Evaluation of the Clinical Performance of Apneal®, a Medical Device on Smartphone, for Sleep Apnea-hypopnea Syndrome Diagnosis. (EASY)

Evaluation of the Clinical Performance of Apneal®, a Medical Device on Smartphone, for Sleep Apnea-hypopnea Syndrome Diagnosis studY

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the ability of the Apneal application in diagnosing sleep apnea in adult patients.

Participants will be asked to wear the Apneal device during their fulll-night sleep test (polysomnography, the gold standard for sleep apnea)

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

491

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Paris, France
        • Centre du sommeil, hôpital Bichat

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals, men or women, aged over 18 and with no upper age limit;
  • Individuals for whom PSG is indicated as part of routine care, regardless of indication.
  • Individuals willing and able to comply with study requirements;
  • Individuals with a declared total sleep time of at least 6 hours, as recommended by AASM for PSG analysis.
  • Individuals affiliated to social security or beneficiary of such a scheme if applicable according to the local regulation ;
  • Voluntary individuals who have provided oral and written consent after being informed by the research investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals with active implantable medical devices (e.g. electronic heart implant, electrical neurophysiological stimulator…);
  • Individuals with mechanical heart valves;
  • Individuals with chest deformity preventing the phone to be correctly placed on the chest
  • Individuals with uncontrolled psychiatric conditions impairing their ability to fully consent to the study
  • Individuals suffering from epilepsy or an associated disorder;
  • Individuals suffering from a moderate to severe valvular disease;
  • Individuals under CPAP treatment during the participation.
  • Individuals suffering from a nervous system disorder that causes unintended or uncontrollable movements, other than periodic leg movement syndrome and restless leg syndrome.
  • Refusal to participate in the study at any time during the clinical investigation;
  • Individuals in period of exclusion from another protocol or currently participating in another interventional research study;
  • Individuals not able to understand and speak the official language of the research center;
  • Vulnerable individuals according to local legislation

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Epxerimental
Patients will wear the device during their polysomnographic recording
Patients will wear a smartphone with the Apneal Application on their chest, while they perform polysomnography

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Performance of Apneal® in categorizing SAHS severity using AHI
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The primary endpoint of this study is the performance of Apneal® in categorizing SAHS severity in four classes compared to PSG: normal (AHI < 5), mild (5 ≤ AHI < 15), moderate (15 ≤ AHI < 30), and severe (AHI ≥ 30)
through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Correlation between AHI from Apneal and AHI from PSG
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The endpoint requires to assess the performances of Apneal® against PSG first. The ground truth and predicted severities will be established and compared for each included individual.
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Correlation between AHI from Apneal and AHI from nocturnal polygraphy
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The endpoint requires to assess the performances of Apneal® against polygraphy channels derived from PSG first. The ground truth and predicted severities will be established and compared for each included individual.
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Correlation between AHI from apneal and ODI from nocturnal oximetry
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

The endpoint requires to assess the performances of Apneal®, against nocturnal oximetry, . The ground truth and predicted severities will be established and compared for each included individual.

The comparison of Apneal® performance with nocturnal oximetry for sleep apnea screening will be conducted using ROC analysis.

through study completion, an average of 1 year
Correlation between AHI from Apneal and NoSAS score
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

The endpoint requires to assess the performances of Apneal® in screening OSAS, against NoSAS . The ground truth and predicted severities will be established and compared for each included individual. The first step is to output a score for each of these methods :

  • AHI for Apneal®
  • NoSAS score

The comparison of Apneal® with NoSAS for sleep apnea screening will be conducted using ROC analysis.

through study completion, an average of 1 year
Correlation between AHI from Apneal and STOPBANG score
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

The endpoint requires to assess the performances of Apneal® in screening OSAS, against NoSAS . The ground truth and predicted severities will be established and compared for each included individual. The first step is to output a score for each of these methods :

  • AHI for Apneal®
  • STOPBANG score

The comparison of Apneal® with STOPBANG for sleep apnea screening will be conducted using ROC analysis.

through study completion, an average of 1 year
Correlation between AHI from Apneal and Berlin score
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

The endpoint requires to assess the performances of Apneal® in screening OSAS, against Berlin questionnaire. The ground truth and predicted severities will be established and compared for each included individual. The first step is to output a score for each of these methods :

  • AHI for Apneal®
  • Berlin score

The comparison of Apneal® with Berlin for sleep apnea screening will be conducted using ROC analysis.

through study completion, an average of 1 year
Correlation between AHI from Apneal and Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) score
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

The endpoint requires to assess the performances of Apneal® in screening OSAS, against Berlin questionnaire. The ground truth and predicted severities will be established and compared for each included individual. The first step is to output a score for each of these methods :

  • AHI for Apneal®
  • Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) score

The comparison of Apneal® with ESS for sleep apnea screening will be conducted using ROC analysis.

through study completion, an average of 1 year
The classification of sleep epochs into three categories : wake, REM sleep and NREM sleep (N1, N2 or N3).
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

The ground truth (from PSG) and predicted (from Apneal®) sleep stages classification will be established and compared for each included individual after :

  • the PSG and Apneal® data are recorded during the inclusion visit (sleep study)
  • the PSG sleep stages are estimated by the scorer in the centralized center, following AASM guidelines
  • the ground truth sleep stages are output from these estimations or the adjudication committee if there is a disagreement between the two first scorers.
  • Apneal® sleep stages are predicted automatically by the Apneal® algorithm. Sleep stages from Apneal® and PSG are compared using accuracy of the binary classifications.
through study completion, an average of 1 year
The segmentation of the night in snores and non-snores periods
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Segmentations of Apneal® and manual scoring of the recorded sound, by a sleep technologist in the centralized scoring center, will be compared.
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Heart rate
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The heart rate predicted by Apneal®, compared with the heart rate derived from ECG on PSG.
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Autonomic sleep fragmentation
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The autonomic sleep fragmentation index, which is the average amount of autonomic arousals per hour of sleep. It will be estimated by Apneal® and compared with the autonomic sleep fragmentation index derived from ECG on PSG.
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Central apnea index
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
amount of central apneas per hour of sleep. Apneal® will estimate this index, and it will be compared with the central apnea index measured on PSG.
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Position detection
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The segmentation of the participant's position in 6 categories: supine, left, right, prone, sitting and standing. Segmentation of Apneal® and PSG will be compared. position on PSG will be manually scored, position on Apneal is predicted automatically by the Apneal® algorithm.
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Wake/night detection
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The segmentation of the night as wake and sleep predicted by Apneal® and manually scored on PSG will be compared.
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Medicoeconomic study
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The estimated relative difference between the costs of visits, with and without Apneal® in the clinical pathway
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Medicoeconomic study
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The estimated relative difference between the number of visits, with and without Apneal® in the clinical pathway
through study completion, an average of 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 28, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 7, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 19, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

June 25, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

September 19, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 15, 2025

Last Verified

September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • C23-80
  • 2023-A02144-41 (Registry Identifier: IDRCB)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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