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Community Health Advocates for Motivating PAP Use in Our Neighborhoods.
Recruiting
Who can join
Ages 18 to 100 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria * ≥ 18 years of age * Moderate-to-severe OSA * Available to attend study visits and sessions * Reliable access to a phone Exclusion Criteria * Prior or current use of PAP therapy or other treatment (e.g., oral appliance) for OSA * History of upper airway surgery for OSA * Moderate to severe insomnia * Commercial drivers * Use of non-standard PAP including adaptive servo-ventilation or bi-level positive airway pressure * Report of motor vehicle accident or near-miss due to sleepiness within the 2 previous years * Unstable medical conditions that may preclude enrollment in the protocol such as: uncontrolled angina and/or congestive heart failure, uncontrolled blood pressure or resistant hypertension, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, and active psychiatric disease (e.g., major depression) * Other sleep disorders (e.g., circadian rhythm disorder) * Use of supplemental oxygen during wakefulness or sleep * Central sleep apnea, obesity hypoventilation syndrome or Cheyne-Stokes respiration based on the home sleep apnea test * Resting awake oxygen saturation (SpO2) \< 90% * Participation in another clinical trial
About the study
The purpose of this research is to compare the impact of motivational enhancement therapy (MET), delivered by culturally congruent community health care workers (CHWs) versus usual care patients with previously untreated moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on adherence to positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy.
What is being tested
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (behavioral)
- Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) therapy (device)
Sponsor: University of Miami · Participants: 48 · Started: Sep 29, 2023
Contact the study team
- Naresh Punjabi, MD · Phone: 305-243-6388
- Naresh Punjabi · Phone: 3052436388
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06047353
Locations in the U.S.
| Florida | University of Miami, Miami |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.