Active clinical trials for "Sleep Apnea, Obstructive"

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome is associated with increased vascular dysfunction and atherosclerosis. Especially, it has been shown that OSA associated intermittent hypoxia represents a pro inflammatory stimulus resulting in macrophage polarization. Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is a negative regulator of insulin signaling pathways involved in atherosclerosis. It has been shown that myeloid PTP1B deficiency protects against atherosclerosis. As hypoxia has also been shown to increase PTP1B expression and activity, this study will evaluate the myeloid PTP1B expression and activity in patients with OSA as compared to controls and will investigate myeloid PTP1B involvement in the vascular pro inflammatory precess described in OSA.

This study will be conducted to determine whether lemborexant as compared to placebo decreases the peripheral oxygen saturation during total sleep time in healthy adult and elderly participants after a single dose of treatment and to determine whether it increases the apnea-hypopnea index after single and multiple doses of treatment in adult and elderly participants with mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The purpose of this research is to assess how well people with mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) adhere to the eXciteOSA device and specifically examine whether adherence of the device is different with low versus high electrical stimulation. In addition, this research study will assess how well the device affects mild sleep apnea and if it improves sleepiness and quality of life.

Introduction: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the most common form of sleep disordered breathing. Patients who arrive at the dental office with a diagnosis of OSA are often treated with a mandibular advancement device (MAD). A biomimetic oral appliance therapy (BOAT), offers an alternative non-surgical method, which can putatively resolve OSA by combined maxilla-mandibular correction, and addressing craniofacial deficiencies. The aim: To determine whether maxilla-mandibular correction changes induced by BOAT produce a more favorable upper airway, which might result in a reduction in the severity of OSA. Protocol: Adults who underwent an overnight sleep study and were diagnosed by a sleep specialist physician will be potential subjects for the current study. The BQ and EES will be recorded pre- and post- BOAT treatment. Subjects with mild to moderate OSA will have 2 months follow up visits and a final overnight sleep study to measure apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). The subjects will be asked to wear the appliance for 10-12 hours/day and at night. Findings will be analyzed statistically using paired t-tests.

BAY2586116 is a new drug in development for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. This is a condition that causes breathing to repeatedly stop and start during sleep due to blocked upper airways. This is a study to learn more how safe BAY2586116 is, how it affects the body, how it moves into, through and out of the body in healthy Japanese male participants. The participants will be randomly chosen to receive 1 of 3 different doses of BAY2586116 or to receive a placebo. A placebo looks like a treatment but does not have any medicine in it. The participants will receive their study treatment either 1 single time or once a day for 5 days through a nasal spray. The participants will be in the study for a total of about 12 weeks. They will stay at their study site for either 5 or 9 days, depending on which study treatment they receive. During this time, the doctors will take blood and urine samples and check the participants' health. About 6 to 8 days after the participants receive their last treatment, the researchers will check the participants' health again. The main aim of this study is to learn more about how safe BAY2586116 is compared to the placebo. To answer this question, the researchers will count the number of participants who have medical problems that may or may not be related to the study treatment. These medical problems are also known as "adverse events" while they are in the study.

Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is characterized by the occurrence of abnormally frequent episodes of interrupted ventilation (apnea) or significant reduction of ventilation (hypopnea) during sleep. It is linked to a repeated collapse of the upper airways during sleep. Episodes of apnea and hypopnea cause hypoxemia and micro-awakenings with a well-established impact on quality of life and daily activities. Physiologically, OSAHS can be aggravated when moving from a standing to a supine position through fluid shift from the lower limbs to the upper body, thereby modifying the opening of the upper airways. A decrease of the water balance by bilateral diurnal compression of the lower limbs (during daytime in standing position) may limit this nocturnal fluid shift (at night in supine position) and thus reduce the severity of OSAHS. Two comparative clinical trials [Redolfi 2011; White 2015] have shown a clinically modest reduction of sleep apnea (-36% and -27%, respectively), which was however statistically significant versus untreated control group (p = 0.002 and p = 0.04, respectively), when elastic compression medical devices of 20 to 30 mmHg were worn during the daytime. The hypothesis of fluid shift influence on OSAHS has been tested [Berg 1993; Redolfi 2011; White 2015], but the decrease of the water balance when the device is used remains to be quantified. The CVE101-15 exploratory clinical investigation sponsored by Laboratoires Innothera performed on healthy volunteers confirmed the hypothesis of a diuretic effect of elastic compression stockings applying a pressure of 33 mmHg at the ankle, worn for 13-14 hours during the daytime for 3 days, with a good safety profile of this device. Moreover, it enabled the identification of reliable parameters and the endpoints to be used to demonstrate a diuretic effect. Based on this information, there may be a real interest in conducting further investigations about the evolution of water balance beyond a 3-day period of elastic compression use in the daytime. Hence, the main objective of this clinical investigation is to compare precisely, under standardized test conditions, water balance changes in healthy subjects over 5 days with or without daytime use of the investigational medical device (IMD), an elastic compression device prototype specially designed for this study.

