Effect of Oxygen on Core Temperature

Umeå University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cheyne-Stokes Respiration; Cardiac Disease

Treatments: Other: Oxygen; Other: Air from a placebo oxygen delivery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00543452

03-567

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study of the effect of oxygen on the frequency of central apnea, sleep and body temperature in patients with a cardiac disease

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cardiac disease and Cheyne-Stokes respiration and controls without Cheyne-Stokes respiration

Exclusion criteria

• Obstructive sleep apnea

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

oxygen

Active Comparator group

Description:

4 liters of oxygen a minute

Treatment:

Other: Oxygen

air

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

4 liters of room air

Treatment:

Other: Air from a placebo oxygen delivery