Treating Sleep Apnea Induced Hypoxemia With Oxygen in Acute Stroke Patients

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke, Acute

Treatments: Other: Low flow nocturnal oxygen

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03300063

17-002975

Details and patient eligibility

About

We want to determine if treating acute ischemic stroke patients who have evidence of hypoxemia due to sleep apnea with low flow O2 during sleep might help improve clinical and functional outcomes.

Full description

Acute stroke patients will be tested for nocturnal hypoxemia using overnight oximetry. Those with evidence of hypoxemia will be randomized into two groups. One group will receive standard medical care. The other group will receive standard medical care as well as receiving low flow oxygen during sleep.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Patients presenting to Mayo Clinic Hospital with acute ischemic stroke

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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6 participants in 2 patient groups

control

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard Medical care

Low Flow Nocturnal Oxygen

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will receive standard medical care as well as low flow oxygen during sleep.

Treatment:

Other: Low flow nocturnal oxygen