The research study is being done to test heated humidified high-flow air (HHF), as a treatment for OSA.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
20
HHF is an integrated flow generator that delivers heated and humidified air or oxygen at high flow rates via a soft nasal cannula using an open circuit. HHF via the Fisher and Paykel myAIRVO 2 device will be initiated as per The Hospital for Sick Children's sleep laboratory standard protocol by a sleep technician or respiratory therapist (RT) during an overnight polysomnography. Nasal prongs will be selected that are less than fifty percent of the subject's nares. The lowest flow rate of HHF will be selected and titrated upwards until clinical effect is achieved, to a maximum flow of 60L/minute, as per standard clinical care.
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Change in apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) with HHF compared to the change in AHI with CPAP
Determine whether a participant's AHI changes with HHF vs CPAP
Time frame: week 1-4
Comparative COMFORT scales with HHF and CPAP.
Determine whether COMFORT scale scores differ between HHF and CPAP
Time frame: week 1-4
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