In-home mandibular repositioning during sleep using MATRx plus predicts outcome and efficacious positioning for oral appliance treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.

STUDY

objectivesOral appliance therapy is not commonly used to treat obstructive sleep apnea due to inconsistent efficacy and lack of established configuration procedures. Both problems may be overcome by information gathered while repositioning the mandible during sleep. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if an unattended sleep study with a mandibular positioner can predict therapeutic success and efficacious mandibular position, assess the contribution of artificial intelligence analytics to such a system, and evaluate symptom resolution using an objective titration approach.

methodsFifty-eight individuals with obstructive sleep apnea underwent an unattended sleep study with an auto-adjusting mandibular positioner followed by fitting of a custom oral appliance. Therapeutic outcome was assessed by the 4% oxygen desaturation index with therapeutic success defined as oxygen desaturation index < 10 h

resultsThe artificial intelligence method had significantly higher predictive accuracy (sensitivity: 0.91, specificity: 1.00) than the heuristic method (

conclusionsThe MATRx plus device provides an accurate means for predicting outcome to oral appliance therapy in the home environment and offers a replacement to blind titration of oral appliances. CLINICAL

trial registrationRegistry: ClinicalTrials.gov; Name: Predictive Accuracy of MATRx plus in Identifying Favorable Candidates for Oral Appliance Therapy; Identifier: NCT03217383; URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03217383. CITATION: Mosca EV, Bruehlmann S, Zouboules SM, et al. In-home mandibular repositioning during sleep using MATRx plus predicts outcome and efficacious positioning for oral appliance treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.