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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00936286
Date of registration: 07/07/2009
Primary sponsor: Idiag AG
Public title: Respiratory Muscle Training in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) Patients
Scientific title: The Impact of Respiratory Muscle Training on the Therapy of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) Patients
Date of first enrolment: January 2009
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00936286
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:   Winfried J. Randerath, Prof. Dr.
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Affiliation:  Wissenschaftliches Institut Bethanien e.V
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Mild to intermediate sleep apnea syndrome with AHI of 10 - 30/h and clinical symptoms

- Refusal of a primary nCPAP therapy

- Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) score = 9

- Signed informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

- Therapy with pharmaceuticals which can influence the musculature

- Psychiatric disease which negatively influences compliance

- Acute and chronic diseases of the lung and/or the respiratory passages

- BMI = 35 kg/m²



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Device: SpiroTiger
Primary Outcome(s)
Apnea-hypopnea index, Snoring [Time Frame: 5 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Clinical symptoms according to self-assessment questionnaire (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) [Time Frame: 5 weeks]
Lung function test parameters (VC, FEV1, MVV, etc.) [Time Frame: 5 weeks]
Nocturnal partial pressure of oxygen and/or carbon dioxide in the blood (during PSG) [Time Frame: 5 weeks]
Polysomnography (PSG) with sleep stages, total arousal count and respiratory arousal count [Time Frame: 5 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
WI_SpiroTiger_87/2008
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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