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COMPLETEDNANCT03125512

Positional Therapy Versus CPAP for Positional OSA

This is a crossover randomized controlled trial comparing a convenient positional therapy (PT) device to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in the treatment of positional obstructive sleep apn...

Lead sponsor: Changi General Hospital•1 locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Lead Sponsor

Changi General Hospital

This study aims to compare a convenient positional therapy (PT) device used for 8 weeks to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) used for 8 weeks in patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a crossover randomized controlled trial.

Age

21 - 80 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•1. Age 21 years and above
•2. Epworth sleepiness scale 10 to 16
•3. No CPAP treatment or PT treatment for past 6 months
•4. A diagnosis of positional OSA based on a full in-laboratory overnight polysomnography with
•1. Total apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) \>10 /hour and non-supine AHI \< 10/hour
•2. Supine AHI greater than or equal to two times the non-supine AHI
•3. At least 15 minutes of supine and non-supine sleep

Exclusion Criteria

•1. Epworth sleepiness scale ≥17
•2. Commercial driving
•3. Unable or unwilling to use both treatments (CPAP and PT)
•4. Concurrent use of therapy for OSA such as mandibular advancement splints
•5. Conditions that preclude the ability to lie in a non-supine position, for example a shoulder injury
•6. Uncontrolled severe medical/psychiatric conditions such as severe chronic heart failure, malignancy.
•7. Patients with pacemaker
•8. Skin sensitivity around the neck and/or open wound around their neck

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: May 7, 2019Terms

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StatusCOMPLETED

PhaseNA

Enrollment41

Start dateFeb 2017

Last updatedMay 7, 2019

Condition

Sleep Apnea Syndromes

Locations shown

Changi General Hospital

Singapore

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This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: May 7, 2019Data synced to Clareo: May 25, 2026

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