Prospective Study of the Impact of Systemic Corticosteroid Use on Measures of Sleep Disordered Breathing

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sleep Apnea

Treatments: Other: sleep study

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01228695

IRB2421CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Weight gain is both a significant risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea and a side-effect of long-term systemic steroids therapy.

This study aimed to investigate the impact of long-term systemic steroid treatment on sleep apnea.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• For inclusion, a scheduled therapy with a minimum daily dose of 10 mg prednisone (or equivalent) for at least 3 months was required

Exclusion criteria

• Patients younger than 18 years and those with known sleep apnea or other forms of sleep-disordered breathing were excluded

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

steroid treatment

Treatment:

Other: sleep study