A Post-marketing Surveillance of the Negative Pressure Sleep Therapy System to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea

A Multi-center, Two-stage, Single-arm, Prospective, First-night Order Cross-over, Evaluator-blind Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerance of the iNAP® Sleep Therapy System in Adults With Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

This is a post-marketing surveillance study to investigate the efficacy and safety of the Negative Pressure Sleep Therapy System for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: iNAP® Sleep Therapy System (iNAP)

Detailed Description

This is a multi-center, two-stage, single-arm, prospective, first-night order cross-over, evaluator-blind, post-marketing surveillance study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerance of the iNAP® Sleep Therapy System (iNAP), a tongue and soft palate retaining intraoral device, in adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 63
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: C.C. Chen, Ph.D.; Email: chungchu1@somnics.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: C.N. Huang, Ph.D.; Email: huangcn@somnics.com

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Cologne, Germany
    • Recruiting
    • INTERSOM
    • Contact: Lennart Knaack
  • Dortmund, Germany
    • Recruiting
    • Somnolab
    • Contact: Hans-Christian Blum
  • Essen, Germany
    • Recruiting
    • Alfred Krupp Krankenhaus
    • Contact: Ricardo Stoohs
  • Frankfurt, Germany
    • Recruiting
    • American Sleep Clinic
    • Contact: Hartmut Schneider
  • Hagen, Germany
    • Recruiting
    • Helios Klinik Ambrock
    • Contact: Georg Nilius
  • Solingen, Germany
    • Recruiting
    • Krankenhaus Bethanien
    • Contact: Randerath
• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 104
    • Recruiting
    • Mackay Memorial Hospital
    • Contact: Ying-Piao Wang
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 111
    • Recruiting
    • Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital
    • Contact: Chia-Mo Lin

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1) Female or male adults with age between 18~65 years old. (S1)
• 2) Non-obese patients with body mass index (BMI) <29 kg/m2. (S1)
• 3) Patients able to read and sign on the informed consent form and able to comply with study requirements. (S1)
• 4) Patients able to be properly fitted* with the oral interface as observed by the device feasibility test. (S1)
• 5) Patients with oxygen desaturation index (ODI) between 10~40 (S2).

• 6) Patients with oral negative vacuum time maintained* by iNAP® ≥4 hours/night and total sleep time (TST) ≥4 hours/night (S3).

  • iNAP® pressure more negative than -30 mmHg will be considered evidence of effective oral appliance application.
• 7) Patients with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) between 10~40 and TST ≥4 hours/night (Baseline PSG Night).

• 8) Patients with oral negative vacuum time maintained* by iNAP® ≥4 hours/night and TST ≥4 hours/night (1st Tx PSG Night).

  • iNAP® pressure more negative than -30 mmHg will be considered evidence of effective oral appliance application.

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1) Patients who are allergic to silicone.
• 2) Patients with obstructed nasal passages as evidenced by the inability to breathe through the nose with the mouth closed.
• 3) Patients who recently experienced a near-miss or prior automobile accident due to sleepiness.
• 4) Patients who have or have had hypoxemia (SpO2 <80%) in the past six months caused by diseases other than OSA such as cardiac disease or severe pulmonary/respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, pneumothorax, pneumonia, etc.
• 5) Female patients who are lactating, pregnant or intend to become pregnant during the study period.
• 6) Patients with primary insomnia or any concomitant diagnosed or suspected sleep disorder.

• 7) Patients with muscle disease, central nervous disease or chronic neurological disorders, including central sleep apnea*.

