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Effects of Pressure Control Device (SensAwake™) on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Patients Who Remove the Mask for Unknown Reasons During Automatic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (Auto-CPAP) Therapy
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating SensAwake™ modification for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Completed, enrolled 35 participants.
Detailed Summary
This study will investigate Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and an automatically Adjusting Positive Airway Pressure (APAP) device with new technology called SensAwake™. This requires experimental confirmation in a randomised controlled trial with crossover design, comparing compliance on standard APAP with compliance using APAP modified by the addition of the SensAwake™ modification on consecutive nights in participants with moderate-to-severe OSA.
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Interventions
SensAwake™ is a new design based on the research of Doctor Ayappa 5 years ago. The SensAwake™ modification to the Fisher and Paykel automatically titrating positive airway pressure (APAP) device aims to sense whether the patient is awake via respiratory patterns that differentiate between sleep and wake. Upon sensing that the patient is awake the device is able to reduce positive airway pressure PAP aiming to improve patient comfort which should result in more consolidated sleep.