Active clinical trials for "Sleep Apnea Syndromes"

This project is investigating whether both moderate-intensity physical activity and dietary weight loss will independently reduce sleep apnea symptoms and improve quality of life.

Daily physical activity is important to achieve glucose control in persons with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study is to explore if obstructive sleep apnea and its daytime symptom, excessive sleepiness, act as barriers to physical activity. We will examine if treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure results in increased physical activity in persons with type 2 diabetes.

The syndrome of obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) is a public health problem that affects 2 to 4% of the general population. The patients with OSAS frequently complain of intolerance to exercise muscle fatigue and a significant even if they have not been fully characterized in the literature. The anomalies in the exercise of patients with OSAS could be due to metabolic changes (insulin resistance and oxidative stress) and cardiovascular (impaired vascular reactivity). Our goal is both to determine whether these anomalies exist in patients with OSAS not obese, consider their relationship with the alteration of exercise capacity, and their reversibility in conventional PPC or by using the effects of physical activity regular.In this study Objectives: To establish whether the metabolic and vascular abnormalities associated with OSAS are associated with decreased parameters of physical fitness in relation to witnesses matched for age, sex and body mass index. Determine the effects of a re-training exercise on these parameters compared to the reference treatment, continuous positive pressure. Main objective: To compare the exercise capacity of OSAS patients compared with that of witnesses matched for age, sex and body mass index. Secondary objectives: To compare the effect of conventional treatment by continuous positive pressure (CPP) on cardiovascular and metabolic abnormalities of OSAS, with a therapeutic modality most original, physical activity. Methodology: Test physiopathological parallel group, controlled, randomized.

This study is being done to see if treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with a mandibular advancement device (MAD) shows an increase in the quality of life. Many patients prefer to call them mandibular advancers, jaw advancers, jaw advancement splints, jaw advancement devices, anti-snoring mouthpieces, or oral appliances for the treatment of snoring and mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea. The investigators will also see how helpful the mandibular advancement device is on insulin resistance.

The purpose of this study is to determine if obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) causes autonomic dysfunction independent of its effects on hyperglycemia.

Patients with a clinically indicated sleep study will be enrolled in this study. They will have a diagnostic and a therapeutic sleep study with continuous positive airway pressure ventilation. For both studies a pH probe will be placed nasal to measure the amount of acidic reflux during each study. Baseline levels of reflux from the diagnostic sleep study will be compared to reflux episodes while on continuous positive airway pressure ventilation.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a medical problem whose importance is increasing in recognition and awareness. OSA is associated with the development of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases (1,2). OSA has pathophysiologic characteristics that are known to negatively impact immune function. Both sleep deprivation and hypoxia, hallmarks of OSA, impair immune responses (6,8,11). In addition, patients with OSA are frequently obese and obesity may be associated with increased chance of infections and immune impairment (14,15). Adipose cells are known to secrete cytokines and hormones that are involved in the immune response such as leptin, tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6 (16-19). Thus, it seems very likely that OSA may impact antigen-specific immune responses. Although it is known that characteristics of OSA impact immune function, it is not known what effects clinical OSA has on immunity. The central hypothesis of this application is that that patients with obstructive sleep apnea will have attenuated cell-mediated and humoral immune responses to influenza vaccine compared to matched control subjects. Our hypothesis has been formulated on the basis that patients with OSA are sleep deprived and experience repeated hypoxemia that negatively impact both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses.

A small number of uncontrolled studies have shown a high prevalence of sleep apnea in patients with refractory hypertension and that CPAP treatment achieves a significant reduction of blood pressure in the short term. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of sleep apnea in patients with refractory hypertension, and the effects of continuous positive pressure treatment on systemic blood pressure and on serum markers of endothelial dysfunction and angiogenesis.

Excess weight or obesity is associated with an increased risk of health disorders: high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular risks, dyslipidemia and sleep apneas. During pregnancy in obese women, the risk of preeclampsia increases by three and the risk of fetal death in utero by five. Snoring and Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be associated with increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including maternal cardio pulmonary status, fetal heart rate and fetal acidosis-basis status by recurrent upper-airway obstruction, hypoventilation, and intermittent nocturnal hypoxia. Reports in pregnancy have identified in association with OSA and preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction and stillbirth. The prevalence of OSA among women is estimated to be 2-5%, but it remains underdiagnosed during pregnancy. In sleep apnea syndrome, a few data have shown better pregnancy and fetal outcome with the use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. the hypothesis is in obese pregnant women that there could be a significant association between sleep apnea syndrome and hypertensive disorders, preeclampsia and adverse fetal outcomes This is a prospective study of Women with a body mass index of 35 kg.m2 or greater. The aim of this study is to determinate the prevalence of sleep apnea syndrome in obese pregnant women and the benefit of CPAP on the maternal and fetal outcome.

Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) is a spectrum of conditions spanning from Simple Snoring to Severe Sleep apnea. SDB has multiple underlying mechanisms. Some portion of patients have issues with upper airway dilator muscle control; and such patients may be amenable to upper airway muscle training exercises using neuromuscular stimulation techniques. The investigators and others have published on the topic of neuromyopathy in the upper airway, defining a subgroup of OSA patients who may be amenable to training exercises. Based on this background, the investigators seek to test the hypothesis that upper airway tongue muscle training using transoral surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation may have benefits to patients with Simple Snoring.