Breathing easy at home: new study could let kids skip the sleep lab
NCT ID NCT05881031
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether children with medical complexity (ages 5-17) can safely start using a nighttime breathing machine at home instead of in a hospital sleep lab. The machine helps them breathe better at night, improving quality of life. Researchers will compare home starts to hospital starts to see which is safer and more practical.
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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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About 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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60 to 215 months
- 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: 1. Age 5-17 years old 2. Newly prescribed NiPPV 3. Tolerated awake NiPPV trial 4. Provides informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Cardiac disease at risk of hemodynamic instability with NiPPV initiation (eg cardiac dysfunction (ejection fraction \<45%), pulmonary hypertension (mean pulmonary artery pressure ≥ 20 mmHg on right heart catheterization or suggestive echocardiogram findings in the opinion of a pediatric cardiologist), or single ventricle) 2. At high risk of complications with NiPPV in the opinion of the child's physician (eg pneumothorax and aspiration risk) 3. Severe sleep disordered breathing with peak CO2 ≥ 60mmHg or apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)≥ 30/hr (AHI measures the number of respiratory events per hour) 4. Participation in concurrent research study that may affect NiPPV adherence (proposed primary outcome of full study) 5. Exclusion of study participants if the caregiver or participant is not English speaking
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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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The Hospital for Sick Children
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5G1X8, Canada
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