Behavioral Optimization to Overcome Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment Barriers

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Conditions studied: Sleep Apnea

In brief

Previous studies have shown that programs encouraging the use of OSA treatments can help patients use these treatments more often, but the improvement is usually modest. This trial will test if giving patients a decision-making tool when they are first diagnosed with OSA, and combining their responses from this tool into a supportive program, will improve sleep quality and help them use their treatment more regularly.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07207473

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

128

Starts

2026-11-02

Expected to finish

2031-03-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-05

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• referred for an overnight diagnostic sleep test to evaluate for sleep-disordered breathing during the study period
• currently untreated for OSA (not prescribed therapy in the past year)

You may not qualify if…

• referral for overnight sleep test is for another reason than to diagnosis sleep-disordered breathing
• unable to read printed material (e.g., magazine) in English language
• unable to write
• unstable medical/psychiatric illness (e.g., recent hospitalization)
• Telephone Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) < 21 or diagnosis of dementia
• unstable housing
• unable to attend study video or in-person visits

Where it is running

• VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA — West Los Angeles, California, United States
• John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI — Detroit, Michigan, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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