Opiate Sleep Disordered Breathing Study
Unknown statusNCT00791674
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Lay title: A study of breathing pauses during sleep in patients on long term opiates. Sleep apnoea is a term which refers to frequent breathing pauses during sleep. Breathing can stop at night due to the upper airway collapsing (Obstructive sleep apnoea)or reduced signals from the brain driving breathing (central sleep apnoea). Clinical observation has noticed that patients on opiates have an increase in sleep apnoea. Hypothesis: This study looks at the relationship of opiates (when used for patients chronic pain) and the occurrence of sleep apnoea. It is expected that there will be an increase in sleep apnoea (particularly of the central variant) particularly in patients on long term opiates.
Study details
- Official title
- Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients With Chronic Pain and Long Term Opiate Therapy
- Conditions
- Sleep Apnea
- Sponsor
- Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health
- Collaborators
- Flinders Medical Centre
- Start date
- 2007-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Australia
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients on long acting Morphine \>40mg/day, Oxycontin \>30mg/day, and Methadone \>20mg/day were contacted. * Stable opiate dose for 2 weeks * Lives within 80KM of FMC Exclusion Criteria: * Significant CCF/CVA * Severe COPD * Major Psychiatric illness * History of substance abuse in the last 3 months
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00791674