New app-based program aims to boost sleep apnea treatment success
NCT ID NCT07494292
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests a 4-month personalized digital program (PASS) to help people with obstructive sleep apnea start and continue using positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy. Sixty overweight, inactive adults newly diagnosed with sleep apnea will be randomly assigned to either the PASS program or a general hygiene program. The PASS includes motivational interviewing, a digital platform for tracking and education, and chat-based support. Researchers will measure how many participants start PAP therapy and how often they use it, along with changes in sleep, activity, and diet.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Personalized and Adaptive Sleep Support (PASS) program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help more people with sleep apnea successfully use their breathing machines, improving sleep and health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program is behavioral, so its success depends on individual motivation.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- 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
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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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: * Aged 18 years and above * Newly diagnosed with OSA (diagnosis made within the past year) * Newly started or not yet started Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) treatment, with a treatment duration of less than 6 months * Physically inactive (self-reported moderate physical activity per week of \<150 minutes) * Overweight (BMI≥23 kg/m2) * Mentally, cognitively, and physically fit to join the trial as determined by the doctor in charge and responsible clinical investigators * Able to speak, read, and write Chinese * Willing to complete the questionnaires and assessments * Has a smartphone Exclusion Criteria: * Clinically significant psychiatric disorder * Use of prescription drugs or clinically significant drugs affecting sleep.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Queen Mary Hopsital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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