A new wearable diagnostic home sleep testing platform: comparison with available systems and benefits of multinight assessments

Abstract

Study objectives: We assessed the real-world performance of the ANNE Sleep system against 2 Food and Drug Administration-cleared home sleep testing platforms and the intraindividual night-to-night variability of respiratory event index measured by ANNE Sleep.

Methods: We evaluated the home performance of the ANNE Sleep system compared with 2 Food and Drug Administration-cleared home sleep testing platforms (WatchPAT: n = 29 and Alice NightOne: n = 46) during a synchronous night with unsupervised patient application. Additionally, we evaluated night-to-night variability of respiratory event index and total sleep time using the ANNE Sleep system (n = 30).

Results: For the diagnosis of moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea, the ANNE Sleep system had a positive percent agreement of 58% (95% confidence interval, 28-85%) and a negative percent agreement of 100% (95% confidence interval, 80-100%) compared to WatchPAT. The positive and negative percent agreement for ANNE Sleep vs Alice NightOne was 85% (95% confidence interval, 66-96%) and 95% (95% confidence interval, 74-100%). There were no differences in mean total sleep time or respiratory event index across multiple nights of monitoring with ANNE. There were no differences consistent with a first-night effect but testing multiple nights reclassified obstructive sleep apnea severity in 5 (17%) individuals and detected 3 additional cases of moderate disease, with only a 12% (standard deviation, 28%) mean fluctuation in respiratory event index from the first night of testing compared to a mean of multiple nights. Overall, 80% of users found ANNE comfortable and easy to use.

Conclusions: ANNE Sleep exhibited stronger concordance with Alice NightOne compared to WatchPAT. While we illustrated low night-to-night variability for ANNE Sleep, the results suggest multiple nights increased detection of moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Clinical trial registration: Registry: ClinicalTrials.gov; Name: ANNE Diagnostic Agreement With Home Sleep Testing; URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05421754; Identifier: NCT05421754.

Citation: Walter J, Lee JY, Blake S, et al. A new wearable diagnostic home sleep testing platform: comparison with available systems and benefits of multinight assessments. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023;19(5):865-872.

Keywords: diagnostic testing; flexible electronics; home sleep apnea testing; obstructive sleep apnea; patient preferences; wireless sensors.