Erectile Dysfunction in Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Effects of CPAP Therapy

University of Giessen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Erectile Dysfunction; Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01600066

GERSAN-1

UGLC (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Obstructive sleep apnea has been linked to erectile dysfunction. Furthermore, small studies suggest that treatment of sleep apnea by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may reverse erectile dysfunction in affected patients. The present study aims to investigate in a larger cohort if severe sleep apnea is independently associated with erectile dysfunction and if 6-12 months of CPAP therapy lead to an improvement of erectile dysfunction.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• apnea-hypopnea-index > 30/h
• no CPAP therapy
• male gender
• 18-80 years of age
• having or attempting to have regular sexual intercourse

Exclusion criteria

• apnea-hypopnea-index < 30/h
• already treated by CPAP
• female gender
• age < 18 or > 80 years
• not having or not attempting to have regular sexual intercourse