Assessing ECG analysis software for the detection of sleep apnoea
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Assessing the clinical utility of novel ECG analysis software for the detection of sleep apnoea.
IRAS ID
174610
Contact name
Victoria Burgess
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
n/a, n/a
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 31 days
Research summary
The Cardio-Respiratory Department has just purchased a new software package, Pathfinder SL, for the ECG analysis of Holter monitoring. The analysis package also has an apnea analysis program which, according to the manufacturer “determines sleep apneic periods from the standard Holter recording” and gives an estimated Apnoea-Hypopnoea Index (AHI) from the data.
The cohort in this study will be made up from patients who are already attending for an overnight sleep study for clinical assessment of sleep apnoea. Patients who consent will also wear an ECG Holter monitor for the same recording period as the sleep study monitor. The sleep study will be analysed as usual. The ECG recording from the Holter monitor will be analysed in the Pathfinder SL Apnea program.The results of each test will be compared to see if there is correlation between the AHI derived from the sleep study and the estimated AHI from Pathfinder SL.
This project is required to evaluate if the Pathfinder SL is a suitable method for the screening of sleep apnoea.REC name
South West - Frenchay Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/SW/0283
Date of REC Opinion
1 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion