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{'hasResults': False, 'derivedSection': {'miscInfoModule': {'versionHolder': '2025-12-24'}, 'conditionBrowseModule': {'meshes': [{'id': 'D020181', 'term': 'Sleep Apnea, Obstructive'}, {'id': 'D011086', 'term': 'Polycythemia'}], 'ancestors': [{'id': 'D012891', 'term': 'Sleep Apnea Syndromes'}, {'id': 'D001049', 'term': 'Apnea'}, {'id': 'D012120', 'term': 'Respiration Disorders'}, {'id': 'D012140', 'term': 'Respiratory Tract Diseases'}, {'id': 'D020919', 'term': 'Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic'}, {'id': 'D020920', 'term': 'Dyssomnias'}, {'id': 'D012893', 'term': 'Sleep Wake Disorders'}, {'id': 'D009422', 'term': 'Nervous System Diseases'}, {'id': 'D006402', 'term': 'Hematologic Diseases'}, {'id': 'D006425', 'term': 'Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases'}]}, 'interventionBrowseModule': {'meshes': [{'id': 'D045422', 'term': 'Continuous Positive Airway Pressure'}], 'ancestors': [{'id': 'D011175', 'term': 'Positive-Pressure Respiration'}, {'id': 'D012121', 'term': 'Respiration, Artificial'}, {'id': 'D058109', 'term': 'Airway Management'}, {'id': 'D013812', 'term': 'Therapeutics'}, {'id': 'D012138', 'term': 'Respiratory Therapy'}]}}, 'protocolSection': {'designModule': {'phases': ['PHASE4'], 'studyType': 'INTERVENTIONAL', 'designInfo': {'allocation': 'RANDOMIZED', 'maskingInfo': {'masking': 'NONE'}, 'primaryPurpose': 'TREATMENT', 'interventionModel': 'PARALLEL'}, 'enrollmentInfo': {'type': 'ESTIMATED', 'count': 182}}, 'statusModule': {'overallStatus': 'RECRUITING', 'startDateStruct': {'date': '2023-11-01', 'type': 'ACTUAL'}, 'expandedAccessInfo': {'hasExpandedAccess': False}, 'statusVerifiedDate': '2025-03', 'completionDateStruct': {'date': '2026-09', 'type': 'ESTIMATED'}, 'lastUpdateSubmitDate': '2025-09-11', 'studyFirstSubmitDate': '2023-09-26', 'studyFirstSubmitQcDate': '2023-10-13', 'lastUpdatePostDateStruct': {'date': '2025-09-17', 'type': 'ESTIMATED'}, 'studyFirstPostDateStruct': {'date': '2023-10-18', 'type': 'ACTUAL'}, 'primaryCompletionDateStruct': {'date': '2026-09', 'type': 'ESTIMATED'}}, 'outcomesModule': {'primaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'Change from baseline of hematocrit', 'timeFrame': '12 months', 'description': 'To compare the change in hematocrit in blood patients between the patients allocated to CPAP group and the control group'}], 'secondaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'Change from baseline of hemoglobin', 'timeFrame': '12 months', 'description': 'To compare the change in hemoglobin in blood patients between the patients allocated to CPAP group and the control group'}, {'measure': 'Change from baseline in the health-related quality of life assessed by the Euroqol-5', 'timeFrame': '12 months', 'description': "The 5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-5L) essentially consists of 2 pages: the EQ-5D descriptive system and the EQ visual analogue scale (EQ VAS).\n\nThe descriptive system comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems and extreme problems. The patient is asked to indicate his/her health state by ticking the box next to the most appropriate statement in each of the five dimensions. This decision results in a 1-digit number that expresses the level selected for that dimension. The digits for the five dimensions can be combined into a 5-digit number that describes the patient's health state.\n\nThe EQ VAS records the patient's self-rated health on a vertical visual analogue scal fom 0 to 100 points."}, {'measure': 'Relationship between hypoxic burden and hemoglobin and hematocrit', 'timeFrame': '12 months', 'description': 'HB was defined as the total area under the oxygen saturation curve from a pre-event baseline oxygen desaturation.\n\nFor each apnea and hypopnea the termination of the event is called "time-zero". The oxygen saturation signals around time-zero are synchronized with respect to time-zero.The time-aligned oxygen saturation signals are ensemble-averaged such that the mean value at each time point is calculated, resulting in a subject-specific average oxygen saturation curve specific to apneas and hypopneas.A subject-specific search window to quantify the area under the desaturation curve for each event is defined as the interval between the pre-event and post-event maximum oxygen saturation values. This time-locked search window will be used to determine the start and end of oxygen desaturation and calculate the area under desaturation curve for each respiratory event.Total HB (%min/h) is defined as the sum of individual areas (%min) divided by total sleep time (h).'