40
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2007
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2013
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2013
Effective CPAP
Auto-titrating CPAP machines (Remstar Auto; Philips Respironics, Murrysville, PA) provided by a home care company (Bastide Medical, France). Pressure was set between 6 and 14 cm of water
Sham CPAP
Similar CPAP machine delivering a 4 cm of water pressure that was too low to suppress sleep respiratory events.
Laboratoire EFCR-Functional Cardio-Respiratory Exploration Laboratory, Grenoble
University Hospital, Grenoble
OTHER