Metabolic Endpoints for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Following Twelfth Cranial Nerve Stimulation

Inclusion Criteria

• Overweight or obese males and females BMI 25 kg/m2 to 40 kg/m2
• Age 18 years and older
• Diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea by Apnea-Hypopnea Index >15 events/hr using 4% oxygen desaturation criteria and \< 25% central events/hr on prior sleep testing Data can be derived from home sleep testing or in-lab polysomnogram
• Not able to use positive airway pressure >4 hours for 5 nights/week or unwilling to use positive airway pressure

Exclusion Criteria

• Insulin-dependent Diabetes
• Inability to undergo in-lab polysomnography or home sleep testing
• Central Nervous System (CNS) disease with impairment of cognitive function (dementia) and/or muscle paresis, such as stroke
• Currently pregnant, trying to get pregnant or nursing
• age \< 18 years
• Regular and adherent CPAP use per clinical guidelines
• Current night shift or rotating shift work
• Diagnosis of another sleep disorder (e.g. periodic limb movement disorder)
• Current systemic steroid use
• Predominantly central sleep apnea or requiring oxygen or bi-level positive airway pressure or advanced positive airway pressure modalities
• Protected patient: under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, including hospitalized without consent