Effort-based Decision-making and CPAP Adherence
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
- Where
- Pavia, ItalySee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 64 people, planned
- Started
- 10 Mar 2021
- Planned end
- 30 Apr 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) treatment
- Record updated
- 18 November 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 80 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age ≥ 18
- AHI±15
Who cannot take part
- Sleep disorder
- Psychiatric disorder
- BMI ≥ 35 Kg/m2
- MMSE <24
- Complex sleep apnoea
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 80 years old?
Where in Italy
- ICS Maugeri - PaviaPavia, ItalyContact: Nicola Canessa, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Obstructive sleep apnoea is the most common sleep disorder in general population, and is often associated with cognitive deficit, mood disorders, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, excessive daytime somnolence, nicturia and an increased cardiovascular and metabolic risk. The gold standard of treatment is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), but the adherence is often poor. The aim of our study is to investigate the effort based-decision making in patients with OSA, pre and post CPAP treatment, as a possible cause of poor adherence.
The 2 groups in the trial
- CPAP TreatmentTreatment being tested
Patients with OSA will undergo cognitive assessment before starting CPAP treatment and after six months of CPAP use.
Treatment: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) treatment
- Control GroupNo study treatment, for comparison
We will enrol a control group of subjects without sleep disorders and comparable to OSA patients for age and schooling. Control group will undergo cognitive assessment.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effort-based Decision-making as a Possible Predictor of Poor Adherence to CPAP Treatment in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT04557293, who can take part
- Record updated
- 18 November 2025