Sleepless night worsens COPD breathing? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT04997200
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how one night of no sleep affects shortness of breath and exercise ability in 20 people with COPD. Participants did exercise tests after a normal night and after a sleepless night to compare. The goal was to understand if sleep loss makes breathing harder during activity.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: (All required) * Age 18 years or older * COPD diagnosed by physician in accordance with Global Initiative For Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines (GOLD 2021), with a spirometric ratio of the forced expired volume in one second (FEV1) / forced vital capacity (FVC) \< 0.7 and a FEV1 \< 80% of predicted post bronchodilator at baseline. * Self-reported average sleep time of six hours or longer during a normal night. * No regular treatment with sleep medication or anxiolytics. * Able to cycle * Able to talk and write Swedish well enough to participate in the study procedures, as judged by the Investigator. Exclusion Criteria: * Resting peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) \< 92% * Night shift worker * Hospitalization or clinical instability during the last four weeks * Treatment with supplementary oxygen at rest or during exercise * Sleep disturbance, defined as a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index \>5 at baseline * Contraindication to exercise testing in accordance with clinical practice guidelines (ATS/ACCP Statement on cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:211-277) * Expected survival shorter than six months as judged by the Investigator.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (BTH)
Karlskrona, Blekinge County, 37179, Sweden
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Department of Clinical Physiology, Blekinge Hospital
Karlskrona, Blekinge County, SE-37185, Sweden
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