Clinical Research Studies

Are you eligible to participate in this study?

You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:

• Conditions:
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Stroke
• Age: Between 18 Year(s) - 120 Year(s)
• Gender: Male or Female

• Other Inclusion Criteria:
  

  1. Transient ischemic attack (TIA) with ABCD2 =4 or ischemic stroke, within the prior 14 days

  
  

You may not be eligible for this study if the following are true:

• 1. Unable to perform all of activities of daily living (ADLs)
  2. Unable to provide written informed consent
  3. Incarcerated
  4. Pregnant
  5. Current mechanical ventilation or tracheostomy
  6. Current use of positive airway pressure, or use within one month prior to stroke
  7. Anatomical or dermatologic anomaly that makes use of CPAP interface unfeasible
  8. Severe bullous lung disease
  9. History of prior spontaneous pneumothorax or current pneumothorax
  10. Hypotension requiring current treatment with pressors
  11. Other specific medical circumstances that conceivably, in the opinion of the Investigator, could render the patient at risk of harm from use of CPAP
  12. Massive epistaxis or previous history of massive epistaxis
  13. Cranial surgery or head trauma within the past 6 months, with known or possible CSF leak or pneumocephalus
  14. Recent hemicraniectomy or suboccipital craniectomy, or any other recent bone removal procedure for relief of intracranial pressure
  15. Current receipt of oxygen supplementation >4 liters per minute
  16. Current contact, droplet, or respiratory/airborne precautions