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Noninvasive ventilatin efficacy for obesity hypoventilation syndrome without severe sleep apnea

Abstract: Rationale: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is an effective treatment in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) who have severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, there is paucity of evidence on the efficacy of NIV in OHS patients without severe OSA. Objective: We performed a multicenter randomized clinical trial to determine the efficacy of NIV versus lifestyle modification (control group) using daytime PaCO2 as the main outcome measure. Methods: Sequentially screened OHS patients without severe OSA were randomized to NIV versus lifestyle modification and were followed for two-months. Arterial blood gas parameters, symptoms, health-related quality-of-life tests, polysomnography, spirometry, six-minute walk distance test, blood pressure measure, and healthcare resource utilization were evaluated. Statistical analysis used intention-to-treat analysis. Results: 365 patients were screened and 58 were excluded. Severe OSA was present in 221 and the remaining 86 patients without severe OSA were randomized. NIV led to significantly larger improvement in serum bicarbonate and PaCO2 (-6±5.5 mmHg versus -2.8±5 mmHg, p>0.001). Sleepiness, some health-related quality-of-life assessments and polysomnographic parameters improved significantly more with NIV than with lifestyle modification. Additionally, there was a tendency toward lower healthcare resource utilization in the NIV group. Conclusion: NIV was more effective than lifestyle modification in improving daytime PaCO2, sleepiness and polysomnographic parameters. Long-term randomized trials are necessary to demonstrate if NIV decreases healthcare resource utilization, cardiovascular events, and mortality.

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 Publisher: European Respiratory Society

 Year of publication: 2016

 No. of pages: 1

 Publication type: Conference object

 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA349

 ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003

Authorship

MASA JIMÉNEZ, JUAN FERNANDO

SÁNCHEZ-QUIROGA, M. ÁNGELES

CORRAL, JAIME

CABALLERO, CANDELA

BARROT, EMILIA

TERÁN-SANTOS, JOAQUÍN

ALONSO-ÁLVAREZ, MARÍA L.

GÓMEZ-GARCÍA, TERESA

LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ, SOLEDAD

DE LUCAS, PILAR

MARÍN, JOSÉ M

MARTI, SERGI

DÍAZ-CAMBRILES, TRINIDAD

CHINER, EUSEBI

EGEA, CARLOS

MIRANDA, ERIKA

MOKHELESI, BABAK