Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module

The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.

Eligibility Module path is as follows:

Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module


Ignite Creation Date: 2025-12-24 @ 2:45 PM
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NCT ID: NCT02133859
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: More than 18 years old Chronic heart failure (at least 12 weeks since diagnosis) according to the currently applicable guidelines NYHA Class III or IV at the time of inclusion with at least one hospitalization for heart failure in the last 12 months Moderate to severe sleep apnea (AHI ≥ 15/hour). Already using or willing to use ASV-therapy and able to tolerate the mask treatment Exclusion Criteria: Planned or scheduled heart valve interventions and/or CABG Untreated or therapy refractory Restless Leg Syndrome Patients for whom the use of positive airway pressure therapy may be contra-indicated because of symptomatic hypotension or significant intravascular volume depletion or pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum Pregnancy
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Study: NCT02133859
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT02133859