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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) for Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy

A Randomized Trial of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) for Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy

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About This Trial

A randomized controlled trial of 1,500 women to assess whether treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in pregnancy will result in a reduction in the rate of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Inclusion Criteria 1. Singleton gestation. Twin gestation reduced to singleton, either spontaneously or therapeutically, is not eligible unless the reduction occurred before 14 weeks project gestational age. 2. Gestational age at randomization between 14 weeks 0 days and 21 weeks 6 days based on clinical information and evaluation of the earliest ultrasound. 3. Diagnosis with mild to moderate OSA as defined by an AHI score ≥ 5 and \<30. Exclusion Criteria 1. Previously prescribed, current or planned therapy for sleep apnea. 2. Age \< 18 years, because the rate of sleep apnea in this population is extremely low. 3. Inability to sleep in a stable place with access to the CPAP machine at least 5 nights per week. 4. Asthma requiring systemic steroid therapy for more than 14 days within the past 6 months because this population is expected to be unresponsive to CPAP therapy. 5. Current use of prescribed sleeping pills for insomnia. 6. Chronic medical conditions requiring oxygen supplementation (e.g. pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis) because this population is expected to be unresponsive to CPAP therapy. 7. Chronic renal disease with serum creatinine \>1.3 mg/dL because the primary outcome would be pre-determined. 8. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, because it would compromise the primary outcome diagnosis. 9. History of medical complications such as: 1. Active liver disease (acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, persistently abnormal liver enzymes) 2. Thrombocytopenia with platelet count \<100,000 because of the difficulty in assessing the primary outcome. 10. Active vaginal bleeding (more than spotting) at the time of randomization. 11. Known chromosomal, genetic, major malformations or fetal demise, or planned termination of pregnancy because inclusion would compromise evaluation of secondary neonatal outcomes. 12. Known major uterine malformations associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. ...See full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria 1. Singleton gestation. Twin gestation reduced to singleton, either spontaneously or therapeutically, is not eligible unless the reduction occurred before 14 weeks project gestational age. 2. Gestational age at randomization between 14 weeks 0 days and 21 weeks 6 days based on clinical information and evaluation of the earliest ultrasound. 3. Diagnosis with mild to moderate OSA as defined by an AHI score ≥ 5 and \<30. Exclusion Criteria 1. Previously prescribed, current or planned therapy for sleep apnea. 2. Age \< 18 years, because the rate of sleep apnea in this population is extremely low. 3. Inability to sleep in a stable place with access to the CPAP machine at least 5 nights per week. 4. Asthma requiring systemic steroid therapy for more than 14 days within the past 6 months because this population is expected to be unresponsive to CPAP therapy. 5. Current use of prescribed sleeping pills for insomnia. 6. Chronic medical conditions requiring oxygen supplementation (e.g. pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis) because this population is expected to be unresponsive to CPAP therapy. 7. Chronic renal disease with serum creatinine \>1.3 mg/dL because the primary outcome would be pre-determined. 8. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, because it would compromise the primary outcome diagnosis. 9. History of medical complications such as: 1. Active liver disease (acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, persistently abnormal liver enzymes) 2. Thrombocytopenia with platelet count \<100,000 because of the difficulty in assessing the primary outcome. 10. Active vaginal bleeding (more than spotting) at the time of randomization. 11. Known chromosomal, genetic, major malformations or fetal demise, or planned termination of pregnancy because inclusion would compromise evaluation of secondary neonatal outcomes. 12. Known major uterine malformations associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. 13. Current use of opiates (heroin, methadone, or other daily opioid use) due to inaccuracy of the home sleep test and inefficiency of CPAP. 14. Active drug use, alcohol use, or unstable psychiatric condition. 15. Participation in another interventional study that influences preeclampsia, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, or GDM. 16. Prenatal care or delivery planned at a non-network center where access to the complete electronic medical record will not be available to research staff. 17. Participation in this trial in a previous pregnancy. Patients who were screened in a previous pregnancy, but not randomized, may be included.

Treatments Being Tested

DEVICE

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Autotitrating CPAP with weekly contact, incentives for compliance and initial sleep advice counseling

OTHER

Sleep Advice Control

Initial sleep advice counseling alone

Locations (14)

University of Alabama - Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Regents of the University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Columbia University
New York, New York, United States
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Case Western Reserve-Metro Health
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Brown Univeristy
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, United States
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
University of Texas - Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
University of Utah Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States