Predictive Analytics and Peer-Driven Intervention for Guideline-based Care for Sleep Apnea

NCT ID: NCT03345524

Last Updated: 2017-11-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

145 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-11-17

Study Completion Date

2018-10-11

Brief Summary

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent condition that affects 7 to 12% of the US population and is characterized by repetitive collapse of the upper airway during sleep. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been shown to be highly effective in the treatment of OSA, however, adherence is poor with up to 54% of patients being non-adherent to CPAP therapy by Medicare criteria, which has been attributed to inadequate patient education and support for CPAP therapy.

Poor treatment adherence in patients with OSA can lead to adverse health consequences, poor quality of life, and patient dissatisfaction. Poor treatment adherence may be due to lack of sufficient patient education, time delays in delivery of care, lack of adequate healthcare coordination, or difficulty accessing various healthcare providers across a front desk which serves as a "healthcare bottle-neck". Better efficiency in healthcare delivery, with greater connectivity through knowledgeable and trained peer volunteers and cheap cell-phones integrated by a smart telephone exchange may alleviate some of the care and communication burden faced by the healthcare system. Specifically, such community health education volunteers ("peer-buddies") who are experienced in managing their OSA may be able to impart knowledge and confidence to a recently diagnosed patient in a much more personalized manner than that of a group therapy session.

Detailed Description

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OSA affects 7 to 12% of the US population and is an independent risk factor for several clinical consequences such as systemic hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, reduced HR-QOL, increased all-cause mortality, and motor vehicle accidents due to sleepiness. However, OSA and other sleep disorders are woefully underdiagnosed because of time constraints at the PCP's office. Such poor CPAP adherence is associated with increased risk for fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events. CPAP therapy has been associated with up to 3-fold reduction in fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events in both on-treatment analysis of RCTs and observational studies. CPAP therapy is associated with 7-fold reduction in sleepiness-related accidents. The overarching aim of this proposal is to institute a multi-level strategy aimed at improving guideline based care for OSA in populations with health disparities.

The overarching aim of the program of research is to eventually institute a multi-level strategy with interventions aimed at both providers and patients in order to improve guideline based care for OSA in populations with health disparities. Specifically, in order to address the under-diagnosis of OSA, an electronic health record (EHR) based predictive analytics system will be implemented. A similar EHR-based alert system with reflex order sets for initiating testing for OSA that the investigators have developed will enable PCPs to effectively diagnose and treat OSA. It was found that in a nationally representative dataset of \~220,000 patients, lower neighborhood income was associated with lower CPAP adherence. Considering the time and access-related barriers in the PCP office, it is believed that such socioeconomic status (SES) related differences in CPAP adherence needs to be addressed by culturally-competent peer educators (such as promotors) with OSA serving as "peer-buddies". In a recent multi-site RCT, it was found that CPAP adherence and patient satisfaction was improved by peer-driven intervention through an interactive voice response system (PDI-IVR; PCORI-IHS-1306-02505), whereby the peers shared their experiences with CPAP naïve patients and educated them about OSA and risks of CPAP nonadherence. Whether PDI-IVR can improve adherence in underserved population in low resource clinics is unclear. In this proposal, 110 CPAP naïve patients and 35 experienced peer-buddies will be recruited in from a large healthcare system that provides care for an underserved population with an excess burden of sleep disorders (Medicaid and dual-eligible Medicare beneficiaries). This study will address health disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of OSA using a patient-level educational intervention (PDI-IVR system) targeting patients and thereby promote health equity. This proposal will also inform future studies by gathering additional data on the effect of PDI-IVR on adherence to sleep study testing and CPAP adherence in an underserved population in low resource clinics.

Specific Aim #1: To test a peer-driven intervention with interactive voice response (PDI-IVR) system to improve adherence to sleep study testing in a lower socioeconomic population.

Hypothesis #1: A PDI-IVR support system will lead to greater adherence to sleep study testing in patients with OSA when compared to patients receiving conventional education.

Specific Aim #2: To test a peer-driven intervention with interactive voice response (PDI-IVR) system to improve CPAP treatment adherence in a lower socioeconomic population.

Hypothesis #2: A PDI-IVR support system will lead to greater adherence to CPAP therapy in patients with OSA when compared to patients receiving conventional education.

Conditions

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Keywords

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea OSA Peer-Buddies CPAP CPAP Adherence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized Controlled Trial
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors
Will be blinded to subjects group assignment

Study Groups

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Peer-buddy system

Will meet with peer-buddy who will help with them with CPAP usage. Also will receive standard of care CPAP educational training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Peer-Buddy System

Intervention Type OTHER

2-4 30-minute in person sessions with Peer Buddy (2 before and 2 after receiving CPAP)

Standard of care CPAP educational training

8-10 phone conversations with Peer Buddy over 3 month period

Subsequent 3 months use of phone system to contact Peer Buddy as needed

Usual Care

Will receive educational material at the same frequency that those in the experimental arm. Will also receive standard of care CPAP educational training.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard of care CPAP educational training

Educational Brochures and DVD videos mailed to participants (12 times)

Interventions

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Peer-Buddy System

2-4 30-minute in person sessions with Peer Buddy (2 before and 2 after receiving CPAP)

Standard of care CPAP educational training

8-10 phone conversations with Peer Buddy over 3 month period

Subsequent 3 months use of phone system to contact Peer Buddy as needed

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual Care

Standard of care CPAP educational training

Educational Brochures and DVD videos mailed to participants (12 times)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Referral for sleep study testing for possible OSA
* Medicaid and dual-eligible Medicare beneficiaries
* Household income in the bottom national quartile of household median income


* Adherent to CPAP therapy (greater than or equal to 4 hours per night of CPAP use)
* Willing to meet with peer-buddy on 2-4 occasions in-person
* Has a cell phone or other reliable telephone line
* Willing to undergo one-two training and orientation session(s) and pass a subsequent mock patient interaction

Exclusion Criteria

* Central sleep apnea (CSA)
* Participation in another intervention-based research study
* Patient's primary care provider refuses patient participation for medical instability


* Central sleep apnea (CSA)
* Participation in another intervention-based research study
* Patient's primary care provider refuses patient participation for medical instability
* Major depression or other major psychiatric illness
* Shift-worker or frequent out of town traveler
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Arizona

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sairam Parthasarathy

Professor of Medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Sairam Parthasarathy, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 520-626-6109

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Sairam Parthasarathy, MD

Role: primary

Chris Morton

Role: backup

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Other Identifiers

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1R56HL138377-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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1709834717

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id