Looking at breathing problems during sleep in children with cerebral palsy
Checks how often sleep-disordered breathing appears in children with cerebral palsy who had sleep studies.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- GUIDO CAMANNI
- Where
- Italy9 sites in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children With Cerebral Palsy at Increased Risk of Respiratory Disorders
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 150 people, planned
- Started
- 15 Sept 2025
- Expected to end
- 15 Apr 2027
- Type of study
- Observational
- Treatments tested
- Polysomnography
- Record updated
- 28 July 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for children with cerebral palsy who had a sleep study between January 2020 and December 2023. It looks back at their records to check for breathing problems during sleep.
- Age
- Under 18 at the time of the sleep study (0 to 17 years).
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- A diagnosis of cerebral palsy.
- Earlier treatment
- Must have had a sleep study (polysomnography or polygraphy) at one of the study centers in Italy, January 2020-December 2023.
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Aged less than 18 at the time of the sleep study
- A diagnosis of Cerebral palsy
- Written informed consent
- Underwent a sleep study at one of the centers participating in the study during the reporting period (January 2020-December 2023)
Who cannot take part
- None
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 0 and 17 years old?
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Currently, there are few and qualitatively unsatisfactory epidemiological data on the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
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The investigators aim to conduct a multicentre retrospective study to assess the presence of SDB in children with CP undergoing sleep studies (polysomnography or polygraphy).
The group in the trial
- Children (0-17 years) with cerebral palsy who had a sleep study at an Italian reference Center.
Children (0-17 years) of either sex, diagnosed with cerebral palsy who had a sleep study (polysomnography or polygraphy) at an Italian Center during the period 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2023.
Treatment: Polysomnography
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
- Prevalence and Clinical Impact of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children With Cerebral Palsy at Increased Risk of Respiratory Disorders
- Plain-language title
- Looking at breathing problems during sleep in children with cerebral palsyGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07077226, who can take part
- Record updated
- 28 July 2025