Status:
UNKNOWN
Opiate Sleep Disordered Breathing Study
Lead Sponsor:
Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health
Collaborating Sponsors:
Flinders Medical Centre
Conditions:
Sleep Apnea
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Brief Summary
Lay title: A study of breathing pauses during sleep in patients on long term opiates. Sleep apnoea is a term which refers to frequent breathing pauses during sleep. Breathing can stop at night due to...
Detailed Description
The purpose for this study is to test the hypothesis that sleep disordered breathing is more prevalent amongst a group of patients on high dose opiates for chronic pain. Aims 1. To define the preval...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients on long acting Morphine \>40mg/day, Oxycontin \>30mg/day, and Methadone \>20mg/day were contacted.
- Stable opiate dose for 2 weeks
- Lives within 80KM of FMC
Exclusion
- Significant CCF/CVA
- Severe COPD
- Major Psychiatric illness
- History of substance abuse in the last 3 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00791674
Start Date
December 1 2007
Last Update
November 14 2008
Active Locations (2)
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1
Pain Management Unit, Flinders Medical Centre
Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia, 5042
2
Adelaide Institute of Sleep Health, Repatriation General Hospital,
Daw Park, South Australia, Australia, 5041