The Effects of Mandibular Advancement Appliance Therapy on Masseter Muscle Activity During Sleep in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients: a Study in Clinical Practice
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 18
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- number of masseter muscle activity events
研究概览
简要总结
Previous studies have shown that contractions of the jaw-closing masseter muscle (MAS) often occur shortly after respiratory events during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. Although it has been hypothesized that such non-specific motor activations may contribute to restoration of a compromised upper airway during respiratory events, proper physiological understanding of MAS contractions in patients with OSA is lacking. MAS contractions are usually associated with the termination of respiratory events, but these contractions do not always occur after respiratory events. Therefore, the above-stated hypothesis that "non-specific motor activations of the jaw-closing masseter muscle (MAS) may contribute to restoration of a compromised upper airway during respiratory events" is not accepted yet. Further, Kato et al. concluded from a recent study that MAS contraction is an orofacial manifestation of a general motor reaction to arousal occurring during sleep in OSA patients. This suggests that MAS contraction after a respiratory event is dependent on the arousal response rather than on the respiratory events per se.
详细描述
OSA patients will be invited for participation in this study when they fulfil the predetermined inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria. The number of OSA patients that will be included for this study will be 25 based on a power analysis with a power of 80% and a significance level of 5% (two-sided). Informed consent will be obtained by signing form approved by the ethics board of the Université de Montréal.
The patients will be instructed to wear the mandibular advancement appliance (MAA) every night upon delivery. After a habituation period of three to six months patients will undergo two follow-up polysomnographic (PSG) recordings (see below).
The study has a randomized controlled crossover design, in which two experimental conditions (with MAA in situ versus without MAA in situ) will be compared in random order. A washout period of one week will be used for the MAA therapy.The study consists of three PSG recordings per patient: a baseline recording for the inclusion/exclusion of patients, and two follow-up recordings. The first and second follow-up nights will be used to establish, in a random order, the baseline for masseter muscle activity and arousals, and the effects of the MAA on these parameters. The two follow-up recordings will be performed within one week.
The ambulatory follow-up PSG recordings will be obtained at home. The mounting will be performed by a trained sleep technician. PSG recordings are made using surface electrodes according to the standard technical protocol used in previous OSA studies at the same laboratory.
The PSG recordings will be scored manually in 30-s epochs, and standard sleep and respiratory outcome variables will be obtained. All data analyses will be performed under blind conditions for the PSG recordings (with or without an MAA in situ) by one technician.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 30 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •age between 30-65 years
- •OSA patients with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) between 15 and 45 events per hour, and a report of excessive daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Score > 10) or at least two of the symptoms suggested by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Task Force, e.g., unrefreshing sleep and daytime fatigue.
排除标准
- •Evidence of respiratory/sleep disorders other than OSA
- •a Body Mass Index (BMI) > 40, medication usage that could influence respiration or sleep
- •reversible morphological upper airway abnormalities (e.g., enlarged tonsils)
- •severe temporomandibular disorders
- •untreated periodontal problems or dental pain
- •a lack of retention possibilities for an MAA
研究组 & 干预措施
without mandibular advancement appliance
no therapy
mandibular advancement appliance
mandibular advancement appliance (SomnoDent by SomnoMed)
干预措施: mandibular advancement appliance (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
number of masseter muscle activity events
时间窗: up to 6 month following start of use of mandibular advancement appliance
Motor activations in the masseter muscle during sleep will be scored when the EMG level is at least 10% of the maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) established before sleep.
次要结局
- rhythmic masticatory muscle activity index(up to 6 month following start of use of mandibular advancement appliance)
研究者
Nelly Huynh
Professor
Université de Montréal