Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Decrease in Sympathetic Tone in OSA Patients: Is CPAP More Effective Than APAP ?
Brief Summary: The present study aims to compare muscle sympathetic neural activity by microneurography after one month treatment of fixed versus auto-adjusting CPAP treatment and its impact on arterial blood pressure


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Excessive sleepiness, and Epworth Sleepiness Score \> or = 8
* Apnea- Hypopnea-Index (AHI) \> or = 10/hour
* Age 18-75

Exclusion Criteria:

* Psychophysiological incapacity to perform questionnaires
* Other sleep disorders
* Psychiatric disease requiring treatment
* Previous CPAP therapy
* Previous uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
* Chronic nasal obstruction that required treatment for more than 1 month
* Cancer
* COPD, with FEV1 \< 50% predicted
* Symptomatic cardiovascular disease requiring treatment defined as congestive heart failure \> NYHA II
* Previous stroke with neurological residuum
* Cheyne-Stokes respiration
* Chronic pain syndromes, fibromyalgia
* Drug or alcohol addiction
B: Inclusion Criterion:

1. Age 21-75
2. New Diagnosis of OSA with a baseline RDI ≥ 15 events/hr of sleep determined by either full night or split night PSG
3. Able and willing to provide written informed consent
4. Able to follow study procedures
5. Sub-optimal PSG titration with at least 3 hours of attempted PAP titration (defined below): and deemed by their physician as a titration failure

Sub-optimal PSG titration: at least one of the following:

1. Poor sleep efficiency during titration period (sleep efficiency ≤ 70%) (participants may be on sleep medications as per standard lab CPAP protocol ) or;
2. Frequent arousals based on three seconds of alpha frequency on EEG (non PLM-related) of 20 or greater per hour during the titration portion of the study or;
3. CPAP titration aborted due to participant's request (due to intolerance), or
4. Persistent sleep disruption despite therapeutic CPAP therapy and in the judgment of the reviewing physician, suggesting a low probability to CPAP adherence

Exclusion Criterion:

1. Participation in another interventional research study within the last 30 days
2. Major uncontrolled medical or psychiatric condition such as congestive heart failure, neuromuscular disease, renal failure etc.
3. Prior CPAP or Bi-Level PAP use (within last 2 years)
4. Chronic respiratory failure or insufficiency, moderate COPD (FEV1 \< 60%), or any known condition of an elevation of arterial carbon dioxide levels while awake
5. Surgery of the upper airway, nose, sinus, or middle ear within the previous 90 days
6. Presence of an untreated, diagnosable, non-OSA related sleep disorder (e.g. restless legs syndrome, insomnia, etc.)
7. Periodic Limb movement arousal index of 10 or greater.
8. Refusal to consider further interventions to standard CPAP to optimize positive pressure therapy (e.g. different mask than what was used in lab)
9. PAP therapy otherwise medically complicated or contraindicated such as those with a difficult to size or adjust interface (mask) resulting in facial pain, skin irritation or trauma, or excessive air leaks
10. Shift workers or people experiencing jet lag
11. Known history of alcohol and or drug abuse
12. Diagnosis of Complex Sleep Apnea, (appears to be classic obstructive or mixed sleep apnea, but exhibits disruptive central apneas and periodic breathing on CPAP) 11, 12 or persistent central apnea during diagnostic PSG.
13. Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
14. Chronic Hypnotic use (nightly use for three months or less)
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 21 - 75
* Diagnosis of OSAHS with baseline AHI (Apnea-Hypopnea Index) equal or greater than 15 events/hr of sleep
* Able and willing to provide written informed consent
* Agreement to try PAP (positive airway pressure) as initial treatment approach
* Adequate clinical CPAP titration within two weeks of enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participation in another interventional research study within the last 30 days
* The need for more than one titration PSG (polysomnography)
* The use of sedatives or hypnotics during the titration PSG
* Major medical or psychiatric condition that would interfere with the demands of the study, adherence to PAP or the ability to commit to follow-up assessment.
* Prior prescription for, or exposure to PAP therapy within the previous year (except exposure to CPAP during clinical therapy titration.)
* Chronic respiratory failure or insufficiency with suspected or known neuromuscular disease, moderate or severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or other pulmonary disorders, or any condition with an elevation of arterial carbon dioxide levels (\>45 mmHG) while awake or participants qualifying for oxygen therapy (arterial saturation \< or equal to 88% for more than five minutes).
* Surgery of the upper airway, nose, sinus, or middle ear within the previous 90 days
* Surgery at any time for the treatment of OSAHS such as uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP)
* Presence of untreated or poorly managed, non-OSAHS related sleep disorders:

  * moderate to severe periodic limb movements (greater or equal to 15 per hour with symptoms or arousals)
  * Restless Leg syndrome (greater than 10 per hour)
  * Males experiencing chronic insomnia
* Use of medications with hypnotic or sedative effects or regular use of night time sedatives or sleeping aids greater than or equal to one night per week.
* Consumption of ethanol more than 4 nights per week (CAGE criteria)
* Shift workers
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* patient with OSA (AHI ≥20 / h)
* patient with daytime sleepiness
* naive of any pressure treatment of OSA
* patient able to provide written informed consent
* not a vulnerable person or legally protected adult.

Exclusion Criteria:

* pregnancy
* Person deprived of liberty or subject to a legal protection measure.
* Patient with serious heart failure (According to investigator judgment)
* patient with central sleep apnea index above 20% of AHI
* Patient with a significant intercurrent pathology that can influence the results. (According to investigator judgment).

Answer: D