  • Central sleep apnea is defined as a central apnea index (CAI) ≥ 5/hr or if central sleep apnea accounts for ≥ 50% of the total AHI.
• 8) Patients in whom it is not suitable to use iNAP® in the opinion of the Investigator including, but not limited to, alcohol or substance abuse, loose teeth, missing teeth, or grinding teeth, completed deviated septum (Type IV or VII) or completed closed nostrils or advanced periodontal disease or tonsillar volumes greater than grade 3.
• 9) Patients with an inability to sleep through the night including, but not limited to, menopausal hot flashes, working at nights or rotating night shifts, planned travel across four or more time zones during the study period or within one week prior to study participation, or a sleep schedule not compatible with study site practices.
• 10) Patients with potential complications of sleep apnea that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may affect the study interpretation or the health or safety of the patients including, but not limited to, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), end stage renal failure, a history of severe cardiovascular disease (including New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV cardiac failure, coronary artery disease with angina or myocardial infarction/stroke in the past six months, uncontrolled hypertension or hypotension or cardiac arrhythmias), unstable heart or renal transplantation or use of medicine or other treatment(s) that may confound the result of the study or pose additional risks to the patient, such as oral anticoagulants or other agents making patients prone to tongue hemorrhage.

Stage II Inclusion Criteria:

Patients who fulfill all the enrollment criteria of Stage I and whose treated AHI on the 1st Tx PSG Night is below 40.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treated; iNAP® Sleep Therapy System Treatment	Device: iNAP® Sleep Therapy System (iNAP); The iNAP provides pressure gradient within the oral cavity to pull the tongue toward upper palate and the soft palate forward, which aims to maintain better upper airway patency near the pharynx to prevent sleep-disordered breathing.
No Intervention: Baseline/Control; Self-controlled, pre-treatment baseline

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Clinical success rate* of apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)** on the 1st Tx PSG Night when compared to the Baseline PSG Night.	*Clinical success rate is defined as the ratio of the number of patients with an AHI reduction of >50% and treated AHI <20 to the number of patients who complete the 1st Tx PSG Night, where completion is defined as a total sleep time (TST) and device negative pressure maintenance ≥4 hours/night on the 1st Tx PSG Night. For completion of the Baseline PSG Study, a total sleep time (TST) ≥4 hours/night has to be met. **AHI is the number of apnea/hypopnea events divided by total sleep time (TST), i.e., the number of hours of sleep.	first treatment night

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
AE/SAE rate and type	Vital signs, Physical examination (PE) findings and change of body figure indexes, Electrocardiogram (ECG) findings as reflected in polysomnography (PSG), Adverse events (AEs), Serious adverse events (SAEs), Changes in the oral and dental condition	The whole study period through study completion; up to 8 weeks
Clinical success rate* of apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)** on the 2nd Tx PSG Night when compared to the 1st Tx PSG Night.	*Clinical success rate is defined as the ratio of the number of patients with an AHI reduction of >50% and treated AHI <20 to the number of patients who complete the 2nd Tx PSG Night, where completion is defined as a total sleep time (TST) and device negative pressure maintenance ≥4 hours/night on the 2nd Tx PSG Night. For completion of the Baseline PSG Study, a total sleep time (TST) ≥4 hours/night has to be met. **AHI is the number of apnea/hypopnea events divided by total sleep time (TST), i.e., the number of hours of sleep.	second treatment night
Change of Oxygen Desaturation Index (ODI)* from the Baseline PSG Night compared to the 1st Tx PSG Night and the 2nd Tx PSG Night; and the change from the 1st Tx PSG Night compared to the 2nd Tx PSG Night.	*ODI is the event number of oxygen level drops by 3 percent or more from baseline divided by total sleep time (TST), i.e., the number of hours of sleep.	At the Baseline PSG Night, the 1st Tx PSG Night and/or the 2nd Tx PSG Night

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Somnics, Inc.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Hartmut Schneider, M.D., American Sleep Clinic Frankfurt

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 22, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 18, 2020
• Study Completion (Anticipated): May 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 17, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 26, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): March 3, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 18, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 16, 2020
• Last Verified: March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nervous System Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Respiration Disorders; Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic; Dyssomnias; Sleep Wake Disorders; Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory; Sleep Apnea Syndromes; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive; Apnea
• Other Study ID Numbers: iNAP®-CE-1501

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No