VIdeo Clips for Diagnostic Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children
Key facts
- Where
- Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, CanadaSee the 4 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 2 and 18 years old?
Source: NCT06801366, who can take part
Where in Canada
- Stollery Children'S HospitalEdmonton, CanadaContact: Joanna MacLean, Site LeadNot yet recruiting
- Montreal Children's HospitalMontreal, CanadaContact: David Zielinski, Site LeadTaking people
- Children'S Hospital Of Eastern OntarioOttawa, CanadaContact: Sherri Katz, Principal InvestigatorTaking people
- The Hospital for Sick ChildrenToronto, CanadaContact: Reshma Amin, Site LeadTaking people
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 doctorTrial details
- Who runs it
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Trial code
- NCT06801366
- Record updated
- 7 January 2026
- Original description
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which occurs in 1-4% of children, is a serious condition where a person stops breathing periodically during sleep because their airway closes. Untreated, it is associated with high blood pressure, behavioural problems, and lower quality of life. While early diagnosis and treatment are critical, there are significant barriers to access to a sleep study (the best diagnostic test). Questionnaires and overnight oxygen level recordings are limited in their ability to identify OSA. Better screening tools are needed to identify and prioritize children for sleep study testing. Short video clips, recorded using smartphones by parents, may be a useful tool to identify children at risk of OSA who would most benefit from a sleep study. The study aims to evaluate the ability of home smartphone video clips as a screening tool for moderate-severe OSA in children referred for a sleep study. The utility of video clips will also be compared to questionnaires and overnight oxygen saturation recordings. The investigators believe that the video clips will be able to predict moderate-severe OSA in children and that they will be better than standard clinical questionnaires or oxygen recordings. This multi-centre study will include 625 children referred for sleep studies for suspected OSA. Parents will be asked to record short video clips of their child sleeping, which will be rated for the presence and severity of OSA. Children will then undergo a sleep study, and parents will complete a questionnaire about sleep symptoms. Oxygen level recordings will be extracted from the sleep study. The diagnostic accuracy of video clips will be determined and compared to the questionnaire and oxygen level recording. This new approach to screening for pediatric OSA using widely available technology will allow children at the highest risk for moderate-severe OSA to be diagnosed and treated earlier, minimizing the risk of long-term complications.Read full original descriptionShow less
VIdeo Clips for Diagnostic Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children (VIDEO)
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which occurs in 1-4% of children, is a serious condition where a person stops breathing periodically during sleep because their airway closes. Untreated, it is associated with high blood pressure, behavioural problems, and lower quality of life. While early diagnosis and treatment are critical, there are significant barriers to access to a sleep study (the best diagnostic test). Questionnaires and overnight oxygen level recordings are limited in their ability to identify OSA. Better screening tools are needed to identify and prioritize children for sleep study testing. Short video clips, recorded using smartphones by parents, may be a useful tool to identify children at risk of OSA who would most benefit from a sleep study. The study aims to evaluate the ability of home smartphone video clips as a screening tool for moderate-severe OSA in children referred for a sleep study. The utility of video clips will also be compared to questionnaires and overnight oxygen saturation recordings. The investigators believe that the video clips will be able to predict moderate-severe OSA in children and that they will be better than standard clinical questionnaires or oxygen recordings. This multi-centre study will include 625 children referred for sleep studies for suspected OSA. Parents will be asked to record short video clips of their child sleeping, which will be rated for the presence and severity of OSA. Children will then undergo a sleep study, and parents will complete a questionnaire about sleep symptoms. Oxygen level recordings will be extracted from the sleep study. The diagnostic accuracy of video clips will be determined and compared to the questionnaire and oxygen level recording. This new approach to screening for pediatric OSA using widely available technology will allow children at the highest risk for moderate-severe OSA to be diagnosed and treated earlier, minimizing the risk of long-term complications.
Inclusion: 2-18 years old; referred for diagnostic PSG to assess for OSA at their local tertiary care centre; parent/caregiver has access to mobile technology.
Exclusion: previous diagnosis of sleep-disordered breathing based on PSG in the last five years; use of PAP therapy or tracheostomy; genetic or congenital syndrome; unable to cooperate for PSG; clinician-suspected presence of central sleep apnea or central hypoventilation; non-verbal; parent/caregiver does not speak English or French.