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Tiagabine to Enhance Slow Wave Sleep in Patients With Sleep Apnea

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02387710

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Official title

Inducing Slow Wave Sleep to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Brief summary

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common and has major health implications but treatment options are limited. Interestingly, the severity of OSA is profoundly reduced in deep sleep (called "slow wave sleep"), potentially via an increase in the stimulus required to arouse from sleep. Here the investigators test the idea that the medication called "tiagabine" improves slow wave sleep and reduces OSA severity. The investigators will also test whether tiagabine raises the arousal threshold (more negative esophageal pressure), and whether detailed OSA "phenotyping" characteristics can predict the improvement in OSA severity with this intervention.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02387710
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
18 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 79 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 28, 2015
Primary completion
May 31, 2016
Completion
Jun 30, 2016
Last update posted
Aug 14, 2017

2015 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Sleep Disorders Research Program Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02115

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