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Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a common problem in the adult population. By conservative estimates, 4% of the adult female population has SDB. SDB is a recognized cause of hypertension and treating SDB can improve blood pressure control in people with hypertension. More recently, research efforts have looked at SDB as a possible cause of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), a condition which complicates 10% of pregnancies. Traditionally, the best way to assess SDB required patients to spend a night sleeping in the Sleep Laboratory. This is inconvenient and for pregnant women often impossible to arrange, considering the short time frame that exists between time of PIH diagnosis and eventual delivery. Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are now looking at whether an adequate sleep assessment can be performed at the bedside - either in a patient's home or on the hospital ward. The researchers will also look at different treatment options for sleep apnea, to see if these can improve blood pressure control in this patient population, and delay the need for early delivery. The information from this study may result in a detailed sleep assessment becoming part of the complete assessment of women with PIH. There is an association between sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and gestational hypertension (GHTN). Treatment for the SDB may represent an effective addition to the management of the cardiovascular and metabolic perturbations of GHTN We plan to assess women whether treating SDB with one of two methods will improve the management of GHTN. We will also assess if one method is more effective than the other.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| CPAP treatment | Active Comparator | Subjects will have repeat polysomnography on the second night, while wearing a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. Morning bloodwork will be drawn for inflammatory mediators. |
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| Oral appliance | Experimental | Subjects will have repeat polysomnography on the second night, while wearing an oral appliance, as well as a Breathe-Right nasal strip. Morning bloodwork will be drawn for inflammatory mediators. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| CPAP | Device | One half of the subjects will be randomly assigned to wear continuous a positive airway pressure device on the second night of the study. Portable polysomnography will be repeated for this night and morning bloodwork for inflammatory markers will be repeated. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Effectiveness of the two treatment arms at treating sleep disordered breathing. | single night |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Effectiveness of the treatment arms at improving metabolic perturbations of GHTN. | single night | |
| Acceptability of therapy | single night |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| John K Reid, MD | University of Saskatchewan | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Royal University Hospital | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | S7N 0W8 | Canada |
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| ID | Term |
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| D012891 | Sleep Apnea Syndromes |
| D020181 | Sleep Apnea, Obstructive |
| D046110 | Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced |
| D011225 | Pre-Eclampsia |
| ID | Term |
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| D001049 | Apnea |
| D012120 | Respiration Disorders |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D020919 | Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic |
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| Oral Appliance | Device | Half of the subjects will be assigned to wear an oral appliance and nasal strip on the second night of the study. Repeat portable polysomnography will be performed and morning bloodwork will again be drawn for inflammatory markers. |
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| D020920 |
| Dyssomnias |
| D012893 | Sleep Wake Disorders |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D011248 | Pregnancy Complications |
| D005261 | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D006973 | Hypertension |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |