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Changing Lifestyle in OSA Males Who Suffer Metabolic Syndrome and Impotence: Is There a Response?

Changing Lifestyle in OSA Males Who Suffer Metabolic Syndrome and Impotence: Is There a Response?

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40-50 years
Male
Phase N/A
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Overview

The problems like metabolic syndrome and sexual impotence in males with obstructive sleep apnea are common. continuous passive airway pressure (CPAP) is an authorized treatment for this type of apnea but still the recommendations of changing lifestyles are the suggested cornerstone therapies especially in obese males

Description

Forty males with metabolic syndrome, sexual impotence (erectile dysfunction), and obstructive sleep apnea will be randomized to control group (CPAP will be applied in this group that will contain 20 males, CPAP will be applied five days weekly during night-sleeping for 4 hours for 12 weeks ) and study 20-patient group (also CPAP will be applied with the same protocol of control group plus lifestyle changes that will contain 3-session per-week 40-minute treadmill exercising and low-caloric/dietary 12-week restriction)

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea
  • erectile dysfunction (mild and moderate)
  • metabolic syndrome men

Exclusion Criteria:

  • cardiac patients
  • psychiatric men
  • autoimmune diseased men
  • renal diseased men

Study details
    Obstructive Sleep Apnea
    Erectile Dysfunction
    Metabolic Syndrome

NCT06960746

Cairo University

14 May 2025

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