Changes in Blood Gases, Disturbance of Breath During Sleep and Cardiovascular Co-morbidity in COPD Patients
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Hypercapnia
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Pulmonary Disease focused on measuring Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Hypercapnia, Hypoxemia, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Polysomnography, Capnography, Electrocardiography, Holter
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- COPD (FEV1 < 80 % of pred. and FEV1/FVC < 0,7)
Exclusion Criteria:
- other serious disease (like lung cancer, sarcoidosis, restrictive lung disease)
- exacerbation of COPD within 3 weeks before inclusion
- coronary heart disease with unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction within 3 months of incl.
- uncontrolled hypertension
- cerebral infarction
- neurological, muscular or skeletal disease/disorder that affect abdominal- and/or thoracal movements (kyphoscoliosis, paresis, etc)
- unstable diabetes mellitus or signs of organ failure (anaemia, kidney failure, liver failure, etc)
- misuse/dependency of alcohol, sedatives, neurostimulating or narcotic drugs)
- obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome
- using CPAP/BiPAP or home respirator
- pregnancy
- if PSG shows AHI > 30, or if patient becomes acutely ill between the nights with PSG, he/she will be withdrawn from the study
Sites / Locations
- Glittreklinikken
- Glittreklinikken
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
1 supplementary oxygen
2 Zopiclone
3 Alcohol
participant receives supplementary oxygen one night, polysomnography with capnography will be compared to no treatment another night
participant receives 5 mg zopiclone one night, polysomnography with capnography will be compared to no treatment another night
participant receives 0,5 mg alcohol /kg body weight before sleep one night, polysomnography with capnography will be compared to no intervention another night