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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00456573
Date of registration: 03/04/2007
Primary sponsor: University of Chicago
Public title: Cytokine Profiles in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Scientific title: Local and Systemic Cytokine Profiles in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Controls
Date of first enrolment: April 2006
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00456573
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Fuad M Baroody, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 773-702-4790
Email: fbaroody@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Fuad M Baroody, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Chicago
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- OSA documented by polysomnography and clinical symptoms.

- Patients with no symptoms of OSA and negative sleep questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Significant systemic disease except mild asthma



Age minimum: 18 Months
Age maximum: 12 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Procedure: tonsillectomy
Primary Outcome(s)
levels of cytokines released from PBMCs of OAS subjects and controls [Time Frame: just prior to surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
cytokine level comparison between PBMCs and tonsillar lymphocytes within OAS groups [Time Frame: at time of surgery]
Secondary ID(s)
002 (14437B)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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