Could your smartphone replace a sleep lab?
NCT ID NCT04943562
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether wearable devices like activity trackers, EEG headbands, and smartphones can accurately measure sleep stages. Researchers will compare these devices to standard sleep lab tests (polysomnography) in 96 healthy volunteers and people with sleep disorders. If the devices prove reliable, they could offer a simpler, more accessible way to diagnose sleep problems at home.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a reliable, at-home method for diagnosing sleep disorders without needing a sleep lab.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage validation study with only 96 participants. The wearable devices may not match the accuracy of standard polysomnography, and results may not apply to all sleep conditions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 96 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Individuals from both genders, from 20 to 80 years old, healthy (at stage 1) or with at least one sleep disoder or complaint (at stage 2).
- Ages
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20 to 80 years
- 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.
FIRST STAGE (Healthy volunteers) Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 20 and 80 years old * Living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil * No physical or intellectual disability that prevent attending to a in-lab polysomnography or understanding its instructions. Exclusion Criteria: * Excessive daytime sleepiness (as measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale) * Poor sleep quality (as measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) * Insomnia symptoms at any level (as measured by the Insomnia Severity Index) * Symptoms of depression (as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory) * High risk to sleep apnea (as measured by the Stop-Bang questionnaire) * Presence of sleep-related symptoms (as measured by the UNIFESP (Federal University of São Paulo sleep questionnaire) * Self-reported abuse of alcohol, use of abuse drugs or use of medicine that might impact the normal sleep pattern (including hypnotics, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, corticosteroids, etc). * Self-reported chronic diseases * Diagnosis of any sleep disorders during the polysomnography SECONDS STAGE (volunteers with sleep disorders or complaints) Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 20 and 80 years old * Living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil * No physical or intellectual disability that prevent attending to a in-lab polysomnography or understanding its instructions. * At least one sleep disorder or sleep complaint. . Among these, at least 30% of the sample should have moderate to severe insomnia (as measured by the insomnia severity index), 30% should have high risk to sleep apnea (as measured by the STOP-BANG questionnaire) and 70% should have excessive sleepiness scale (as measured by the Epworth sleepiness scale). Exclusion criteria: * Absence of sleep disorders.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centro de Especialistas do Sono
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, 01416-001, Brazil
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SleepUp Tecnologia em Saúde LTDA
RECRUITINGSão Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, 09530-250, Brazil
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