Test accuracy using a scope-based feeling test for sleep apnea
Part of Brain & nervous system, Ear, nose & throat, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study checks how accurately a special camera/scope test can measure throat sensation in people being evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). If the test works well, it may help improve how clinicians understand and assess OSA-related changes.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older, and you’ve been sent to a sleep lab for an initial sleep study because OSA is suspected.
- You are willing to take part in the study and follow the testing instructions.
- Your baseline oxygen level while awake is 88% or higher during the oxygen check.
- Your initial sleep study (polysomnography) must be usable/valid for interpreting results, and it should be done within 15 days of the feeling test.
- You should not have a condition or recent event that could interfere with throat/brain nerve responses (such as recent brain injury, stroke, certain nerve/muscle disorders, or recent throat/pharynx/face surgery).
- You should not have some specific causes of sleep breathing pauses (more than 5% central-type events), or recent/active throat infection, cancer in the throat area, or certain ongoing treatments like high-dose oral steroids.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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