Personal Therapy Comfort Settings Pilot Clinical Study

ResMed66 enrolled

Overview

350 participants will be enrolled in this study. The target population are patients newly diagnosed with OSA and starting CPAP treatment. User accessible customizable comfort settings (Response setting, expiratory pressure relief (EPR) on/off and EPR level, and Ramp) will be set to either default (control group), or personalized for that participant (active treatment group). Usage will be recorded for the first 1 month of CPAP treatment, to determine if customizing comfort settings can improve CPAP compliance

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Interventions

continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)DEVICE

CPAP comfort settings will be modified in the active group to be personalized to each participant

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients willing to give written informed consent * Patients who can read and comprehend English * Patients who are ≥ 18 years of age * Patients newly diagnosed with OSA and indicated for CPAP therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have previously used PAP therapy * Patients who require a bilevel device * Patients who are or may be pregnant \* Patients who are unable to attend follow up appointments * Patients with a preexisting lung disease/ condition that would predispose them to pneumothorax (for example: COPD, lung cancer; fibrosis of the lungs; recent (\< 2years) case of pneumonia or lung infection; lung injury * Patients believed to be unsuitable for inclusion by the researcher

Locations (1)

ResMed Centre for Healthy Sleep

Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Comparison of treatment continuance between the control group and active treatment group.

Patients who drop off treatment (stop using CPAP treatment) in each group will be compared after 1.5 months of CPAP treatment.