Surgical Treatment of Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea

NCT00747890 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2011-11-01

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Summary

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most common sleep disorder. There are numerous conditions that are related to OSA, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic syndrome. If the patient with OSA have large tonsils, soft and largened uvula or flacid soft palate, one might benefit from operative treatment of OSA. The aim of our study is to find out whether an operative treatment is effective in mild OSA patients with carefully assessed anatomical predispositions. Our ultimate goal is to evaluate the effects of operative treatment in mild OSA itself and in the diseases related to OSA. We measure the cardiovasculary functions, symptoms, postoperative recovery, antropometry, laboratory tests, the quality of life, the quality of sleep and the inflammatory system in sleep apnea before and after the surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Modified tonsillectomy

* Tonsillectomy * Uvulectomy * Soft palatal resection * Lifestyle counselling by physician: General (e.g. avoidance of smoking, alcohol drinking) and nutritional education, and sleeping positional guidance

OTHER

Lifestyle counselling by physician

General (e.g. avoidance of smoking, alcohol drinking) and nutritional education, and sleeping positional guidance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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