Understanding the Sleep Apnea/Insomnia Interaction

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Sleep Apnea Syndromes, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

In brief

Nearly half of all patients with obstructive sleep apnea have insomnia symptoms, and in some, but not all cases, these insomnia symptoms are caused by the obstructive sleep apnea. The purpose of this study is to find out what type of insomnia symptoms are caused by obstructive sleep apnea and therefore most likely to respond to obstructive sleep apnea treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (also known as CPAP) and if additional treatment with cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia is beneficial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01824472

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

45

Starts

2013-03-01

Expected to finish

2017-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-08-05

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Sleep Apnea
• Insomnia
• Age >18

You may not qualify if…

• Sedative/psychoactive drug use recently
• Other clinically significant sleep disorders
• Previous treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
• Requires oxygen or bilevel PAP therapy
• Clinically unstable medical condition
• Recent shift work
• Significant alcohol use
• Other clinically significant causes of insomnia
• Illicit drug use
• Prescription stimulants
• Safety restrictions
• Unable to treat sleep apnea with positive airway pressure therapy
• Communication barriers
• Cognitive impairment

Where it is running

• University of Pennsylvania Health System — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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