Breathing new life: can lung volume predict sleep apnea surgery success?
NCT ID NCT05350332
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at how the amount of air in your lungs affects throat collapse during sleep in people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Researchers will use a special camera to watch the throat while patients are sedated, and try changing lung volume with a chest device or neck electrodes. The goal is to help doctors better decide if surgery will work for each patient. About 200 adults with OSA who are already planning surgery will take part.
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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 151 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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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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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (≥ 18 yrs) willing and capable of providing informed consent * Obstructive sleep apnea (AHI ≥ 5 events/hour) * Must be willing and able to provide informed consent to participate in the study. * Interested in surgical treatments of OSA and have consented for a DISE procedure as part of their routine clinical evaluation. * Patients are evaluated and cleared by anesthesia prior to the procedure. Exclusion Criteria: * No significant uncontrolled medical co-morbidities (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina, uncompensated heart failure or COPD). * Any medical comorbidity that would prevent the patient from receiving anesthesia or having surgery * Inability to tolerate negative pressure ventilator or perform PFT (i.e. claustrophobia) * No incapacitating disability that interferes with execution of the protocol
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Locations
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States
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