Status:

RECRUITING

Down Syndrome Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Lead Sponsor:

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Conditions:

Down Syndrome

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-18 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess whether oxygen supplementation during sleep improves working memory and other clinical and patient-reported outcomes among children who have Down Syndrome (DS) w...

Detailed Description

This will be a randomized, single-blind 6-month Phase-2 clinical trial that compares the impact of oxygen therapy during sleep on measures of cognition, behavior, quality of life, cardiac structure an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ages 5.0 to 17.9 years at the time of screening
  • Children with OSA and obstructive apnea hypopnea index (OAHI) ≥5/hour.
  • Absence of clinically significant hypoxia defined as oxygen saturation \<88% for 5 minutes or episodic desaturation to 60% as these levels would otherwise identify children eligible to routinely receive oxygen.
  • Favorable response to oxygen therapy (allowing randomization) will be defined as follows:
  • Oxygen saturation nadir \>92% and
  • Decrease in obstructive index \< 5 / hour or by \> 50% from screening PSG
  • Reaching an optimum oxygen flow which is defined as the flow that achieves the lowest level of AHI with maximum CO2 level less than 65 mmHg observed for 5 consecutive minutes and or an increase in CO2 by less than 15 points above baseline. The above criteria are observed while the patient spends a minimal of 30 minutes in the supine position and at least one cycle of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
  • Oxygen flow required does not exceed 3.0 LPM and does not exceed a FiO2 \> 40 %.
  • Willingness to comply with all study procedures and available for duration of study.
  • At baseline the participant attempts to perform the neuropsychological tests

Exclusion

  • Current CPAP use with documented compliance(\> 4 hrs/ night; \> 70% of nights).
  • Oxygen saturation \< 90% at rest during wakefulness.
  • Chronic daytime or nighttime use of supplemental oxygen.
  • Smoker in the child's bedroom.
  • Unrepaired congenital heart disease.
  • Moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension requiring treatment with oxygen and or pulmonary vasodilator.
  • Unable to participate in a PSG.
  • Individuals who develop alveolar hypoventilation with oxygen as previously defined.
  • Other severe chronic diseases determined by their provider as making them poor study candidates.
  • Enrolled or planning to enroll in another study that may conflict with protocol requirements or confound results in this trial.
  • Documented clinically significant untreated hypothyroidism
  • Children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy who are candidates for adenotonsillectomy and parents agree to the surgery.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 24 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 30 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

230 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06043440

Start Date

October 24 2023

End Date

December 30 2027

Last Update

April 20 2025

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Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

2

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Hospital

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

3

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229

4

Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106