Can a smartwatch and app boost CPAP use in heart patients?
NCT ID NCT05960175
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether involving patients in managing CPAP machine alerts—using a connected watch and app—can improve how often they use the device. It includes 556 adults with sleep apnea who are at risk for heart problems and likely to struggle with CPAP adherence. The goal is to see if this approach leads to better treatment use and health outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Connected watch and mobile app for CPAP telemonitoring
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help people with sleep apnea use their CPAP machine more consistently, improving heart health and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage study focused on adherence, not a cure. Results may not apply to all patients, and the technology may not work for everyone.
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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 556 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: * Adult with newly diagnosed OSA (with central apnea index \<5 ev/h), justifying CPAP and with low sleepiness (Epworth score \<11 at inclusion). * Patient with at least 1 cardiovascular risk factor (obesity, type I or II diabetes with or without treatment, permanent hypertension with or without treatment, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, valve disease, history of atrial fibrillation, history of ischaemic heart disease, history of stroke). * Patient with a smartphone and who agrees to use connected objects during the study. * Signed informed consent form, * Subject affiliated to a health insurance system, or is a beneficiary. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients already fitted with a CPAP machine, * Patients with permanent atrial fibrillation, * Patients whose state of health is not stable or requires heavy treatment, * Patients with cognitive problems. * Patients participating in another intervention research in pulmonology. * Vulnerable subject
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AP-HP Bichat Claude Bernard
Paris, 75018, France
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AP-HP Hôpital Européen Georges
Paris, France, 75015, France
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AP-HP Pitié Salpêtrière
Paris, 75013, France
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CH Départemental Vendée
La Roche-sur-Yon, France, 85925, France
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CH Le Mans
Le Mans, 72037, France
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CH Versailles
Le Chesnay, 78150, France
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CHU Angers - Service de pneumologie
Angers, 49100, France
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CHU Dijon-Bourgogne
Dijon, 21000, France
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CHU Nancy
Nancy, 54511, France
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CHU Rouen - Charles Nicolle
Rouen, 76000, France
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Polyclinique Saint-Laurent - Groupe médical de pneumologie
Rennes, 35000, France
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