}, {'measure': 'Change from baseline in sleepiness assessed by Epworth scale', 'timeFrame': '12 months', 'description': 'To compare the change in the total score and the domains of the Epworth sleepiness scale between the CPAP group and the control group.\n\nThe ESS is a self-administered questionnaire with 8 questions. Respondents are asked to rate, on a 4-point scale (0-3), their usual chances of dozing off or falling asleep while engaged in eight different activities.\n\nInterpretation:\n\n0-7:It is unlikely that you are abnormally sleepy. 8-9:You have an average amount of daytime sleepiness. 10-15:You may be excessively sleepy depending on the situation. You may want to consider seeking medical attention. 16-24:You are excessively sleepy and should consider seeking medical attention.'}, {'measure': 'Relationship between night time below SaO2 90% (T90) and oxygen desaturation index (ODI) and hematocrit', 'timeFrame': '12 months', 'description': 'T90 is the percent sleep time with SpO2 below 90%. T90 measures the desaturations that dip below a threshold of 90%. Oxygen desaturation index (ODI) is the average number of desaturation episodes per hour. It is used to characterize intermittent hypoxemia (IH), an OSA-related physiological consequence that is likely responsible for most of the pathophysiological systemic complications of OSA'}]}, 'oversightModule': {'isUsExport': False, 'oversightHasDmc': False, 'isFdaRegulatedDrug': False, 'isFdaRegulatedDevice': False}, 'conditionsModule': {'conditions': ['Sleep Apnea, Obstructive', 'Polycythemia']}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': 'Objectives: To compare the response of polycythemia in terms of hematocrit decrease in patients treated with positive airway pressure (CPAP) versus patients not treated with CPAP.\n\nMethodology: Randomized, parallel-group, nonblinded, controlled clinical trial.\n\nPatients diagnosed with OSA in a respiratory polygraphy (RP) and who meet all the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will undergo sleepiness and quality of life questionnaires, anthropometric measurements and blood tests and will be randomized to a CPAP treatment group or control group, maintaining this treatment for 12 months. A visit will be made at 12 weeks ,24 weeks and 52 weeks to check compliance with CPAP in the treatment group and to carry out questionnaires on physical activity and quality of life, anthropometric measurements, blood tests including hemoglobin and hematocrit as well as parameters related to coagulation and platelet function and changes in medication as well as adverse effects.\n\nEfficacy variables: blood count, hemoglobin, haematocrit, erythropoietin, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelets, coagulation, erythrocyte range of distribution (ADE), glucose, creatinine, glomerular filtration rate, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT), Total bilirubin, hypoxic burden, Epworth score, EuroQol- 5D questionnaire.'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'maximumAge': '80 Years', 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': False, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Subjects from 18 to 80 years old.\n* Diagnosis of polycytemia defined as hematocrit \\> 49% in men and \\> 48% in women. ç\n* Diagnosis of moderate or severe sleep apnea, defined by an apnea-hypoapnea index \\>15. - Patients able to read and understand informed consent and give their signed consent.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Smokers or former smokers with pack-year index (IPA\\>30) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosed by spirometry (FEV1/FVC post-bronchodilator below the lower limit of normal or z score \\< 1.645).