Priority 14 from the Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Saskatchewan,Canada) PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Can Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy ever be stopped and under what circumstances? (JLA PSP Priority 14)
Overall ranking 14
JLA question ID 0118/14
Explanatory note While between 30% and 50% of patients who are prescribed CPAP either don't fill their prescription or stop using their machines, this questions focuses on how a health care provider would determine that CPAP is no longer needed. 
Evidence

Certal V, Nishino N, Camacho M, Capasso R. Reviewing the systematic reviews in OSA surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Dec;149(6):817-29. doi: 10.1177/0194599813509959. Epub 2013 Oct 23. PMID: 24154748. 
Health Research Classification System category Respiratory
Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples Is there anyway to reduce your dependency on the machine ? ~ Will it ever be fully treated where a cpap machine will no longer be needed?
Submitted by Patient/family x 5, clinician x 1
PSP information
PSP unique ID 0118
PSP name Obstructive Sleep Apnea PSP
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. 39  (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop 28 January 2021