Treatment of Sleep Apnea in Patients With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

Recruiting now · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Sleep Apnea, Spinal Cord Injury

In brief

This study will investigate potential therapeutic approaches for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with chronic cervical spine injury (\>6 months post-injury).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02922894

Run by

John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

People needed

100

Starts

2017-06-09

Expected to finish

2027-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• healthy adults between the ages of 18 - 89
• chronic spinal cord injury patients (T6 and above), > 3 months since injury and not on mechanical ventilation, and have not received mechanical ventilation via tracheostomy in the past.

You may not qualify if…

• subjects ≤ 17 yrs old
• Pregnant and lactating females
• History of head trauma that resulted in neurological symptoms or loss of consciousness
• advanced heart, lung, metabolic, liver or chronic kidney disease.
• severe obstructive or restrictive respiratory defect by PFTs or history of tracheostomy
• extreme obesity defined for this protocol as BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 (to avoid the effect of morbid obesity on ventilation).

Where it is running

• John D. Dingell VA Medical Center — Detroit, Michigan, United States (enrolling)

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