Effects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment by Fixed CPAP and by Auto-CPAP (Somnosmart2)

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

17

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2009

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2010

Conditions
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Interventions
DEVICE

Automatic (variable, automatically controlled) pressure CPAP

"CPAP at a variable level according to instantaneous patients' needs for treatment of sleep respiratory disorders, as evaluated by machine's software.~Home nocturnal usage. Two-month treatment."

DEVICE

fixed continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)

"CPAP at a constant level, whose efficacy on respiratory disorders has been determined by nocturnal titration.~Home nocturnal usage. Two-month treatment."

Trial Locations (1)

90146

National Research Council - Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (CNR - IBIM), Palermo

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Weinmann Geräte für Medizin GmbH + Co. KG

INDUSTRY

lead

"Fondazione C.N.R./Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy"

OTHER_GOV

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