New tool helps veterans stick with sleep apnea therapy
NCT ID NCT07207473
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a decision-making tool can help veterans with sleep apnea choose and stick with a treatment that works for them. About 128 veterans will be randomly assigned to receive either a brief education program or the same program plus a personalized tool. The goal is to see if this approach improves sleep quality and treatment use over six months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral strategy program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help veterans with sleep apnea use their treatments more regularly and get better sleep.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial testing a behavioral program, not a new drug or device. The improvement may be modest, and results may not apply to all patients.
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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 128 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
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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50 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: * referred for an overnight diagnostic sleep test to evaluate for sleep-disordered breathing during the study period * currently untreated for OSA (not prescribed therapy in the past year) Exclusion Criteria: * referral for overnight sleep test is for another reason than to diagnosis sleep-disordered breathing * unable to read printed material (e.g., magazine) in English language * unable to write * unstable medical/psychiatric illness (e.g., recent hospitalization) * Telephone Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) \< 21 or diagnosis of dementia * unstable housing * unable to attend study video or in-person visits
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI
Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1916, United States
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VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA
West Los Angeles, California, 90073-1003, United States
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