Autopsy report · NCT00727454

Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in Heart Remodeling by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

“Difficulty of recruiting patients and cost limitations.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 1 year after it had already started.
• Ran for about 3 years 5 months before it stopped.
• 24 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 4

Sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Interventions

CPAP; No treatment

Participants

24

Sites

2

Countries

Brazil

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.