Testing air rebreathing during CPAP use
Part of Brain & nervous system, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study checks how much air rebreathing (breathing in some of your own exhaled air) happens when you use a CPAP machine. It might help improve CPAP therapy for people with sleep apnea.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have moderate to severe sleep apnea with an AHI (a measure of breathing pauses) of more than 20.
- You currently use or have used a CPAP machine in the past.
- Your age is between 21 and 70.
- Your BMI is between 18 and 40.
- You do not have severe mouth breathing or any other sleep disorder besides sleep apnea.
- You do not need extra oxygen at night or have serious heart or lung disease.
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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