Route of Breathing and Chinstrap Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sleep Disordered Breathing; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Respiratory - Sleep apnoea; Respiratory - Other respiratory disorders / diseases

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000696998
• Lead Sponsor: Professor John Wheatley

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-07-07
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult patients (>18 yrs) presenting to the Westmead Sleep Service for investigation of Sleep Disordered Breathing Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB).
2. Baseline PSG demonstrating a Respiratory Disturbance Index between 10 and 30 events/hr.
3. Baseline Polysomnography (PSG) demonstrating oro-nasal breathing for > 50% total sleep

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe OSA with an RDI > 30 events/hr
2. Previous oro-nasal surgery
3. Prior motor vehicle accident due to sleepiness
4. Inability to breathe nasally-only
5. Significant co-morbid respiratory, neurological or cardiac disease
6. Diagnosis of another major sleep disorder
7. Acute upper respiratory tract infection at baseline
8. Severe nasal congestion caused by structural abnormality that renders the subject unsuitable for the study in the opinion of the investigator
9.Inability to refrain from use of alcohol on the study nights

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified