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Effectiveness of Auto-adjusted Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Long-term Treatment of Sleep Apnea

NCT00280800 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 208

Last updated 2017-10-30

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Summary

Hypothesis: Computer controlled continuous positive airway pressure (autoCPAP) is equally effective in improving obstructive sleep apnea syndrome symptoms, breathing disturbances, objective vigilance, and it is cost-effective compared to conventional fixed continuous positive airway pressure.

Conditions

  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

Interventions

DEVICE

constant CPAP devices

different CPAP mode

DEVICE

automatic CPAP devices

different CPAP mode

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kantonsspital Münsterlingen

    collaborator OTHER

  • Zuercher Hoehenklinik Wald

    collaborator OTHER

  • Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

    collaborator OTHER

  • Konrad E. Bloch

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Konrad E Bloch, MD · Pulmonary Division and Sleep Disorders Center, University Hospital of Zürich, Switzerland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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