French study tracks sleep quality in central apnea patients using smart ventilator
NCT ID NCT02835638
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study followed 520 French adults with central or mixed sleep apnea to see how a treatment called adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) improved their sleep quality. Participants used a breathing device that adjusts pressure in real time. The goal was to measure changes in sleep quality over time, not to test a cure or new drug.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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520 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2017
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
Patients With Central or Combined Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) Out of Heart Failure (HF) With Altered Ejection Fraction, With a Predominant Central SAS.
- Ages
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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: * Patient over 18 years * Naive patient to treatment with positive pressure with AHIc \> 15 requiring the establishment of an ASV to a central or combined SAS without any systolic HF (LVEF ≤ 45%) with predominant central SAS. * OR Patient with a predominant obstructive SAS ( ≤ 50% central event ) whose Continuous Positive Airway Pressure treatment (CPAP) does not allow adequate control of the central events: treated for at least 1 month CPAP with a residual central apnea hypopnea index greater than or equal to 10 events per hour (AHI global\> 15, which AHIc ≥ 10) pressure to control obstructive events ( IAHo \<5 ) controlled by polygraphy or polysomnography with a pressure test \<10 cm H2O. * Before inclusion, for patients who have previously been treated with CPAP, a PSG diagnosis will be made after a period of wash-out of CPAP of a 1-week period. * Patient affiliated to the national social security (beneficiary or assignee ). * Patient being aware of the information form and signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with against -indication for the use of ASV : * History of massive epistaxis. * Diseases related to barotrauma particularly pneumothorax and pneumo- mediastinum. * Suspicions of meningeal gaps or trauma history of the prior stage of the skull base. * Shortness of breath or hypercapnia deemed incompatible by the doctor with the ASV treatment. * Patients with predominant obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (\> 85% obstructive events ). * Standardized central SAS by the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure * Patients with a diagnosis of systolic heart failure (LVEF ≤45 %) with a predominant central SAS ( \> 50% central events ). * Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, person under a legal protection measure (pregnant or lactating women, patients under guardianship) * Lack of signature for the information form and the informed consent form.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH Annecy Annecy
Pringy, 74374, France
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CH Antibes
Antibes, 06600, France
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CH du Mans
Le Mans, 72100, France
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CHU Dijon
Dijon, 21000, France
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CHU d'Angers
Angers, 49933, France
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CHU de Grenoble
Grenoble, 38043, France
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CHU de Nancy
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France
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CHU de Poitiers
Poitiers, New Aquitaine, 86021, France
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CHU de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, 67091, France
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Cabinet Libéral Selest
Strasbourg, 67000, France
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Cabinet Libéral de Pneumologie
Rennes, 35700, France
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Centre Hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique
Vannes, 56017, France
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Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille
Lille, 59037, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Béziers
Béziers, 34500, France
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Centre VISAS
Saint-Etienne, 42055, France
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Clinique La Louvière
Lille, 59000, France
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Groupe Hospitalier La Rochelle Ré Aunis
La Rochelle, 17019, France
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Groupe Hospitalier Public du Sud de l'Oise
Senlis, 60300, France
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Groupe Hospitalier de la Région de Mulhouse et Sud Alsace
Mulhouse, 68070, France
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Hôpital Antoine Béclère
Clamart, 92140, France
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Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve CHU de Montpellier
Montpellier, 34295, France
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Hôpital Bichat
Paris, 75018, France
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Hôpital Henri Mondor
Créteil, 94010, France
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Hôpital Larrey
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Hôpital Maison Blanche CHU de Reims
Reims, 51100, France
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Hôpital Universitaire Saint Antoine
Paris, 75012, France
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Hôpital de Chantilly Les Jockeys
Chantilly, 60631, France
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Hôpital de la Pitié Salpétrière
Paris, 75651, France
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