Nerve stimulation for adults with obstructive sleep apnea
Part of Brain & nervous system, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial tests a device that stimulates a nerve to keep your airway open during sleep. It might help if you have moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea and cannot use a CPAP mask.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your body mass index (BMI) must be 32 or lower.
- You need to have 15 to 50 pauses in breathing per hour of sleep (moderate to severe sleep apnea).
- No more than 25% of those pauses are from central or mixed sleep apnea.
- You have tried a CPAP or similar mask and it didn't work, or you chose not to use it.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Your airway does not have major blockages, nerve weakness, or specific collapse patterns as seen on a sleep endoscopy.
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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