CPAP Effect on the Polycythemia in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

NCT ID: NCT06089603

Last Updated: 2025-09-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

182 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-01

Study Completion Date

2026-09-30

Brief Summary

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Objectives: To compare the response of polycythemia in terms of hematocrit decrease in patients treated with positive airway pressure (CPAP) versus patients not treated with CPAP.

Methodology: Randomized, parallel-group, nonblinded, controlled clinical trial.

Patients diagnosed with OSA in a respiratory polygraphy (RP) and who meet all the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will undergo sleepiness and quality of life questionnaires, anthropometric measurements and blood tests and will be randomized to a CPAP treatment group or control group, maintaining this treatment for 12 months. A visit will be made at 12 weeks ,24 weeks and 52 weeks to check compliance with CPAP in the treatment group and to carry out questionnaires on physical activity and quality of life, anthropometric measurements, blood tests including hemoglobin and hematocrit as well as parameters related to coagulation and platelet function and changes in medication as well as adverse effects.

Efficacy variables: blood count, hemoglobin, haematocrit, erythropoietin, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelets, coagulation, erythrocyte range of distribution (ADE), glucose, creatinine, glomerular filtration rate, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT), Total bilirubin, hypoxic burden, Epworth score, EuroQol- 5D questionnaire.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Sleep Apnea, Obstructive Polycythemia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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CPAP treatment

Diet and conventional pharmacological treatment plus continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Continuous positive airway pressure

Intervention Type DEVICE

Nocturnal continuous positive airway pressure by a nasal mask. CPAP pressure will be automatically titrated using a AutoSet device (ResMed)

Conventional pharmacological treatment

Intervention Type DRUG

Usual treatment of the patient

Sleep ,diet and life style recomendations

Intervention Type OTHER

Daily recomendatios

Control treatment

Diet and conventional pharmacological treatment

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional pharmacological treatment

Intervention Type DRUG

Usual treatment of the patient

Sleep ,diet and life style recomendations

Intervention Type OTHER

Daily recomendatios

Interventions

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Continuous positive airway pressure

Nocturnal continuous positive airway pressure by a nasal mask. CPAP pressure will be automatically titrated using a AutoSet device (ResMed)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Conventional pharmacological treatment

Usual treatment of the patient

Intervention Type DRUG

Sleep ,diet and life style recomendations

Daily recomendatios

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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CPAP Conventional recomendations

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Subjects from 18 to 80 years old.
* Diagnosis of polycytemia defined as hematocrit \> 49% in men and \> 48% in women. ç
* Diagnosis of moderate or severe sleep apnea, defined by an apnea-hypoapnea index \>15. - Patients able to read and understand informed consent and give their signed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Smokers or former smokers with pack-year index (IPA\>30) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosed by spirometry (FEV1/FVC post-bronchodilator below the lower limit of normal or z score \< 1.645).
* Patients with central sleep apnea or periodic breathing
* Patients with oxygen saturation \<92% or pO2\< 60 mmHg at rest during wakefulness. - Evidence of severe heart failure (LVEF\<50) or pulmonary hypertension.
* Patients with primary polyglobulia (polycythemia vera). It will be done prior to the inclusion in the study blood levels of erythropoietin (EPO) and determination of the mutation of the JAK2 V617F gene. Patients with normal or elevated EPO levels (normal limits 2.9- 25.9 mU/ml) and no JAK2 V617F gene mutation
* Patients with any active neoplasm will be included in the study. - Patients with chronic kidney disease (Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) \<60 mL/min/1.73 m2).
* Patients with any active neoplasia.- Patients with chronic kidney disease (Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) \<60 mL/min/1.73 m2).
* Need for periodic bleeding according to hematology guidelines.
* Treatment with diuretics.
* Treatment with antiplatelets or anticoagulants.
* Systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 110 mmHg at the baseline visit.
* Stroke, transient ischemic attack, acute coronary syndrome or hospitalization due to worsening heart failure, in the previous 30 days .
* Professional drivers, high-risk profession or respiratory failure (according to criteria of the clinical path of diagnosis and treatment of sleep-related respiratory disorders).
* High daytime sleepiness (Epworth sleepiness scale \> 16)
* Previous treatment with CPAP- Participation in another clinical trial within 30 days prior to randomization.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Aldara García-Sánchez

M.D, pHD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Aldara García-Sanchez, MD, phD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hospital Ramon y Cajal

Locations

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Aldara García-Sanchez

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Spain

Central Contacts

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Aldara García-Sanchez, MD, phD

Role: CONTACT

+34686810368

Facility Contacts

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Aldara Garcia-Sanchez, MD, phD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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HURyC 207/23

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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