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Treatment of Sleep Apnea in Patients With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

John D. Dingell VA Medical Center · with United States Department of Defense · NCT02922894

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–89 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Phase 4
Target enrollment
100
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 9, 2017
Record last updated
July 1, 2026

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What the study is about

This study will investigate potential therapeutic approaches for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with chronic cervical spine injury (>6 months post-injury).

Being studied: Acute episodic hypoxia; Supplemental oxygen; Trazodone; Placebo; Sham

Conditions: Sleep Apnea; Spinal Cord Injury

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • healthy adults between the ages of 18 - 89
  • chronic spinal cord injury patients (T6 and above), > 3 months since injury and not on mechanical ventilation, and have not received mechanical ventilation via tracheostomy in the past.

Exclusion Criteria

  • subjects ≤ 17 yrs old
  • Pregnant and lactating females
  • History of head trauma that resulted in neurological symptoms or loss of consciousness
  • advanced heart, lung, metabolic, liver or chronic kidney disease.
  • severe obstructive or restrictive respiratory defect by PFTs or history of tracheostomy
  • extreme obesity defined for this protocol as BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 (to avoid the effect of morbid obesity on ventilation).

Recruiting US locations

  • John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

    Detroit, MI 48201

    Site contact: M. Safwan Badr, MD · 313-576-3548

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • M Safwan Badr, M.D. · 313-576-3548 · m.badr@va.gov
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