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Injection Snoreplasty and Oropharyngeal Exercises

NCT02568761 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2016-08-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A randomized single blind clinical trial, with a larger sample size than previous studies , to evaluate the effectiveness of injection snoreplasty in the treatment of patients with snoring and obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) compared to oropharyngeal exercises, a low cost therapeutic modality.

Conditions

  • Snoring
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Injection Snoreplasty

Nonsurgical treatment involving the injection of 1.5 ml of 50% ethanol (1 ml of 99.5% ethanol diluted in 1ml of 2% xylocaine) into the upper palate.

OTHER

Oropharyngeal Exercises

Myofunctional isometric and isotonic exercises of the soft palate, pharyngeal side walls, face and tongue.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Lavinsky · Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-31
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-07-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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