Sleep in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis (Sommeil)

Predictors of Nocturnal Hypoventilation in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

The aim of the study is to identify the parameters that are associated with nocturnal hypoventilation in children and adults with cystic fibrosis. Included patients will undergo a nocturnal evaluation of their gas exchange and sleep quality by actigraphy during their annual check up. The aim is thus to identify which parameters (such as lung function parameters) are associated with nocturnal hypercapnia or hypoxemia and/or poor sleep quality

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cystic Fibrosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: SENTEC device

Detailed Description

Background In patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), respiratory disease is characterised by a progressive and ineluctable decline in lung function. Sleep-disordered breathing may occur at an early stage of lung disease and may impair quality of life. Oxygen therapy or noninvasive positive pressure ventilation may improve nocturnal hypoxemia and hypercapnia.Risk factors for nocturnal hypercapnia or hypoxemia are not well identified in patients with CF.

Type of study : prospective, transversal, open

Methods :

During the annual check up, a sleep study will be performed with a nocturnal recording of a least 6 hours of pulse oximetry (SaO2) and transcutaneous carbon dioxide (PtcCO2) by the SENTEC device and wrist movements by means of actigraphy. The results of the sleep study will be correlated to·

• clinical scores which evaluate sleep quality (such as the PITTSBURG Sleep Quality Score).·
• respiratory function parameters : lung volumes, forced expiratory of the respiratory muscles: maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures and the sniff nasal inspiratory pressure.·
• nutritional state with the body mass index z-score·
• the presence of arterial pulmonary hypertension on an echocardiography·
• infectious status (colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and the CFTR genotype.

Expected results This study should be able to document abnormal nocturnal gas exchange and sleep-disordered breathing in patients with CF in a stable state. The identification of parameters associated with nocturnal hypoventilation and/or poor sleep quality will help to screen those patients who will need a sleep study and treatment such as oxygen therapy or noninvasive positive pressure ventilation.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 76

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Paris, France, 75012
    • AP-HP, Armand Trousseau hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 8 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT, CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients from the pneumology centers participating to the study

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• children > 8 years and adults with CF
• in a stable state (no acute respiratory exacerbation since one month or patient finishing an antibiotic course)
• able to perform reproducible forced expiratory flows
• having a forced expiratory volume in one second ≤ 60% predicted value
• who accepts to perform a sleep study in the hospital during one night
• written agreement to participate to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• acute respiratory exacerbation in the previous month or patient who has not finished an antibiotic course
• Inability or impossibility to perform reproducible forced expiratory flows (pneumothorax during the previous year and/or without surgery)
• having a forced expiratory volume in one second > 60% predicted value
• refusal or impossibility to perform a sleep study in the hospital during one night
• patients receiving long term oxygen therapy or noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
• no social security
• impossibility of a medical examination

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
1; Children and adults with cystic fibrosis	Device: SENTEC device; Nocturnal recording SAO2 and PtcCO2 and wrist movements by means of actigraphy; Other Names: Nocturnal SAO2/PtcCO2 and wrist movements

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
To determine clinical and functional parameters associated with nocturnal hypoventilation defined by· - A mean transcutaneous carbon dioxide pressure (PtcCO2) ≥ 45 mm Hg· - And/or a maximal PtcCO2 ≥ 55 mm Hg· - And/or a PtcCO2 ≥ 45 mm Hg during ≥ 50%	At the inclusion visit

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
To determine clinical and functional parameters associated with- sleep -disordered breathing defined by the presence of arousals on actigraphy (Actiwatch™) in children and adults with CF - nocturnal hypoxemia defined by -- a mean pulse oximetry (SaO2)	At the inclusion visit

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Brigitte Fauroux, MD, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2009
• Study Completion (Actual): June 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 8, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 8, 2008
• First Posted (Estimate): December 9, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): June 3, 2010
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 2, 2010
• Last Verified: May 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: lung function; sleep; sleep quality; nocturnal hypoventilation
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Respiration Disorders; Lung Diseases; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory; Pancreatic Diseases; Respiratory Insufficiency; Fibrosis; Cystic Fibrosis; Hypoventilation
• Other Study ID Numbers: P070202