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CompletedNCT00409045Updated Nov 4, 2007

Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea as a Risk Factor for Pulmonary Embolism

An observational study in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Pulmonary Embolism, sponsored by Atlantic Health System. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-11-04.

Sponsored by Atlantic Health System · Observational

Study type
Observational
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
300
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

we evaluate the presence of OSA in patients that have a computed tomography (CT) of the chest to rule out pulmonary embolism (PE) to determine if OSA constitutes an independent risk factor for PE.

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Conditions studied

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Pulmonary Embolism

Keywords

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • male and female patients suspected of having a pulmonary embolism.
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In context

Apnea

1,422 studies on the registry are indexed under Apnea; 159 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 300 is above the median of 106 across 386 observational studies indexed under Apnea.

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Lead sponsor

Atlantic Health System is the lead sponsor of 61 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

male and female patients age 18 years and older

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • male and female patients age 18 years and older with suspected PE
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Study design

Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)
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Study locations

1 site
  • Morristown Memorial Hospital
    Morristown, New Jersey 07962, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Epstein MD, Segal LN, Ibrahim SM, Friedman N, Bustami R. Snoring and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with pulmonary embolism. Sleep. 2010 Aug;33(8):1069-74. doi: 10.1093/sleep/33.8.1069. PubMed 20815188 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 4, 2007, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00409045
Lead sponsor
Atlantic Health System
First posted
Dec 8, 2006
Start date
Nov 2005
Completion
Sep 2007
Last update
Nov 4, 2007

Study contacts

Matthew Epstein, MD
principal investigator · Atlantic Health System - Morristown Memorial Hospital
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