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Tongue Muscular Assessment in Children With Sleep Disordered Breathing
Led by Hospices Civils de Lyon · Updated on 2026-03-27
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Participants Needed
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Research Sites
78 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is part of the sleep-disordered breathing spectrum. Its prevalence in children is 1-5%, and it can have negative consequences at the cardiovascular, cognitive as well as behavioral levels. In children, the first-line treatment is adenotonsillectomy. However, residual obstructive events can persist as the success rate of surgery reaches only 49% in non-obese children. Residual OSA may be explained by multiple sites of obstruction, found in 20-85% children concerned by persistent OSA. Indeed, the tongue appears among one possible primary sites of obstruction. Given the tongue's crucial role in upper-airway patency during sleep, its assessment can inform us about the myofunctional deficits involved in sleep-disordered breathing. The primary objective of the present study is to assess tongue motor functions in children with sleep-disordered breathing and to compare them to those of healthy children (data collected in a current study (TMAC) conducted at UCLouvain, Belgium; NCT06166680), in order to document possible myofunctional deficits in children with OSA. The hypothesis is that tongue motor functions will be lower in children with sleep-disordered breathing.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Tongue Muscular Assessment in Children With Sleep Disordered Breathing
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Suspected sleep-disordered breathing
- Referred for polysomnography
- Affiliated with a social security scheme
- Informed consent obtained from both legal representatives
You will not qualify if you...
- Insufficient comprehension of French language
- For suspected OSA type I or II: neurological, cardiac, or respiratory conditions other than sleep disorders
- Deficits possibly affecting measurements (e.g., psychiatric conditions)
- Previous surgery on upper airway or oral cavity
- Malformations of skull, upper airway, or oral cavity
- For suspected OSA type III: deficits impacting measurements (e.g., psychiatric conditions)
- Intellectual deficit preventing understanding of instructions
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant : Service d'épileptologie clinique, des troubles du sommeil et de neurologie fonctionnelle de l'enfant
Bron, France, 69500
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Research Team
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Patricia FRANCO, MD, PhD
CONTACT
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Aurore GUYON, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
1
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