Measuring Effectiveness in Sleep Apnea Surgery
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00518128 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 20, 2007
Last Update Posted : May 22, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Procedure: Surgical OSA treatment Procedure: Positive Airway Pressure Therapy | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 60 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Measuring Effectiveness in Sleep Apnea Surgery |
Study Start Date : | July 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2011 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: 1
Surgical OSA Treatment Group: Moderate to Severe OSA patients who are unable to tolerate PAP (Positive Airway Pressure) and elect to proceed with surgical treatment (surgical cohort).
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Procedure: Surgical OSA treatment
uvulopalatopharyngoplasty +/-tonsillectomy, genioglossus advancement, and hyoid suspension
Other Name: UPPP, GA hyoid myotomy and suspension |
Active Comparator: 2
Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Comparison Group: Moderate to Severe OSA patients who tolerate PAP (Positive Airway Pressure).
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Procedure: Positive Airway Pressure Therapy
Continuous positive airway pressure for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
Other Name: CPAP |
- C-reactive protein level [ Time Frame: Before and after surgery ]
- Leptin, Homocysteine, Homeostasis model of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), Heart rate variability, Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire and Psychomotor Vigilance Task. [ Time Frame: Before and after surgery ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria (Surgical Group)
- Unable to tolerate PAP, supported by statement from sleep physician
- Multilevel airway obstruction
- Elect to proceed with surgical OSA treatment (uvulopalatopharyngoplasty +/-tonsillectomy, genioglossus advancement, and hyoid suspension)
Inclusion Criteria (Comparison Group-PAP)
- Tolerance of PAP during titration study and indication of willingness to use
- No previous treatment of PAP except during titration study
- Washout period of two weeks between PAP titration study and study assessment
- Matched to surgical group patient on age, gender, race, body mass index, and OSA disease severity (apnea-hypopnea index)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women
- Primary snoring or mild OSA (apnea-hypopnea index < 15)
- Known neurologic, cardiac, hepatic, or renal disorder
- Acute illness or infection
- Co-existing sleep disorder other than primary snoring
- Unable to fast overnight prior to blood draw

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00518128
United States, California | |
UCSF Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115 |
Principal Investigator: | Eric Kezirian, MD | University of California, San Francisco |
Responsible Party: | Eric Kezirian, Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00518128 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
RR024130 |
First Posted: | August 20, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 22, 2012 |
Last Verified: | May 2012 |
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Leptin Homocysteine C-reactive protein |
Apnea Sleep Apnea Syndromes Sleep Apnea, Obstructive Respiration Disorders Respiratory Tract Diseases |
Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic Dyssomnias Sleep Wake Disorders Nervous System Diseases |