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Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Brain Changes in Pediatric OSA

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05368077

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Official title

Brain Changes in Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Brief summary

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly prevalent in children and is often caused by overgrowth of the child's adenoids and/or tonsils. Consequently, adenotonsillectomy (removal of the tonsils and adenoids) is the most common treatment of OSA in children, although just the tonsils or adenoids may be removed depending on the case. As well, OSA in children is often associated with cognitive dysfunction and mood issues, suggesting brain changes due to the condition. However, the link between brain changes, cognitive and moods issues, and OSA in children has not been thoroughly explored. Therefore, this study aims to examine brain changes, cognition and mood in pediatric OSA subjects compared to controls as well as before and after removal of the adenoids and/or tonsils. This study hopes to enroll 70 subjects, ages 7-12 years, 35 healthy controls and 35 subjects diagnosed with OSA and scheduled for an adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy. Control subjects will schedule one visit to UCLA and OSA subjects will schedule two. Upon the first visit, all subjects will undergo cognitive, mood and sleep questionnaires and MRI scanning. That will be the duration of the controls' participation in the study; however, OSA subjects will return 6 months later (after their adenoidectomy and/ or tonsillectomy) to repeat the same procedures. Sleep quality, mood, cognition and brain images will be compared between OSA and controls and between OSA subjects before surgery and after surgery.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT05368077
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
56 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
7 Years to 12 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
May 13, 2022
Primary completion
Jul 30, 2023
Completion
Jul 30, 2024
Last update posted
Nov 28, 2024

2022 – 2024

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
UCLA Los Angeles California 90095 —

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