Actively Recruiting
Lifestyle and Physical Activity as Part Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment
Led by Filha ry · Updated on 2025-08-12
300
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
188 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
F
Filha ry
Lead Sponsor
U
University of Jyvaskyla
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effects of an individually tailored lifestyle intervention on symptoms and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), physical activity (PA) levels and sedentary behavior (SB), as well as health and wellbeing in overweight participants with moderate to severe OSA treated with CPAP. Emphasis of the individually tailored SEMC-intervention (protocol of the Sports Medicine Outpatient Clinic of The Wellbeing Services County of Central Finland) is on increasing the amount of total physical activity. The main questions the trial aims to answer are: * Can individually tailored lifestyle intervention, in combination with CPAP therapy, alleviate the severity or symptoms of OSA in overweight participants with moderate to severe OSA? * Does the addition of an individually tailored lifestyle intervention to CPAP therapy improve the quality of life, increase physical functioning, change body composition, and increase physical activity levels or decrease sedentary behavior of participants diagnosed with moderate to severe OSA? * Can enhanced behavioral support (EBS), when integrated with lifestyle intervention and CPAP therapy, lead to more substantial and enduring changes in participants' levels of physical activity or sedentary behavior? Participants will be randomized to either SEMC-intervention group, combination of SEMC-intervention and EBS, or to a control group. In this study, it is hypothesized that participants receiving SEMC-intervention in combination with CPAP therapy will experience greater alleviation of OSA severity and symptoms, improve their quality of life, body composition and physical functioning, as well as increase physical activity levels and decrease their sedentary behavior compared to the control group. In addition, it is hypothesized that participants receiving SEMC-intervention and EBS in combination with CPAP therapy will increase their physical activity levels, and decrease their sedentary behavior to a greater extent, and these changes will be more sustained compared to merely SEMC-intervention or control group.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Lifestyle and Physical Activity as Part Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- A physician-diagnosed, moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea
- BMI greater than 25
- Age between 18 and 70 years
- No previous CPAP treatment
You will not qualify if you...
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or other severe conditions affecting nighttime oxygenation (mild asthma is acceptable)
- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome without sleep apnea
- Aggressive cancer or any other serious condition requiring intense treatments
- Weight-loss medication started less than 3 months before recruitment
- Severe conditions impairing daily functioning (e.g., serious mental health issues, narcolepsy, severe comorbidities, profound fibromyalgia, significant musculoskeletal problems limiting mobility)
- Conditions affecting the ability to make independent decisions
- Participants under 18 years of age
- Pregnancy
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Central Finland Hospital District
Jyväskylä, Finland, 40620
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
H
Hanna Renkola
CONTACT
A
Antti Saarinen
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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