Pseudo interferential current stimulation for sleep apnea syndrome: A preliminary study

Pseudo interferential current stimulation for sleep apnea syndrome: A preliminary study - Pseudo interferential current stimulation for sleep apnea syndrome: A preliminary study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000055864

Enrollment

Registered

2024-10-20

Start date

2025-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

sleep apnea syndrome

Interventions

Pseudo interferential current stimulation

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with sleep apnea syndrome who are followed up at Kyoto University Hospital 2. Patients with 5-30 events/h of apnea-hypopnea index evaluated via out of center sleep testing

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with implantable electronic devices such as cardiac pacemaker 2. Patients with arrhythmia, epilepsy, malignancies, cervical unstable atheromatous plaque 3. Patients with atopic dermatitis and skin ulcer 4. Patients during pregnancy 5. Patients using oral appliance and continuous positive airway pressure device

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change of apnea-hypopnea index before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Change of 3%ODI before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 2. Change of minimum SpO2 before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 3. Change of time of SpO2<90% before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 4. Change of snoring before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 5. Change of JESS scores before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 6. Change of PSQI scores before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 7. Adherence to pseudo interferential current stimulation 8. Effect of pseudo interferential current stimulation according to Mallampati scores	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Change of 3%ODI before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 2. Change of minimum SpO2 before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 3. Change of time of SpO2<90% before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 4. Change of snoring before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 5. Change of JESS scores before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 6. Change of PSQI scores before and after performing pseudo interferential current stimulation 7. Adherence to pseudo interferential current stimulation 8. Effect of pseudo interferential current stimulation according to Mallampati scores

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactSusumu Sato

Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University Department of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine

ssato@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp075-751-3852

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026