The TELEAP1 CPAP-telemonitoring Study

Evaluation of a CPAP Telemonitoring Algorithm for Newly Treated Patients: the TELEAP1 Multicenter Cohort Pilot Study

TELEAP1 is a multicenter cohort pilot-study designed to evaluate the impact of a published SFRMS/SPLF CPAP-telemonitoring diagnosis/therapeutic algorithm on the CPAP-compliance of newly treated patients with obstructive sleep apnea..

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)-devices can track compliance, but also leaks and residual Apnea-Hypopnea-Index (AHIflow) values. CPAP tracking systems seem intuitively useful, but there are few data demonstrating the benefit of such systems in improving CPAP-compliance and/or patients quality of life.

In 2020, a working group from the Société Française de Recherche et de Médecine du Sommeil (SFRMS) and the Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française (SPLF) have proposed a CPAP-telemonitoring diagnosis/therapeutic algorithm for newly treated patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

In order to describe and evaluate the impact of this SFRMS/SPLF-algorithm (not only on the patient but also on the home care provider activity), a one year multicenter cohort pilot-study (TELAP1-study) was set up.

Inclusion criteria:

• 18 years of age or older
• Patient newly CPAP-treated and eligible for care and for the reimbursement by the French Social Security rules
• Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria:

• Previous CPAP-treatment
• Pregnancy
• Inability to understand the nature and aims of the study or to communicate with the investigator
• Simultaneous participation in another trial with an exclusion clause to participate in another trial
• No affiliation with the French social security regime
• Loss of personal capacity resulting in state protection
• Deprivation of liberty by judicial or administrative decision