Effect of continuous positive airway pressure in very elderly with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea pooled results from two multicenter randomized controlled trials

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STUDY OBJECTIVE: There is very limited information about the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in the very elderly. Here we aimed to analysed the effect of CPAP on a clinical cohort of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) ≥80 years old.

METHODS: Post-hoc pooled analysis of two open-label, multicenter clinical trials aimed to determine the effect of CPAP in a consecutive clinical cohort of elderly (≥70 years old) with moderate-to-severe OSA (apnea-hipopnea index ≥15 events/hour) randomized to receive CPAP or no CPAP for three months. Those consecutive patients ≥80 years old were included in the study. The primary endpoint was the change in Epworth Sleepiness scale (ESS). Secondary outcomes included sleep-related symptoms, quality of life, neurocognitive and mood status as well as office blood pressure measurements.

RESULTS: From the initial 369 randomized individuals with ≥70 years, 97 (26.3%) with ≥80 years old were included (47 in the CPAP group and 50 in the no-CPAP group). The mean (SD) age was 81.5 (2.4) years. Average use of CPAP was 4.3 (2.6) hours/night (53% with good adherence) Patients in the CPAP group significantly improved snoring and witnessed apneas as well as AHI (from 41.9 to 4.9 events/hour). However no clinical improvements were seen in ESS (-1.2 points, 95%CI, 0.2 to -2.6), any domain of QSQ, any neurocognitive test, OSA-related symptoms, depression/anxiety or blood pressure levels.

CONCLUSIONS: The present study does not support the use of CPAP in very elderly patients with moderate-to-severe OSA.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Sleep Med. 2022 Apr;92:105-106. - PMID 35293318

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:89

Enthalten in:

Sleep medicine - 89(2022) vom: 15. Jan., Seite 71-77

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martinez-Garcia, M A [VerfasserIn]
Oscullo, G [VerfasserIn]
Ponce, S [VerfasserIn]
Pastor, E [VerfasserIn]
Orosa, B [VerfasserIn]
Catalán, P [VerfasserIn]
Martinez, A [VerfasserIn]
Hernandez, L [VerfasserIn]
Muriel, A [VerfasserIn]
Chiner, E [VerfasserIn]
Vigil, L [VerfasserIn]
Carmona, C [VerfasserIn]
Mayos, M [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Ortega, A [VerfasserIn]
Gomez-Olivas, J D [VerfasserIn]
Beauperthuy, T [VerfasserIn]
Bekki, A [VerfasserIn]
Gozal, D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CPAP
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Neurocognitive
OSA
Obstructive sleep apnea
Quality of life
Very elderly

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.04.2022

Date Revised 10.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03079466, NCT02069600

CommentIn: Sleep Med. 2022 Apr;92:105-106. - PMID 35293318

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.sleep.2021.11.009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334514762