NCT07061171Completed
CPAP and Physiotherapy for Heart Failure and Sleep Apnea in the Elderly
The Impact of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Combined With Physiotherapy on Ejection Fraction by Ameliorating Sleep Disturbance and Hypoxemia in Elderly Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Jul 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study evaluates whether adding physiotherapy (including herbal medicine, acupuncture, and Tuina massage) to standard continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy can provide superior benefits compared to CPAP alone for elderly patients suffering from both chronic heart failure (CHF) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This randomized controlled trial aims to determine the combined therapy's efficacy and safety in improving sleep quality, hypoxemia, and cardiac function.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 170 (actual)
- First submitted
- 2 Jul 2025
- Start date
- 1 Jan 2024
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Weihua Peng
- Diseases
- Heart failure
- NCT number
- NCT07061171
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 170
- From 1 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 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
- Received related treatment for OSA or significant changes in CHF medication within the past month.
- Current participation in other clinical drug trials.
Other illness
- Secondary hypertension.
- Acute myocardial infarction, congenital heart disease, rapid arrhythmias, significant valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, or severe hepatic/renal insufficiency.
- Other respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, or pulmonary hypertension.
- Use of sedative drugs, morphine or its analogues, or other psychotropic medications; cognitive impairment.
Other
- Withdrawal from the study midway.
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosis of CHF according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification II-IV.
- Diagnosis of moderate to severe OSA (Apnea-Hypopnea Index \[AHI\] \> 15 events/hour) confirmed by polysomnography.
- Age ≥ 65 years.
- Stable clinical condition for at least one month prior to enrollment.
- Ability to understand and comply with study procedures and provide informed consent.
Age in the registry: 65 years to - · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fugou County Minzhong Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zhoukou | China | Unknown status |
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