\n* Patients with central sleep apnea or periodic breathing\n* Patients with oxygen saturation \\<92% or pO2\\< 60 mmHg at rest during wakefulness. - Evidence of severe heart failure (LVEF\\<50) or pulmonary hypertension.\n* Patients with primary polyglobulia (polycythemia vera). It will be done prior to the inclusion in the study blood levels of erythropoietin (EPO) and determination of the mutation of the JAK2 V617F gene. Patients with normal or elevated EPO levels (normal limits 2.9- 25.9 mU/ml) and no JAK2 V617F gene mutation\n* Patients with any active neoplasm will be included in the study. - Patients with chronic kidney disease (Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) \\<60 mL/min/1.73 m2).\n* Patients with any active neoplasia.- Patients with chronic kidney disease (Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) \\<60 mL/min/1.73 m2).\n* Need for periodic bleeding according to hematology guidelines.\n* Treatment with diuretics.\n* Treatment with antiplatelets or anticoagulants.\n* Systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 110 mmHg at the baseline visit.\n* Stroke, transient ischemic attack, acute coronary syndrome or hospitalization due to worsening heart failure, in the previous 30 days .\n* Professional drivers, high-risk profession or respiratory failure (according to criteria of the clinical path of diagnosis and treatment of sleep-related respiratory disorders).\n* High daytime sleepiness (Epworth sleepiness scale \\> 16)\n* Previous treatment with CPAP- Participation in another clinical trial within 30 days prior to randomization.'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT06089603', 'acronym': 'PoliAOS', 'briefTitle': 'CPAP Effect on the Polycythemia in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal'}, 'officialTitle': 'CPAP Effect on the Polycythemia in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': 'HURyC 207/23'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'CPAP treatment', 'description': 'Diet and conventional pharmacological treatment plus continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)', 'interventionNames': ['Device: Continuous positive airway pressure', 'Drug: Conventional pharmacological treatment', 'Other: Sleep ,diet and life style recomendations']}, {'type': 'ACTIVE_COMPARATOR', 'label': 'Control treatment', 'description': 'Diet and conventional pharmacological treatment', 'interventionNames': ['Drug: Conventional pharmacological treatment', 'Other: Sleep ,diet and life style recomendations']}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'Continuous positive airway pressure', 'type': 'DEVICE', 'otherNames': ['CPAP'], 'description': 'Nocturnal continuous positive airway pressure by a nasal mask. CPAP pressure will be automatically titrated using a AutoSet device (ResMed)', 'armGroupLabels': ['CPAP treatment']}, {'name': 'Conventional pharmacological treatment', 'type': 'DRUG', 'description': 'Usual treatment of the patient', 'armGroupLabels': ['CPAP treatment', 'Control treatment']}, {'name': 'Sleep ,diet and life style recomendations', 'type': 'OTHER', 'otherNames': ['Conventional recomendations'], 'description': 'Daily recomendatios', 'armGroupLabels': ['CPAP treatment', 'Control treatment']}]}, 'contactsLocationsModule': {'locations': [{'zip': '28034', 'city': 'Madrid', 'state': 'Madrid', 'status': 'RECRUITING', 'country': 'Spain', 'contacts': [{'name': 'Aldara Garcia-Sanchez, MD, phD', 'role': 'CONTACT'}], 'facility': 'Aldara García-Sanchez', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 40.4165, 'lon': -3.70256}}], 'centralContacts': [{'name': 'Aldara García-Sanchez, MD, phD', 'role': 'CONTACT', 'email': 'aldara.garcia.ag@gmail.com', 'phone': '+34686810368'}], 'overallOfficials': [{'name': 'Aldara García-Sanchez, MD, phD', 'role': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'affiliation': 'Hospital Ramon y Cajal'}]}, 'ipdSharingStatementModule': {'ipdSharing': 'NO'}, 'sponsorCollaboratorsModule': {'leadSponsor': {'name': 'Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal', 'class': 'OTHER'}, 'responsibleParty': {'type': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'investigatorTitle': 'M.D, pHD', 'investigatorFullName': 'Aldara García-Sánchez', 'investigatorAffiliation': 'Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal'}}}}