impairment

- concurrent oncological diseases

- need for chronic use of medication that may affect BP levels

- pregnancy

- history of narcolepsy or restless leg syndrome



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Intervention(s)
Device: positive airway pressure (PAP)
Primary Outcome(s)
drop in blood pressure [Time Frame: two years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
PAPBP-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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