This is a prospective, open-label study to evaluate the effectiveness of providing a dashboard with merged health metrics of CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure/ PAP) usage, self-reported sleepiness, blood pressure (BP) and activity (steps).

Sustainable Methods, Algorithms, and Research Tools for Delivering Optimal Care Study (SMART DOCS) was designed to develop and evaluate a new approach (patient-centered outcomes and coordinated-care management [PCCM]) for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Specialized and pertinent information and resources regarding sleep disorder management were developed and made available through an online portal, allowing patients to make informed health care decisions, and providers to assist patients in achieving what they feel are the most important goals regarding their care. Half of participants were randomized into the conventional diagnosis and treatment (CONV) arm and the other half into the patient-centered outcomes and coordinated-care management (PCCM) arm. Validated objective and subjective assessment measures were administered at intervals throughout a 13 month participation period in both the CONV and PCCM arms to determine whether the new PCCM approach for sleep medicine results in increased patient satisfaction, quality of care, and improved health outcomes. Qualifying participants were 18 years of age or older and presenting with a new sleep disorder. Patients received no monetary compensation.

Previous studies have shown that contractions of the jaw-closing masseter muscle (MAS) often occur shortly after respiratory events during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. Although it has been hypothesized that such non-specific motor activations may contribute to restoration of a compromised upper airway during respiratory events, proper physiological understanding of MAS contractions in patients with OSA is lacking. MAS contractions are usually associated with the termination of respiratory events, but these contractions do not always occur after respiratory events. Therefore, the above-stated hypothesis that "non-specific motor activations of the jaw-closing masseter muscle (MAS) may contribute to restoration of a compromised upper airway during respiratory events" is not accepted yet. Further, Kato et al. concluded from a recent study that MAS contraction is an orofacial manifestation of a general motor reaction to arousal occurring during sleep in OSA patients. This suggests that MAS contraction after a respiratory event is dependent on the arousal response rather than on the respiratory events per se.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is an effective therapy to treat sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a condition where the airways collapse when the patient is asleep. CPAP treats sleep apnea by delivering an air pressure to the airways, splinting the airways open. CPAP is a device that sits besides the bed and is applied to the patient using a face mask. The development of new CPAP masks is an on-going focus at ResMed Ltd in a bid to improve comfort and user compliance. ResMed are developing a new mask and investigations are required to evaluate mask performance over time. ResMed Ltd design and manufacturer CPAP masks. The revision and development of masks is an on-going focus of the company in a bid to improve usability and patient compliance while maintaining optimum treatment. ResMed is developing a new mask. Investigations are therefore required to determine how much matter is built-up on the mask over time and to evaluate mask performance (including comfort and seal) and efficacy. AIMS The aims of the study are: To measure and compare the change in the abundance of microbes on the new mask over a period of 8 weeks To measure and compare the change in comfort, seal, stability, efficacy, leak and user compliance of this new mask over a period of 8 weeks To measure and compare the change in comfort, seal, stability, efficacy, leak and user compliance of this new mask versus an available mask It is hypothesised that: The new mask acquires microbes from the user but there is no difference in the abundance of microorganisms between 2 and 8 weeks. The new mask maintains the same degree of comfort, seal, stability, efficacy, leak and compliance between 2 and 8 weeks. Compared to the existing mask, the new mask provides a higher degree of comfort, seal and stability and improves user compliance. The new mask also maintains efficacy, and maintains or reduces leak compared to the current masks.