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Could your phone diagnose sleep apnea? new trial tests app in cancer patients

NCT ID NCT06896448

Diagnosis Sponsor: University Hospital, Caen Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether a smartphone app called Apneal can help screen for obstructive sleep apnea in people with head and neck cancer. Sleep apnea is common but often missed in these patients, and current diagnosis requires expensive equipment. Participants use the app at home overnight to record breathing data. The goal is to see if the app works well enough for routine clinical use.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Apneal smartphone application
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a simple, at-home way to screen for sleep apnea in head and neck cancer patients, improving early diagnosis and quality of life.
What could go wrong
This is a small feasibility study with only 20 participants. The app is still under validation and may not be accurate enough for routine use.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

About 20 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Sep 2025

Expected to finish

Sep 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients undergoing diagnostic workup for a lesion suspected to be a head and neck cancer, followed by confirmation of the malignant nature of the lesion. The following locations will be included: the nasopharynx, nasal cavities, sinuses, oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, and parotid gland. * The collection of the informed consent signature is required. * The patient must be affiliated with the social security system. Exclusion Criteria: * Minor patients, or those under judicial protection, guardianship, or curators. * Lack of confirmation of the malignant nature of the lesion. * Diagnosis of metastatic cancer. * Known history of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) or previously treated head and neck cancer.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

head and neck cancer Head and Neck Neoplasms obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

As listed by the trial registrant

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Head and neck cancers Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (osahs)

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHU Caen

    RECRUITING

    Caen, France, 14000, France

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