Smartwatch may boost CPAP use in sleep apnea patients
NCT ID NCT07377968
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a Garmin smartwatch that shows health data can help people with moderate to severe sleep apnea use their CPAP machine more regularly. 80 adults who are new to CPAP will be split into two groups: one can see their wearable data, the other cannot. The main goal is to see if the wearable group uses CPAP longer and more often.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Garmin vivoactive 5 wearable device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that giving patients access to their own health data from a wearable helps them stick with CPAP therapy, leading to better sleep and health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 80 people. The wearable might not actually improve CPAP use, and results may not apply to everyone with sleep apnea.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
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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19 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: * Adult patients (≥ 19 yr of age) with moderate to severe OSA (AHI ≥ 15 events/hr at the sleep clinic in Ramathibodi hospital * Study after EC approval to March, 2026 * Patients with OSA who are prescribed CPAP therapy and accepted a trial of therapy Exclusion Criteria: * Patients deny to provide an informed consent * Patients had active cardiovascular, pulmonary, psychiatric disease, and epilepsy * Patients had been previously used CPAP for treatment of OSA * Patients have a problem to use a wearable device or watch * Patients had used any smartwatch before * Patients do not have a smart phone
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ramathibodi hospital, Mahidol university
Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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