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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01349205
Date of registration: 03/05/2011
Primary sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Public title: Caffeine in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Dose Response Study
Scientific title: Caffeine in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Dose Response Study
Date of first enrolment: March 2010
Target sample size: 123
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01349205
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Mohammed Ali, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 713-500-6194
Email: Mohammed.ali@uth.tmc.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Mohammed Ali, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 7135006194
Email: mohammed.ali@uth.tmc.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   samia Khalil, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Memorial Hermann Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Children with OSA and/or increased end tidal C02 (sleep related hypoventilation,
obstructive hypoventilation or sustained alveolar hypoventilation), 2-12 years of
age, and both genders will be eligible to be part of the study. OSA and its severity
will be diagnosed by a preoperative polysomnography.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Children with compromised cardiovascular, pulmonary or renal function, those with
congenital syndromes, sickle cell disease, history of seizures and those receiving
theophylline will be excluded.



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 12 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Enlargement of Tonsil or Adenoid
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Intervention(s)
Drug: 0.9 NS Saline
Drug: Caffeine and sodium Benzoate 10 mg/kg IV
Drug: Caffeine and Sodium Benzoate 20 mg/kg IV
Primary Outcome(s)
Effects of Caffeine [Time Frame: Immediately after drug administration upto 24 hours]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Caffeine Drug Effects [Time Frame: Immediately after drug administration to 24 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
HSC-MS-09-0457
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Memorial Hermann Hospital
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