The Role of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients With Hypertension

University of Pernambuco

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

Treatments: Other: acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02451241

sleep01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recent evidences from small studies show potential benefit of acupuncture in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). These studies did not evaluate the benefit of the treatment on the cardiovascular system.

Primary end-point:

To investigate the effects of acupuncture in improving OSA severity among hypertensive patients.

Secondary end-point To investigate the effect of acupuncture in improving the quality of life and sleep assessed by the Short Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire and Pittsburgh Questionaire (PSQI); To investigate the effect of acupuncture in blood pressure and arterial stiffness

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 5<apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)<30 e/h

Exclusion criteria

• body mass index > 35 kg/m2
• Previous OSA treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

sham acupuncture

Sham Comparator group

Description:

group will be submitted to placebo electroacupuncture for 20 minutes, two times a week for 5 weeks. Each session lasts about 40 min.

Treatment:

Other: acupuncture

acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

group will be submitted to electroacupuncture for 20 minutes, two times a week for 5 weeks. Each session lasts about 40 min.

Treatment:

Other: acupuncture