Effects of Suboptimal CPAP Therapy on Symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a highly prevalent sleep-related breathing disorder. The most effective treatment for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). CPAP therapy has been shown to significantly reduce subjective sleepiness and blood pressure in patients with symptomatic OSA. Its effectiveness tends to depend on its nightly usage and a commonly held view is that CPAP should be used for at least 4h/night. However, previous studies have estimated that a considerable proportion of CPAP users fail to achieve this. In addition, there is inadequate evidence to support this apparent threshold effect and so it is unclear whether such patients actually benefit from treatment or whether they could be withdrawn from CPAP, thus substantially reducing health care costs, or encouraged to increase their nightly usage of CPAP.

The aim of the proposed project is to study the effect of CPAP withdrawal on subjective sleepiness in OSA patients using CPAP for less than 4h/night on average. We hypothesize that two-week CPAP withdrawal in patients with 3-4h/night use will lead to a return of OSA-related symptoms. This trial will better establish the minimum level of CPAP adherence which could generally be regarded as effective in reducing OSA-related symptoms.

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT02781740
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of Zurich
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Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	April 1, 2016
Completion date	December 1, 2018

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