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CompletedNCT03375905Updated Sep 19, 2019

Effectiveness and Safety of cNEP in Ethnic Japanese With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

An interventional study of cNEP in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, sponsored by Sommetrics, Inc.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-09-19.

Sponsored by Sommetrics, Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Mar 2019, 7 years 7 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
8
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of cNEP (continuous negative external pressure) for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea during two weeks of home use in subjects of Japanese ethnicity.

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Conditions studied

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Keywords

  • ethnic Japanese
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In context

Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

2,240 studies on the registry are indexed under Sleep Apnea, Obstructive; 475 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 8 is below the median of 52 across 1,472 interventional studies indexed under Sleep Apnea, Obstructive.

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Lead sponsor

Sommetrics, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • both parents ethnically Japanese, or one parent Japanese and the other east-Asian
  • PSG (polysomnogram) done within the previous 12 months that shows an AHI of 10-50/hr and \<80% of apneas and hypopneas are obstructive
  • cNEP collar fits and is well-tolerated

Key exclusion Criteria:

  • >34
  • abnormalities in neck structure
  • sleep disturbance other than obstructive sleep apnea
  • serious medical illness
  • pregnancy
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
8 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    cNEP

    cNEP treatment

    Device: cNEP

Interventions

  • DevicecNEP

    subjects with OSA will be treated with the cNEP device with the goal of reducing the number of apneas and hypopneas

    Also known as: continuous negative external pressure

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. proportion of sustained responders

    reduction of AHI of \>50% and to \<15/hr from qualifying PSG

    Time frame: two weeks after initiation of treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. proportion of initial responders

    reduction of AHI of \>50% and to \<15/hr from qualifying PSG

    Time frame: at PSG 1, one day

  2. AHI comparison with qualifying PSG

    apnea-hypopnea index

    Time frame: one day, on three separate study occasions

  3. ODI comparison with qualifying PSG

    oxygen desaturation index

    Time frame: one day, on three separate study occasions

  4. SpO2 <90% comparison with qualifying PSG

    oxygen desaturation index \<90%

    Time frame: one day, on three separate study occasions

  5. CGI of sleep

    clinical global impressions of sleep, comparing 3-month baseline with end of two weeks of treatment

    Time frame: three months, and two weeks, respectively

  6. CGI of satisfaction with the cNEP device

    clinical global impressions of the cNEP device

    Time frame: after two weeks of treatment

  7. Treatment-emergent adverse events

    tabulation of treatment-emergent adverse events

    Time frame: two weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • The Sleep Lab
    Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Dec 2017 to primary completion in Mar 2019, 15 months.

Of 115 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Sleep Apnea, Obstructive, half reached primary completion within 12 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 21. This study's 15 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 623 studies reached it within 27 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 50.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 7, 2017
First posted
Dec 18, 2017
StartActual
Dec 7, 2017
Primary completionActual
Mar 28, 2019
CompletionActual
Apr 26, 2019
Last update
Sep 19, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 19, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03375905
Lead sponsor
Sommetrics, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 18, 2017
Start date
Dec 7, 2017
Primary completion
Mar 28, 2019
Completion
Apr 26, 2019
Last update
Sep 19, 2019

Study contacts

Jamil S Sulieman, MD
principal investigator · The Sleep Lab, Kaneohe, HI

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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