Physical Activity Added to CPAP for Blood Pressure in Sleep Apnea
Tests exercise added to CPAP in adults with sleep apnea and hard-to-control high blood pressure.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- AGIR à Dom
- Where
- Québec, CanadaSee the siteAlso in 2 other countries, 4 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Physical Activity Program for Reducing Blood Pressure in Sleep Apnea Patients With Resistant Hypertension
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 100 people, planned
- Started
- 26 Mar 2015
- Planned end
- 18 Feb 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Physical activity
- Record updated
- 20 February 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with sleep apnea and high blood pressure that stays high despite 3 or more blood pressure medicines. It compares CPAP treatment alone with CPAP plus a physical activity program.
- Age
- 18 Years to 80 Years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Obstructive sleep apnea with an apnea-hypopnea index of 15 or more, and resistant high blood pressure not controlled by 3 or more blood pressure medicines.
- Earlier treatment
- Must be taking 3 or more blood pressure medicines and still have high blood pressure.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Acute liver failure, biliary cirrhosis or cholestasis
- Acute high blood pressure (systolic 180 mmHg or higher and/or diastolic 110 mmHg or higher)
- Cannot have CPAP treatment for medical reasons
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Patient with an obstructive sleep apnea (apnea-hypopnea index > or equal to 15)
- Patient with resistant hypertension uncontrolled by 3 or more antihypertensive agents
- Ambulatory patient
Who cannot take part
- Acute hepatic failure, biliary cirrhosis, cholestasis
- Acute hypertension (SBP>= 180 mmHg and/or DBP >= 110 mmHg)
- Contraindication to CPAP treatment
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 80 years old?
Where in Canada
Also in 2 other countries, 4 sites
- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ)Québec, CanadaContact: Simon GakwayaTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Investigators hypothesize that CPAP treatment for suppressing OSAS in combination with a physical activity program will optimize 24-hour blood pressure control in patients with OSA-related resistant hypertension.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Physical activityTreatment being tested
Obstructive sleep apnea and resistant hypertension controlled + physical activity
- Control GroupNo study treatment, for comparison
Obstructive sleep apnea and resistant hypertension controlled
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Comparison of Standard Treatment by Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and CPAP Combined to a Physical Activity Program for Reducing Blood Pressure in Sleep Apnea Patients With Resistant Hypertension: RAP Randomized Controlled Trial
- Plain-language title
- Physical Activity Added to CPAP for Blood Pressure in Sleep ApneaGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT02057783, who can take part
- Record updated
- 20 February 2025