Understanding the Sleep Apnea/Insomnia Interaction



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Insomnia Sleep Studies, Pulmonary
Therapuetic Areas:Psychiatry / Psychology, Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:4/2/2016
Start Date:March 2013
Contact:Nalaka Gooneratne, MD
Email:ngoonera@mail.med.upenn.edu
Phone:215 349 5948

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Understanding the Sleep Apnea/Insomnia Interaction: a CPAP/Sham-CPAP Trial

Nearly half of all patients with obstructive sleep apnea have insomnia symptoms, and in
some, but not all cases, these insomnia symptoms are caused by the obstructive sleep apnea.
The purpose of this study is to find out what type of insomnia symptoms are caused by
obstructive sleep apnea and therefore most likely to respond to obstructive sleep apnea
treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (also known as CPAP) and if additional
treatment with cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia is beneficial.


Inclusion Criteria:

1. Sleep Apnea

2. Insomnia

3. Age >18

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Sedative/psychoactive drug use recently

2. Other clinically significant sleep disorders

3. Previous treatment for OSA

4. Requires oxygen or bilevel PAP therapy

5. Clinically unstable medical condition

6. Recent shift work

7. Significant alcohol use

8. Other clinically significant causes of insomnia

9. Illicit drug use

10. Prescription stimulants

11. Safety restrictions

12. Unable to treat sleep apnea with positive airway pressure therapy

13. Communication barriers

14. Cognitive impairment
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