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Sham CPAP vs. Straight CPAP for Chronic Cough

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03172130

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Official title

Prospective Study of Efficacy of Sham CPAP vs. Straight CPAP on Cough Intensity in Patients With Chronic Cough

Brief summary

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Chronic cough is an important clinical problem in primary care and sub-specialty practice. Besides the distress experienced by patients with chronic cough, significant healthcare resources are expended to understand the role of gastroesophageal reflux, asthma and post-nasal drip in understanding their contribution to cough. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in patients with chronic cough. More importantly, treatment of OSA with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has led to improvement in cough for chronic cough patients. Mechanisms by which OSA therapy with CPAP can improve cough includes beneficial effects on reflux and airway inflammation. The aim of this study is to definitively establish that CPAP therapy for treatment of OSA in chronic cough patients improves cough. While these patients with chronic cough are not routinely screened and treated for OSA, this study aims to evaluate these chronic cough patients with screening questionnaires for OSA and if necessary with polysomnography and randomize them to either CPAP or sham CPAP for 6 weeks.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03172130
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Krishna M. Sundar
Other
Enrollment
22 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Oct 12, 2014
Primary completion
Nov 24, 2019
Completion
Nov 24, 2019
Last update posted
Jun 17, 2020

2014 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah 84132

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