Respiratory phenotyping for new targeted approaches to treat sleep apnoea

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1116942

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

>9% of Australians have obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). OSA has several causes. Untreated OSA is associated with major health consequences. <50% of OSA patients tolerate the main therapy, continuous positive airway pressure. New treatments are urgently required. This proposal aims to use & develop novel approaches to identify the causes of OSA on a per patient basis, improve current therapies & test if new targeted therapies can be used to treat OSA in appropriately selected patients.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2021

Funding Scheme: Research Fellowships

Funding Amount: $631,370.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Respiratory Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

sleep | sleep apnoea | sleep disordered breathing | upper airway muscles | upper airway physiology

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