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NCT Number: NCT03915418

Validation of a Method of Screening for Sleep Disorders in Children With Cerebral Palsy, Using Connected Tools

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of child disability. Nearly 40% of PC children suffer from sleep disorders, which are not routinely screened. The neuro-cognitive, physical and environmental morbidity of sleep disorders should require their diagnosis and management. Limited access to the reference exam (polysomnography or PSG) delays the diagnosis and only allows screening of these disorders for a limited number of PC children. The hypothesis of our study is that connected technologies could optimize screening for sleep disorders in PC children by selecting children requiring PSG exploration and specific management.

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Key information

Age range

6 year–15 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHU Angers, Angers, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Boy or girl between 6 and 15 years old
  • Confirmed diagnosis of cerebral palsy
  • GMFCS class> 3
  • Parents and child agreement

Exclusion criteria

  • Pharmacological treatment of sleep disorders
  • Diurnal and / or nocturnal ventilatory support
  • Difficulty understanding and / or participation
  • Subjects under 6 and over 15
  • Refusal to participate
  • Not affiliated with and not a beneficiary of a health insurance plan

Treatment and study plan

Connected tools

Procedure

At home, parents will record their child's sleep for 1night Then, on the date scheduled for the inclusion of the children and after the recording of the 1 night at home, the child will spend a night in a hospital environment to carry out the recording by polysomnography and tools connected simultaneously.

Primary outcomes

  1. Sensitivity of the diagnosis of sleep disorder

    Time frame: 15 days

    Sensitivity of sleep disorder diagnosis (positive / negative) obtained using connected tools in reference to that obtained by PSG

  2. Specificity of the diagnosis of sleep disorder

    Time frame: 15 days

    Specificity of sleep disorder diagnosis (positive / negative) obtained using connected tools in reference to that obtained by PSG

Secondary outcomes

  1. Diagnosis

    Time frame: 15 days

    Sensitivity and specificity of sleep disorder diagnosis using tools connected during 1 night at home (in comparaison with sleep disorder diagnosis using PSG)

  2. Acceptability assessed by acceptability score for parents, and if possible children

    Time frame: 15 days

    Acceptability assessed by the acceptability score for parents, and if possible children, obtained by the SUS "System Usability Scale" scale. This questionnaire consists of ten questions to collect the subjective point of view of the user on the systems used

  3. Sleep Quality Questionnaire

    Time frame: 15 days

    Sleep quality questionnaire used as a screening tool for sleep disorders: use of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children. Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) is a screening tool for sleep disorders in children and adolescents with good psychometric properties. It is one of the most used sleep questionnaires in the clinic but also in clinical research. Since its creation, the SDSC has been translated into several languages and recently validated in French. The ranking is obtained from a 26-item questionnaire completed by the parents. This scale distinguishes 6 major groups of sleep disorders: disorders of the installation or maintenance of sleep, breathing disorders, waking disorders, sleep-wake transition disorders, excessive daytime sleepiness and hypersudation of sleep.

  4. Data quality outcome measures

    Time frame: 25 months

    Data quality will be assessed by establishing for each sensor the ratio (expressed in percent value) between the duration of the data effectively recorded to the total duration the patient weared the sensors. Pauses in recording during recording sessions will be identified in absolute value and duration for each sensor. Specific issues in recording will be reported, especially regarding the contents of RAW files.

  5. A cost analysis of the sensor screening strategy will be compared to the PSG and the quality of life

    Time frame: 25 months

    A cost analysis of the sensor screening strategy will be compared to the PSG and the quality of life, measured as quality-adjusted life year QALY, will be simulated for one-year health conditions.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Juliette Ropars, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

02 98 22 33 89 ext. +33

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Brest

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Registry information

Official study title

Validation of a Simple Method of Screening for Sleep Disorders in Children With Cerebral Palsy, Using Connected Tools

Acronym: SOUTIEN-PC

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Apr 16, 2019
Registry last updated
Jun 25, 2026

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