NCT01609244

Bilevel Versus Servoventilation in Complex Sleep Apnea

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Krankenhaus Kloster Grafschaft · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Randomized trial to evaluate the performance of Bilevel vs. Servoventilation in patients with complex sleep apnea during continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment.

Detailed description

Patients with primary obstructive sleep apnea, who develop complex sleep apnea after CPAP treatment of 4-6 weeks duration were randomized to either receive Bilevel of Servoventilation treatment. Parameters of sleep as well as apnea-hypopnea indices are to be compared.

Conditions

• Complex Sleep Apnea
• CPAP Induced Central Sleep Apnea

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Bilevel therapy (somnovent ST 22, Weinmann, Hamburg, Germany)	nighttime positive airway therapy for 6 weeks
DEVICE	servoventilation (Somnovent CR, Weinmann, Hamburg, Germany)	nighttime positive airway therapy for 6 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-07-01
• First posted: 2012-05-31
• Last updated: 2016-01-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany