Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea as a Risk Factor for Pulmonary Embolism

Completed

Conditions studied: Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Pulmonary Embolism

In brief

we evaluate the presence of OSA in patients that have a computed tomography (CT) of the chest to rule out pulmonary embolism (PE) to determine if OSA constitutes an independent risk factor for PE.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00409045

Run by

Atlantic Health System

People needed

300

Starts

2005-11-01

Expected to finish

2007-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-11-05

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• male and female patients age 18 years and older with suspected PE

Where it is running

• Morristown Memorial Hospital — Morristown, New Jersey, United States

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