# Randomized Clinical Trial of Nasal Turbinate Reduction to Improve Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Outcomes for Sleep Apnea

> **NCT00503802** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Washington** · enrollment: 242 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Sleep Apnea Syndromes
- Nasal Obstruction
- Turbinate Hypertrophy

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Radiofrequency Turbinate Reduction
- **PROCEDURE:** Sham RF

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00503802
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Washington
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-07
- **Primary completion:** 2011-06
- **Final completion:** 2011-06
- **Target enrollment:** 242 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-06-19

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00503802

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00503802, "Randomized Clinical Trial of Nasal Turbinate Reduction to Improve Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Outcomes for Sleep Apnea". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00503802. Licensed CC0.

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