Clinical trials: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension, Sleep Apnea
Time Course and Prognostic Significance of Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Highlanders.
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the clinical and physiologic course of Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) by performing a longitudinal cohort study.
- Trial name
- NCT03165019
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
Right Ventricular Function During Exercise in Highlanders/Lowlanders
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the right ventricular function during graded cycling on an ergometer by transthoracic echocardiography in Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) by…
- Trial name
- NCT03165032
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 173 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
Right Ventricular Function at Rest in Highlanders/Lowlanders
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the progression of right ventricular function and dimension in Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) by performing a cross sectional case-control study.
- Trial name
- NCT03165656
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 173 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation in Highlanders/Lowlanders
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the cerebral tissue oxygenation of Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) by performing a longitudinal cohort study.
- Trial name
- NCT03172429
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension, Sleep Apnea
Sleep Related Breathing Disturbances and High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension in Kyrgyz Highlanders
High altitude pulmonary hypertension, a form of altitude illness that occurs in long-term residents at altitudes >2500 m, is characterized by dyspnea, hypoxemia, impaired exercise performance and hypertension in the pulmonary…
- Trial name
- NCT01621061
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, Acute Mountain Sickness
Randomized, Controlled Trial of Regular Sildenafil Citrate in the Prevention of Altitude Illness
The purpose of this study is to determine whether regular oral use of sildenafil citrate can prevent or attenuate high altitude illnesses.
- Trial name
- NCT00627965
- Testing
- Sildenafil citrate
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altitude Physiology Expeditions