Effect of Heart Transplantation on Sleep Disordered Breathing

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Effect of Mechanical Circulatory Support or Heart Transplantation on Sleep Disordered Breathing in patients with Heart Failure – Transplant AHI

• IRAS ID

  214853

• Contact name

  Stephen Pettit

• Contact email

  stephen.pettit@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 7 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  The main aim of the study is to determine what effect mechanical circulatory support (MCS) or heart transplantation has on Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) in patients with advanced heart failure.

  We will include patients with advanced heart failure who are admitted for heart transplant assessment. We will ask these patients to complete a questionnaire screening tool to assess their likelihood of having SDB and perform a portable sleep study to correlate the questionnaire findings.

  In those patients who go on to receive MCS or heart transplantation, we aim to repeat sleep studies to identify any change in SDB.

• REC name

  East Midlands - Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/EM/0144

• Date of REC Opinion

  18 Apr 2017

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion