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Assessment of Sleep Apnea and Its Causes Before and After Weight Loss Surgery

NCT01712269 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2017-03-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The central aim of this research project is to determine how the ever-growing problem of obesity in the western world contributes to the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). To complete this aim, the investigators will determine the impact of obesity on the mechanisms underlying OSA. This will be achieved by making physiological measurements of 4 physiological traits known to cause OSA as well as the patients sleep apnea severity, before and after weight-loss surgery (i.e. bariatric surgery).

Conditions

  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Weight-loss (bariatric) surgery

Subjects will undergo bariatric surgery which will assist weight loss

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Atul Malhotra, MD · Brigham & Womens Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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