Dries Testelmans

Dries Testelmans is an expert in Pulmonology at Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven (Belgium). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Dries Testelmans in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Sleep Apnea Syndromes, Apnea and Dyssomnias. Dries Testelmans has authored 189 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 17 clinical trials, 2 of them ongoing. SLR score: 874 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

Pulmonology

Subspecialties: Sleep Medicine Specialty - Neurology - Sleep Medicine

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

Profile data updated on October 7, 2026

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Organizations

Career arc: 2006 - 2026

Source: PubMed

Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 189

Citations

Citations: 4 248 1st author: 18 Last author: 27 Unique author: 0

Main journals

Computing in cardiology 14

Best Journals

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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title	Journal	Year
Current practice, clinical perspectives and barriers to multi-night testing for obstructive sleep apnea in Europe: a survey across ESADA centers. PMID 42753383 — research design, sleep apnea, obstructive, sleep, apnea, multiple chronic conditions, sleep apnea syndromes, sleep wake disorders	Sleep Med	2026
Trial Protocol: A Randomised, Controlled Cross-Over Trial Evaluating the Digital Sleep Revolution Diagnostic-Therapeutic Pathway for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. PMID 42773566 — clinical protocols, patient participation, sleep, polysomnography, multiple chronic conditions, mobile applications, therapeutics, digital diagnosis	J Sleep Res	2026
When sleep advice goes viral: medical reliability of insomnia content on TikTok. PMID 42717129 — sleep, physicians, sleep initiation and maintenance disorders	J Clin Sleep Med	2026
Morning Headaches as a Specific Obstructive Sleep Apnea Characteristic in a Large Sleep Clinic Population. PMID 42652927 — headache, sleep apnea, obstructive, sleep, apnea, signs and symptoms, sex characteristics, sex, sleep apnea syndromes, waist circumference, sex differences	Life (Basel)	2026
Clinical practice patterns and unmet needs in the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists in sleep medicine: A pan-European survey performed in the European sleep apnoea database network. PMID 42639925 — glucagon-like peptide 1, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor, sleep, obesity, weight loss	Pulmonology	2026

Clinical Studies 17

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

Synthesis

Principal Investigator: 7

By phase:

N/A 14

Phase 2 2

Phase 3 1

By status:

Completed 6

Recruiting 5

Unknown 4

Terminated 1

Withdrawn 1

By type:

Interventional 11

Observational 6

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 13

multicentric2to4 0

multicentric5to9 0

multicentricup10 4

Main Topics

Nervous System Diseases 13

Respiratory Tract Diseases 10

Cohort/Consortium Investigators 6

Ongoing Clinical Trials

2 ongoing trials started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study	Phase	Status	Start
A Modified Baveno Classification of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Based on Sleepiness and Cardiovascular Scores NCT06861686 — sleep apnea, obstructive, sleep, apnea, cohort studies, classification, sleep apnea syndromes, sleepiness	N/A	Recruiting	2025
Follow up of NIV At Home in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy NCT06773988 — research design, noninvasive ventilation, muscular dystrophies, muscular dystrophy, duchenne, polysomnography, capnography, therapeutics, ventilation	N/A	Recruiting	2024

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