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TerminatedNCT02583906

Sleep Disordered Breathing in Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension: Effect of CPAP Treatment

Status
Terminated
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
8 (actual)
Sponsor
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Evaluation of the effect of CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure ) treatment in PAH (pulmonary arterial hypertension) and CTEPH (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension) patients suffering from sleep disordered breathing.

Detailed description

The primary endpoint of the study is to evaluate the effect of CPAP therapy on pulmonary vascular resistance in PAH and CTEPH patients suffering from sleep disordered breathing. The secondary endpoints are the effect of CPAP on right atrium and right ventricle diameter and ejection fraction measured by echocardiography, 6 minutes walk distance, NYHA class, QOL, endothelial function, sympathetic activity and prognosis.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICECPAPTreatment with CPAP for six months in the CPAP arm.

Timeline

Start date
2014-04-01
Primary completion
2019-05-01
Completion
2019-05-01
First posted
2015-10-22
Last updated
2023-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02583906. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.