Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT02523248
Comparison Between UPPP and Tonsillectomy in Adult OSA
Randomized Control Study Between Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty and Tonsillectomy in Adult Sleep Apnea Patients
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 30 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The aim of this randomized control study is to evaluate the effect of tonsillectomy with or without uvulopalatoplasty in treating adults with moderate to severe sleep apnea.
Detailed description
Patients are after baseline PSG 1 included and randomized to either UPPP or TE. They are stratified according to tonsil size, those with size 2 in one group and those with 3-4 in another. They all undergo surgery within two months and thereafter PSG 2 after 6 months and PSG after 4 years. At PSG they fill in questionnaires and measurements of blood pressure.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | tonsillectomy | Tonsillectomy with cold steel |
| PROCEDURE | Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty | Tonsillectomy and uvulopalatoplasty with cold steel and single sutures of the palate and tonsillar pillars including palatopharyngeal muscle |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-11-01
- Completion
- 2022-01-01
- First posted
- 2015-08-14
- Last updated
- 2022-03-31
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Sweden
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02523248. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.