Heart patients may get sleep apnea test by mail in landmark trial
NCT ID NCT06618417
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 27, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This trial tests whether mailing a sleep apnea home-testing device to people with atrial fibrillation can improve their quality of life. About 936 participants will either receive the device and possible treatment, or no test at all. Researchers will track symptoms, activity, and heart rhythm using a smartphone app over 18 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- sleep apnea home-evaluation device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that home testing for sleep apnea helps improve well-being and heart symptoms in people with atrial fibrillation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large but early-stage trial focused on screening, not treatment. The benefit may be small or not apply to everyone. Results depend on participants accurately using the app and device.
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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 936 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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18 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: * Established paroxysmal or persistent AF diagnosis * Owning a compatible smartphone * 18 years or older Exclusion Criteria: * Previous investigation for sleep-disturbed breathing * Advanced heart failure (left ventricular dysfunction and NYHA III/IV) * Occupational driver licenses * Pregnancy * Doxazosin or Terazosin treatment (alpha-adrenergic antagonists) * Peripheral arterial disease with daily intermittent claudication
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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
1 site. 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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Herlev-Gentofte Hospital
RECRUITINGHellerup, 2900, Denmark
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