New app aims to boost CPAP use for sleep apnea sufferers
NCT ID NCT06381115
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This Mayo Clinic study tests a smartphone app called SleepWell24 to help people with obstructive sleep apnea use their CPAP machine for at least 6 hours a night, 6 nights a week. The app connects to a smart plug and a Fitbit to track CPAP usage, sleep time, and activity. Researchers will enroll 40 adults newly diagnosed with sleep apnea to see if the app improves CPAP adherence and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SleepWell24 smartphone app
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this app could help people with sleep apnea stick with CPAP therapy, leading to better sleep and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 40 participants. The app may not work for everyone, and results may not apply to all CPAP users.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * In both trials of Aim 2, twenty adults (≥18 years) per trial will be recruited who are newly diagnosed with OSA and speak English. * In both trials, we will purposely recruit samples balanced by biological sex and OSA severity (apnea hypopnea index: 5-14 vs. ≥ 15). * Inclusion Criteria are the same for both Aim 2 trials; Adult patients from MCCSM sites who: * Are diagnosed with OSA based on clinical diagnostic testing via laboratory or home-based sleep study; * Own and have the functional and cognitive ability to use an Apple (iOS9 or higher) or Android (4.2 or higher) smartphone with minimal to no assistance; * Are prescribed continuous or auto-titrated CPAP; * Agree to using a smartphone application and wearable wrist sensor; and * Speak and read English. Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling to complete study measures and engage with SleepWell24; * Refuse to not use the Fitbit application during the study trial; * Have any conditions that would impede full participation (e.g., communication or cognitive impairments that limit ability to read and/or follow directions, other acute or severe health, cognitive, or psychological conditions); * Currently participating in other lifestyle programs (e.g. active, formal weight loss program or research study; smoking cessation program, etc.); * Decide to use a different PAP device than ResMed Airsense 10; * Prescribed high-dose benzodiazepines (equivalent to \> 1 mg lorazapam/night); * Daily opioid medication use at night;' * Unwilling to discontinue use of any current wearable sensor for the duration of the trial; * Previous documented history of treatment/referral for claustrophobia; * Previous CPAP use; * Currently engaging in shiftwork defined as night shift or rotating day and night shifts; and * Currently pregnant, trying to conceive, or breastfeeding.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic in Arizona
RECRUITINGScottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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