A pilot study of overtone singing as a treatment for snoring

ISRCTN	ISRCTN89892069
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN89892069
Secondary identifying numbers	N0436146550

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Dr Mark W E Elliott
Scientific

Respiratory Medicine
Gledhow Wing
St James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Treatment
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Scientific title	A pilot study of overtone singing as a treatment for snoring
Study objectives	Snoring is a very common problem for which there is no very affective treatment. Snoring occurs because of loss of tone during sleep in the pharygeal muscle leading to partial obstruction. Voice exercises targeted to increase tone in these muscles might therefore be expected to reduce snoring, and there is some anecdotal evidence in support of this. We wish to perform a rather larger pilot study of the use of "overtone" singing in a group of 10 snorers with a view to proceeding to a more definitive prospective randomised controlled trial.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Signs and Symptoms: Snoring
Intervention	Randomised controlled trial
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Objectively measured snoring
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/03/2004
Completion date	01/03/2005

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	10
Key inclusion criteria	Patients with snoring attending the sleep clinic at St James' University Hospital
Key exclusion criteria	Patient refusal
Date of first enrolment	01/03/2004
Date of final enrolment	01/03/2005

St James's University Hospital

Leeds
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom

Department of Health
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Hospital/treatment centre

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
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05/01/2016: no publications found on PubMed.
26/02/2018: no publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator.