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Best Apnea Interventions in Research

What

A planning study to address challenges in conducting future large-scale trials of sleep apnea treatment.

Who

Sleep apnea patients with cardiovascular disease or risk factors.

When

2011-2014, subjects had two or three visits – baseline, 6-month, and/or 12-month follow-up.

Funding

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and ResMed Foundation.

About

The Best Apnea Interventions for Research (BestAIR) study aimed to randomize approximately 180 patients with sleep apnea who had either established CVD or at least three CVD risk factors into a 12-mo, four-arm intervention study. All arms included nightly use of nasal dilator strips and conservative medical therapy (CMT) defined as education on healthy sleep and lifestyle. The two active arms were: (1) active CPAP delivered using standard support from a trained sleep technician; and (2) active CPAP enhanced by a behavioral promotion intervention delivered by a behavioral therapist. The two control arms were: (1) sham-CPAP; and (2) CMT alone. The primary physiological outcome was change in mean 24-h systolic blood pressure. Process measures were recruitment yields, retention rates, and CPAP adherence levels.

Read more about BestAIR at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01261390).

Citation and acknowledgement

When using this dataset, please cite the following:

Zhang GQ, Cui L, Mueller R, Tao S, Kim M, Rueschman M, Mariani S, Mobley D, Redline S. The National Sleep Research Resource: towards a sleep data commons. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018 Oct 1;25(10):1351-1358. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocy064. PMID: 29860441; PMCID: PMC6188513.

Gleason K, Shin D, Rueschman M, Weinstock T, Wang R, Ware JH, Mittleman MA, Redline S. Challenges in recruitment to a randomized controlled study of cardiovascular disease reduction in sleep apnea: an analysis of alternative strategies. Sleep. 2014 Dec 1;37(12):2035-8. doi: 10.5665/sleep.4266. PMID: 25325506; PMCID: PMC4548521.

Please include the following text in the Acknowledgements:

The Best Apnea Interventions in Research (BestAIR) was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1U34HL105277) and a grant from ResMed Foundation. Equipment was donated by ResMed and Philips Respironics. The National Sleep Research Resource was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R24 HL114473, 75N92019R002).

Data overview

/datasets (introduction)
Core data from baseline and follow-up visits.

/polysomnography (introduction)
Overnight polysomnography (PSG) data from baseline and follow-up visits.

Protocols and manuals

Equipment

Recent Changes

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Best Apnea Interventions in Research