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https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00773721
Registration number
NCT00773721
Ethics application status
Date submitted
15/10/2008
Date registered
16/10/2008
Date last updated
4/02/2021
Titles & IDs
Public title
Foam Mask - Assessment of Bioburden in a New Mask Seal Material
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Scientific title
Assessment of Bioburden in a New Mask Seal Material
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MA131008
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
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Respiratory
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Sleep apnoea
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Intervention/exposure
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Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Devices - CPAP mask
Experimental: 1 - Volunteers who are currently using CPAP treatment will trial a new mask system for up to five weeks
Treatment: Devices: CPAP mask
Current CPAP masks are mainly silicone elastomers, which though well understood and accepted, are often uncomfortable.
Test Units: The test unit is a foam seal component which directly replaces the patients existing silicone mask cushion, and is fitted to the patients existing mask frame.
Subjects will wear the test unit mask, instead of their current CPAP mask, each night whilst sleeping.
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Treatment: Devices
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Measurement of bacterial accumulation in the new material.
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Timepoint [1]
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up to 35 days (5 weeks).
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Patients who are 18+
* Patients willing to give written informed consent
* Patients who can read and comprehend English
* Patients being treated for OSA with CPAP for >6 months
* Patients using ResMed Masks
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Minimum age
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Maximum age
80
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
* • Known to have any pre-existing dermatological condition
* Has been treated with antibiotics in the previous month
* Any condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the subject unsuitable or unsafe for enrolment, or could interfere with the subject participating in and completing the protocol.
* Patients currently using ResMed masks: Swift, Activa, or Liberty.
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Treatment
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Single group
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Recruitment
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Completed
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1/10/2008
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1/05/2009
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20
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
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Resmed Centre for Healthy Sleep - Sydney
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2153 - Sydney
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ResMed
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Summary
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Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is characterised by a partial or complete collapse of the upper airway during sleep. The treatment of choice for OSA is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). CPAP acts as a positive airway splint, delivering a fixed positive airway pressure to the upper airway via a tube and mask. Compliance, however, to therapy requires that the mask is suitably comfortable so as not to disturb sleep. A key contributor to comfort is the seal component of the mask system. Current mask seals are mainly silicone elastomers, which though well understood and accepted, are often uncomfortable. It is proposed to replace the solid elastomer with a soft polymer foam. The foam is highly porous, and has open cells at its surface. It is therefore more likely to accumulate biological material with repeated use. The current (silicone) material does not present any problematic bioburden issues. Therefore it is important to investigate whether the foam will present bioburden problems to patients, within specified usage parameters. The aims of this study therefore are: 1. to observe the rate of bacterial accumulation on foam mask seal material (polyether polyurethane,) 2. to determine the replacement interval for a foam mask seal, and 3. assess the comfort and function of a foam mask seal.
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Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00773721
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Klaus Schindhelm, PhD
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ResMed/ The University of New South Wales
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