Stimulation Therapy for Apnea Reduction (Www.theSTARtrial.Com)
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01161420. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
Effects of the Inspire Implantable Nerve Stimulation System on Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Brief summary
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The purpose of this clinical trial is to demonstrate long-term safety and efficacy of the Inspire system. The Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS) therapy is intended to treat moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea by improving airway patency through stimulation of the hypoglossal nerve. Study objectives include demonstrating that the Inspire system improves key indices of sleep apnea in a pre-specified percentage of patients.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01161420
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 929 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 22 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 2010 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Mar 2013 (Actual)
- Completion
- Apr 2017 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Aug 25, 2017
2010 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 15
- U.S. states
- 11
- U.S. cities
- 15
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Sleep Institute | Palo Alto | California | 94303 | — |
| Clinical Research Group of St. Petersburg, Inc. | St. Petersburg | Florida | 33707 | — |
| University of South Florida | Tampa | Florida | 33606 | — |
| Advanced ENT | Atlanta | Georgia | 30342 | — |
| Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center | Detroit | Michigan | 48201 | — |
| Borgess Research Institute | Portage | Michigan | 49048 | — |
| North Memorial Medical Center | Maple Grove | Minnesota | 55422 | — |
| St. Cloud ENT | Saint Cloud | Minnesota | 56303 | — |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45267 | — |
| University Hospitals / Case Western Reserve | Cleveland | Ohio | 44106 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Montefiore | Oakland | Pennsylvania | 15219 | — |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | — |
| Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas | Dallas | Texas | 75231 | — |
| Swedish Health Services | Seattle | Washington | 98122 | — |
| Froedtert Memeorial Hospital | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 53226 | — |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Non-U.S. locations
This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 7 non-U.S. sites.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01161420, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Aug 25, 2017 · Synced Oct 27, 2026
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