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Impact of Oxytocin on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Induced Changes in Sleep

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03148899

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In human volunteers intranasal administration of oxytocin significantly increases parasympathetic and decreases sympathetic cardiac control. OSA is a very prevalent disease with high cardiovascular risk factors, yet this disease remains very poorly treated. This proposal, based on the current literature and new basic science results detailed above on the role of oxytocin in cardiovascular control, will test if oxytocin administration improves adverse cardiovascular events during the recurrent nocturnal apneas in patients with OSA. This project will lay the groundwork and provide preliminary data to obtain NIH funding to test this important hypotheses more thoroughly and in larger clinical trials. This study will explore if intranasal oxytocin has any positive cardiovascular benefits in patients with sleep apnea.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03148899
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
32 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jul 26, 2016
Primary completion
Jun 6, 2020
Completion
Jun 6, 2020
Last update posted
Jan 30, 2023

2016 – 2020

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
The GW Medical Faculty Associates Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20037

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