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Registration number
ACTRN12606000418572
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
23/09/2006
Date registered
27/09/2006
Date last updated
27/09/2006
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
The effect of continuous positive airway pressure in heart failure and obstructive sleep apnoea on left ventricular function
Scientific title
The effect of continuous positive airway pressure in heart failure and obstructive sleep apnoea on left ventricular function
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Heart failure / obstructive sleep apnoea 1387 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cardiovascular 1480 1480 0 0
Other cardiovascular diseases
Respiratory 1481 1481 0 0
Sleep apnoea

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Non randomised parallel study. Intervention group: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device used for treating obstructive sleep apnoea to be used each sleeping period at home. This is a standard treatment device for treating obstructive sleep apnoea. It involves sleeping with a nasal or full face mask attached to the pressure machine. The pressure is individually determined for each subject via titration. Duration for both groups 6 months.
Intervention code [1] 1374 0
Treatment: Devices
Comparator / control treatment
Control Group: usual medical treatment ie continued medication for heart failure as per primary care physician instructions.
Control group
Active

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 2052 0
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Timepoint [1] 2052 0
Measured at 6 months followup after baseline
Secondary outcome [1] 3537 0
Daytime sleepiness
Timepoint [1] 3537 0
Measured at baseline and at 6 months.
Secondary outcome [2] 3538 0
Quality of life
Timepoint [2] 3538 0
Measured at baseline and at 6 months.

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Adults with heart failure (Left ventricular ejection fraction < 45%) and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (Apnoea/hypopnoea index > 10/hr).
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
Not stated
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Renal failure, respiratory failure, pyschiatric history, alcohol dependancy.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/07/2001
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
26
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 397 0
New Zealand
State/province [1] 397 0

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 1619 0
Charities/Societies/Foundations
Name [1] 1619 0
Wellington Medical Research Foundation
Country [1] 1619 0
New Zealand
Primary sponsor type
University
Name
Otago University
Address
Country
New Zealand
Secondary sponsor category [1] 1420 0
Individual
Name [1] 1420 0
Research Administrator, Christine Groves, Wellington School of Medicine
Address [1] 1420 0
Country [1] 1420 0
New Zealand

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 3067 0
WellSleep-Wellington Ethics Committee
Ethics committee address [1] 3067 0
Ethics committee country [1] 3067 0
New Zealand
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 3067 0
Approval date [1] 3067 0
15/09/2000
Ethics approval number [1] 3067 0
00/09/107

Summary
Brief summary
The study is designed to provide evidence of whether patients with heart failure and obstructive sleep apnoea gain benefit from Continuous Positive Airway Pressure treatment not only in terms of treating Obstructive Sleep Apnoea but on heart function as well. The study hypothesis is that CPAP will have a beneficial effect on heart function as measured by an increase in left ventricular ejection fraction.
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Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 27601 0
Address 27601 0
Country 27601 0
Phone 27601 0
Fax 27601 0
Email 27601 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 10563 0
Dr Alister Neill
Address 10563 0
Wellington School of Medicine
Po Box 7343
Wellington
Country 10563 0
New Zealand
Phone 10563 0
+64 4 3855999
Fax 10563 0
Email 10563 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 1491 0
Dr Alister Neill
Address 1491 0
Wellington School of Medicine
Po Box 7343
Wellington South
Country 1491 0
New Zealand
Phone 1491 0
+64 4 3855999
Fax 1491 0
Email 1491 0
[email protected]

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