NCT01699139

The Effect of Positional Device on the Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients With Ischemic Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 13 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Supine positioning was reported to increase upper airway collapsibility, apnea frequency and duration. Positional therapy, designed to minimize supine sleep, was reported to be beneficial in the general sleep apnea population. As supine sleep is very common in stroke patients, positional therapy might also have therapeutic effects. Given differences between stroke patients with sleep apnea and the general sleep apnea patient, such as rolling ability, body mass index and daytime sleepiness, positional therapy results in the general population may not be applicable to the stroke patient. The effects of positional therapy in ischemic stroke patients with OSA have not been well-investigated. We therefore performed a pilot randomized, controlled, cross-over study to test the following hypotheses: (1) positional therapy reduces the amount of nocturnal supine positioning in patients with subacute ischemic stroke, and (2) severity of sleep apnea improves, as reflected by apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), during positional therapy. The tolerability of positional therapy over a 3-month period in patients with ischemic stroke was also evaluated.

Detailed description

Phase 1: In the first phase, a randomized, controlled, two-period cross-over study design (AB/BA) was used with no washout period. After an acclimatization period (3 days), during which the compliance of the Positional Device was monitored, each patient was randomized into either Group I (sequence AB) or Group II (sequence BA). After commencement of treatment, the outcome measures were repeated on the last day of each treatment period. On the control night (B), subjects used the lumbar corset and were positioned ad lib. Phase 2: In the second phase of the study which began immediately after attainment of the first phase, subjects were randomized on a 1:1 basis, in a parallel group design, to 3 months of positional devices or sleeping ad lib. At 3 months later all subjects were interviewed face to face to determine the Barthel index and the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item depression scale. Subjects in the positional devices group were also evaluated about devices adherence using the following questions: use of the device all nights, most nights, some nights, or no nights.

Conditions

• Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
• Brain Ischemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	positional device	Avoidance of supine positioning was achieved by use of the commercially available ZZoma Positional Device, which is the FDA cleared class II positional medical device. The device is 12 x 5.5 x 4 inches in size and made of lightweight semi-rigid synthetic foam. It is contained in the nylon material with an associated Velcro belt. Zzoma is a positioner worn around the upper torso to restrict patient movement from side to supine.
DEVICE	lumbar corset	A lumbar (abdominal) binder is made of an elastic fabric with Velcro closure. Subjects wore the prefabricated lumbar corset during sleep and were positioned ad lib.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2014-07-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2012-10-03
• Last updated: 2015-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan