MedTrace Logo

Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Community Acquired Pneumonia

NCT01071421 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 123

Last updated 2010-02-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The association of sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) with the infections of the lower airway has not been studied. The aspiration of secretions of the upper airway and the colonization by microorganisms is considered a main event in most of the cases of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) , and specially in the nosocomial pneumonia. The silent aspiration to the lower airway is a common phenomenon in normal subjects during the sleep and some studies has reported that the patients with SAHS present an increase of the risk to pharyngeal aspirations. In fact, the presence of nasal and bronchial inflammation in patients with SAHS is a recognized event. The patients with SAHS could have a risk increased to develop pneumonia due to predisposition to the pharyngeal microaspiration to lower airways during the sleep and other mechanical factors associated. The prevalence of SAHS in patients with CAP could be increased as regards the data published for the same Spanish population. The presence of an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) could be a risk factor not only to to CAP but to to present a unfavorable clinical evolution in comparison to patients with CAP with a normal AHI. The aim of this study will establish a relation between SAHS and the pneumonia risk.

Conditions

  • Sleep Apnea Syndrome
  • Polygraphy
  • Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • Infections

Interventions

DEVICE

abbreviated polysomnography

Both groups will be studied with in-hospital respiratory polygraphy during the sleep. The group A will be studied with another respiratory polygraphy in the home one month after the resolution of CAP. Some questionnaires to measure the sleepiness (Epworth test), FOSQ test, in-home sleepiness questionnaire and symptoms questionary will be obtained in Group A and B

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eusebi Chiner, MD · Head of Pneumology Section

  • Mónica Llombart, MD · Consultant

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01071421 on ClinicalTrials.gov