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OSANCT05404438

Mouth Breathing Habits Improvement Intervention

A study testing Oral Appliances in people with OSA, run by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University at 1 site in Taiwan.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This study intends to investigate the improvement in patients with OSA through objective measurement, including oxygen desaturation index (ODI) and the percentage reduction in intermittent mouth puffing (IMP) before and after the intervention. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 60 years
Conditions the study is for
OSA
What is being tested?
Oral Appliances
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
24 participants
Where
1 siteTaiwan
Study dates
9 Sep 2018to 31 Jan 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 20 to 60 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • (1) aged 20-60 years old,
  • (2) having symptoms of OSA including snoring, daytime sleepiness, etc.
  • (3) AHI \& ODI >=5 events/hour,

Who cannot join

  • (1) taken sleep medication within the last two months or were on long-term use,
  • (2) reported tobacco, alcohol, caffeine or drug addiction,
  • (3) cancer, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric illness, kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, or other sleep disorders.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Taiwan1 site
  • Faculty of Medicine, and Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University

    Taipei

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About this study

Official title: Improvement of Mouth Breathing Habits During Sleep in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

This study intends to investigate the improvement in patients with OSA through objective measurement, including oxygen desaturation index (ODI) and the percentage reduction in intermittent mouth puffing (IMP) before and after the intervention. The oral appliances are placed between the tongue and the soft palate to reduce the oral ventilation space. A total of 24 participants aged between 36 and 57 years were identified with ODI above 5 events/hour by measuring their blood oxygen and with an originally designed mouth puffing detector to find out those who were still mouth-puffed when their mouths were taped. A suitable appliance was chosen for the participants between the two originally designed oral appliances, tongue pressed device (TPD) and tongue elevated device (TED), and the intervention lasted for six weeks.

Conditions
OSA
Being tested
Oral Appliances
Keywords
mouth breathing, mouth puffing, sleep apnea, oral appliance
Medical subject headings
Mouth Breathing, Sleep Apnea Syndromes

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Oral AppliancesOther

    A pre-experimental, single-group pretest-posttest design was performed. At stage one, each participant underwent a 2-day general sleeping test and a 2-day sleeping test with mouth tape. At stage two, participants underwent conventional impressions for TPD and TED appliances and were then randomly assigned to wear the TPD or TED; together for two days of sleeping test with their mouth taped. After a 2-day break (washout), with the same procedure, participants wore the other appliance for another 2-day sleeping test and decided accordingly the optimal appliance that had reduced their ODI scores more. At stage three, participants wore their optimal appliance mouth-taped during sleep for 6 weeks. At the end of the intervention, all participants underwent few days sleeping test for final results.

Study groups in NCT05404438
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
intervention groupExperimentalsingle arm study
Receives: Other: Oral Appliances

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Differences in OSA-related variables before and after the six weeks oral device intervention

    According to OSA-related variables, we can analyze participants' ODI (events/hours), mean SpO2 (%), the lowest SpO2(%), and the percentage of total record time with oxygen saturation below 90% (T90) to evaluate their objective sleep quality.

    Measured: baseline, six weeks after intervention

  2. Differences in percentage of mouth puffing before and after the six weeks oral device intervention

    According to the number of mouth puffing by minutes, mouth puffing signals were divided into four types, including non-mouth puffing (NMP, no or less than 3 times MPSs on both sides), complete mouth puffing (CMP, regularly MPS on both sides, usually above 8-10 times), intermittent mouth puffing (IMP, irregularly MPS in both side, usually between 3-8 times), and side mouth puffing (SMP, showing one-side MPSs) to evaluate the percentage of mouth breathing while sleeping.

    Measured: baseline, six weeks after intervention

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted3 Jun 2022
  2. Study start9 Sep 2018
  3. Primary completion31 Jan 2022
  4. Study completion31 Jan 2022

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
24 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05404438
Sponsor's protocol ID
YM107083E
Status last verified
Sep 2018
First submitted
16 May 2022
Last updated
3 Jun 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Oral Appliances in people with OSA, run by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University at 1 site in Taiwan.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Jun 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Differences in OSA-related variables before and after the six weeks oral device intervention (time frame: baseline, six weeks after intervention). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Jun 2022.

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