Can a High-Tech Eye-Mask help you sleep better and use your CPAP more?
NCT ID NCT07521319
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a wearable smart eye-mask that combines gentle heat and massage with voice-guided sleep therapy to help people who have both insomnia and sleep apnea. The 4-year project will first explore how the condition works, then develop the device, and finally test it in 160 people across multiple centers. Researchers hope the approach will reduce insomnia symptoms and improve how often people use their CPAP machines.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Brief Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (BBTi) and a smart eye-mask device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient, drug-free way to improve sleep and help people stick with their CPAP therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with multiple phases, so results are uncertain. The device and therapy may not work for everyone, and the study hasn't started recruiting yet.
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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 361 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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Dec 2030
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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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥20 years. * Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosed by clinical polysomnography (PSG), defined as apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥5 events/hour. * Insomnia disorder diagnosed by a physician according to DSM-5 criteria, with Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) score ≥15. * Able to understand study procedures and provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cognitive impairment, * Major psychiatric disorder, * Severe chronic illness (e.g., severe heart failure or receiving hemodialysis). * Other sleep disorders (e.g., restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders). * Receipt of CBT-I, BBTi, or other behavioral sleep interventions within the past 3 months. * Pregnant or breastfeeding.
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