Prediction of Tongue Base Obstruction During Sleep (PTOS)

Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy; Other: ENT assessment; Other: Physiotherapist assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06792045

PTOS

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates the hypothesis that, in children, tongue motor functions can predict both the anatomical site and the degree of upper airway obstruction contributing to obstructive sleep-disordered breathing.

Full description

Patients will be enrolled during their visit to the ENT physician. Subsequently, their tongue motor functions will be assessed during their pre-surgical appointment. Finally, they will undergo a drug-induced sleep endoscopy prior to their surgery.

Enrollment: 48 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 6 and 17 years old
• Medical diagnosis of obstructive sleep-disordered breathing requiring surgical removal of tonsils (partial or total) and/or adenoids
• Positive Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (8 or more positive responses)
• Eligibility for surgical intervention

Exclusion criteria

• Neurological, cardiac, or respiratory comorbidity other than obstructive sleep-disordered breathing
• Previous surgery of the upper airway or oral cavity
• History of or current head or neck cancer
• Cranial, upper airway, or oral cavity malformation
• Contraindication to performing endoscopy

Trial design

48 participants in 1 patient group

Children with obstructive sleep disordered breathing

Treatment:

Other: ENT assessment

Other: Physiotherapist assessment

Diagnostic Test: Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy