Sleep Apnea Treatment After Stroke (SATS)

Stopped early · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Stroke

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if treating stroke patients who have obstructive sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure will improve symptoms caused by the stroke.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00282815

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

32

Starts

2004-09-01

Expected to finish

2010-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-03-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ischemic stroke within 7 days of planned polysomnography/sleep screening study
• Modified Rankin Scale score >1
• If of child-bearing potential, has a negative urine or serum pregnancy test

You may not qualify if…

• Decompensated heart failure
• Cardiac or respiratory arrest within the past 3 months
• Myocardial infarction within the past 3 months
• Severe pneumonia
• Hypertension refractory to treatment
• Any other unstable medical condition which is thought to interfere with participation
• Known preexisting OSA already on CPAP or previously failed CPAP or used CPAP
• Previous pneumothorax
• Bullous emphysema
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), obesity-hypoventilation, or another condition warranting the use of nasal bilevel positive airway pressure instead of CPAP
• Acute sinus or ear infection

Where it is running

• University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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