Benefits of Oxytocin in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Patients Using Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Machine
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Official title
Benefits of Oxytocin in OSA Patients Using CPAP
Brief summary
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This study will investigate if an intra-nasal nose spray of the drug oxytocin can decrease the amount of pressure needed from the automatic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device while sleeping decreasing some of the harmful effects of low oxygen in people with sleep apnea. This study will last 35 nights and involves spending three nights in the sleep lab at George Washington University. There are no additional costs to participants and no compensation for being involved in the study.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03860233
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 40 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
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
- Mar 3, 2019
- Primary completion
- Dec 30, 2026
- Completion
- Dec 30, 2026
- Last update posted
- May 3, 2026
2019 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Faculty Associates | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20037 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted May 3, 2026 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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