Can a sleep apnea device shield lungs from radiation?
NCT ID NCT05142358
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether using a CPAP machine (commonly used for sleep apnea) during radiation therapy can reduce the amount of radiation reaching the lungs. Eight people with left-sided breast cancer or lung cancer took part. Researchers compared lung radiation doses with and without the CPAP device to see if it offered protection.
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Study facts
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- 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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8 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Patients with left-sided breast cancers * Patients must be undergoing left breast/chest wall radiation with or without regional nodal irradiation * Patients undergoing lung SBRT * Primary lung cancers * Metastatic lung tumors Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with right side breast cancer * Patients who are unable to tolerate the CPAP device
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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