Group support boosts sleep apnea machine use
NCT ID NCT03835702
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a group program for people with moderate-to-severe sleep apnea who were having trouble using their breathing machine (PAP). The program aimed to help them use the machine more often and for longer each night. Researchers compared the group program to usual care and measured changes in machine use, sleepiness, and quality of life over 3 months.
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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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56 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2019
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * ≥18 years old * Moderate to severe OSA (apnea hypopnea index (AHI)≥15 events/hr) on polysomnogram (PSG) * Followed by non-sleep providers for OSA (mainly primary care providers) * New PAP set up \< 1 month * Sub-optimal PAP adherence by objective PAP adherence data (\<70 % usage and \<4 hours of average PAP usage) Exclusion Criteria: * Central sleep apnea (\>50% apneas are central) and/or presence of Cheyne-Stokes breathing * Pregnant women * Patients on supplemental oxygen * Patients not able to attend SAM clinic * Inability to provide informed consent
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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