NCT04513483Completed
CPAP in AF Patients With OSA
The Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with atrial fibrillation. This study is to evaluate the effect of continuous positive airway pressure on the burden of atrial fibrillation in the patients with obstructive sleep apnea and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 25 (actual)
- First submitted
- 6 Aug 2020
- Start date
- 7 Aug 2020
- Primary completion date
- 6 Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- Diseases
- Atrial fibrillation
- NCT number
- NCT04513483
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 25
- From 7 Aug 2020 to the primary completion date, 6 Aug 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Use of psychoactive or other drugs that could influence breathing patterns
Other illness
- Moderate-severe valvular heart diseases (regurgitation or stenosis)
- post heart surgery
- Uncontrolled systemic hypertension or pulmonary hypertension
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- History of stroke or neuromuscular disease
Lab values
- Congestive heart failure (LVEF≦45%)
Other
- Current use of CPAP treatment
- Epworth sleepiness scale\>10
- Severe insomnia
Who the study is looking for
- men or women aged 18 to 80 years
- paroxysmal AF, diagnosed based on the ACC/AHA/HRS 2014 guideline, and is defined as AF that terminates spontaneously or with intervention within 7 d of onset either by 12-lead EKG, 24-hr Holter, or 14-day ECG monitor.
- OSA, defined as an AHI\>15/hr of sleep, of which \>50% of events are obstructive.
- Informed consent signed
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Taiwan University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
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