Objective Sleep Disturbances in Orthostatic Intolerance

Satish R. Raj100 enrolled

Overview

We wish to study sleep architecture in patients with chronic orthostatic intolerance. We will test the null hypothesis that there is no difference in time during the various phases of sleep between patients and healthy control subjects.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome Chronic Orthostatic Intolerance

Interventions

PolysomnographyPROCEDURE

Overnight Sleep Study

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosed with chronic orthostatic intolerance (or healthy subject) Exclusion Criteria: * overt cause or acute orthostatic intolerance * pregnancy or lactation

Locations (1)

Vanderbilt Unviersity

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Duration of sleep

Time frame: 1 night

Secondary Outcomes

Time in individual phases of sleep

Time frame: 1 night

sleep latency

Time frame: 1 might

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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