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Background and study aims Among the field of sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD), there are different kinds of impaired breathing during sleep with different underlying causes. The most common kind of SRDB is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in which the upper airways collapse during sleep, preventing air from reaching the lungs, leading to an oxygen shortage and a build-up of carbon dioxide. The body reacts with a short awakening, restoring normal breathing until the next such event. The most effective treatment is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). A CPAP device produces positive pressure, applied to the patient’s upper airways via a nasal or full-face mask which is worn during sleep. The increase in air pressure within the upper airways keeps them open and enables normal breathing. Sleep apnea patients with heart failure often exhibit a different kind of SRBD, which may or may not exist in parallel to OSA. This condition is referred to as Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR). In CSR, too much breathing (hyperventilation) alternates with pauses in breathing (apneas). Depending on severity, this can occur for just a few minutes during the night or even during the whole night. This breathing disorder, even with co-existing OSA, can be treated with a further development based on CPAP, called auto-servoventilation (ASV). ASV devices apply changing pressure levels for the patient depending on current demand, not only providing a basic pressure to keep the airways open but also adapting pressure levels for inhalation and exhalation separately based on a breath-by-breath analysis of the patient’s breathing volume. The aim of this study is to compare three different ASV treatment modes in sleep apnea patients with heart failure. One treatment mode uses the long-established BiPAP autoSV device (ASV2). The other two modes use the next device generation, BiPAP autoSV advanced (ASV3), in which a feature called Bi-Flex was introduced, which aims to provide smoother, more comfortable changes of pressure levels for inhalation and exhalation. ASV3 is used with either Bi-Flex on or off, forming the other two modes of treatment. Who can participate? Heart failure patients with central sleep apnea, aged 40 to 80 What does the study involve? Participants use the three ASV treatment modes in a randomly allocated order during consecutive nights in the study center’s sleep lab. During these nights, sleep stages, breathing and other parameters are recorded. After these three treatment nights, the participants return home with the device and treatment mode they used during the last night. They then use the device at home every night and return to the study center after 1 month. At that time, we readout data from the device and ask patients about side effects, sleepiness and their quality of life using questionnaires. After 2 additional months of home use, the participants return to the sleep lab to undergo a final sleep study under treatment. What are the possible benefits and risks of participating? Possible benefits include more closely monitored treatment initiation and follow-up. Eligible patients for this study would normally (i.e. without participating in this study) be treated with the same or a similar device which is used in the study. For that reason, the possible risks of study participation essentially do not differ from routine clinical treatment. Where is the study run from? Wissenschaftliches Institut Bethanien eV (Germany) When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for? January 2010 to January 2011 Who is funding the study? Philips Respironics (France) Who is the main contact? Prof. Winfried Randerath

Critère d'inclusion

• Central sleep apnoea/heart failure

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