Clinical trials: Altitude Sickness
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
High Altitude Residents With High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension (HAPH), SDB Assessed at HA (3200 m) vs LA (760 m)
To study the effect of relocation from 3200m (Aksay) to 760m (Bishkek) in highlanders with High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension (HAPH) who permanently live >2500m on sleep disordered breathing
- Trial name
- NCT06489717
- Testing
- SDB assessment
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Ketogenic Dieting, Altitude Hypoxia
Effect of Isocaloric Ketogenic Diet on Physical Performance at High Altitude
A ketogenic diet (KD) reduces daily carbohydrates (CHOs) ingestion by replacing most calories with fat. KD is of increasing interest among athletes because it may increase their maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), the principal…
- Conditions
- Ketogenic Dieting, Altitude Hypoxia, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- ICKD (NCT05603689)
- Testing
- Isocaloric ketogenic diet
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinique Romande de Readaptation
Critical Congenital Heart Disease, High Altitude
Oxygen Saturation and Perfusion Index ın Neonates at High Altitude
Congenital heart diseases are among the most common congenital anomalies and occur with an incidence of approximately 8ınd12 / 1,000 live births worldwide.
- Trial name
- NCT04290481
- Testing
- oxygen saturation and perfusion index screening
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 501 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Study of the Effects of Iron on Lung Blood Pressure at High Altitude
Body iron levels may be important in determining how the blood pressure in the lungs changes in response to low oxygen levels. At high altitude, where oxygen levels are low, some patients develop elevated lung blood pressure.
- Trial name
- NCT00960921
- Testing
- Iron sucrose, Normal saline
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Acute Mountain Sickness
Study of Compound Danshen Dripping Pills to Treat Acute Mountain Sickness
This study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of compound danshen dripping pills in preventing and treating acute mountain sickness.
- Trial name
- NCT03270787
- Testing
- Compound danshen dripping pills
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tasly Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Glucose Metabolism, High Altitude
High Altitude and Exogenous Carbohydrate Oxidation
Recent studies have reported that oxidation of exogenous carbohydrate is reduced under acute hypobaric hypoxic (high altitude; HA) conditions compared to normoxia (sea level; SL) in native lowlanders.
- Trial name
- NCT03851744
- Testing
- Sea Level, High Altitude
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Risk Factors Associated With High Altitude Sickness: A Case-Control Study
Research Title: RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH ALTITUDE SICKNESS: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY Rationale: The Study will help us to identify risk factors of high altitude sickness among Nepalese and International patients.
- Conditions
- Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, High Altitude Cerebral Edema
- Trial name
- NCT06039475
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
COPD
Long-term Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Who Live at High Altitude
A clinical, prospective, randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of prescribing oxygen in a group of COPD (chronic pulmonary disease) patients with PaO2 (arterial oxygen tension) ≥50 and ≤55 mmHg who do not have…
- Trial name
- COPD-LTOT (NCT03020212)
- Testing
- Oxygen
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Fundación Neumologica Colombiana
Resting Metabolic Rate, Appetite
Effects of Overnight Low Oxygen Exposure on Energy Balance
This research study will evaluate changes in resting metabolic rate, appetite, and heart rate variability following overnight exposure (8 h/night) to normobaric hypoxia (NH) or normobaric normoxic (NN).
- Conditions
- Resting Metabolic Rate, Appetite, Heart Rate Variability
- Trial name
- NCT04151927
- Testing
- Normobaric Hypoxia, Normobaric Normoxia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Acute Mountain Sickness
Acclimatization Mechanisms During Ascent to 7500m
The trial evaluates the role of ascent protocol on acute mountain sickness and cardio-respiratory physiology during an ascent to Muztagh Ata (7546m).
- Trial name
- NCT00603122
- Testing
- ascent protocol
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Hemodynamic Changes in Altitude Adaptation
We use a new technology (Nexfin from BMEYE-Inventive Hemodynamics) to monitor Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure, Fluid Responsiveness, Pulse Oximetry, Hemoglobin Concentration, Oxygen Delivery in Climbers during their process of…
- Conditions
- Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, High Altitude Cerebral Edema
- Trial name
- NCT01698619
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Goethe University
Healthy, Healthy Adult
Assessment of Lung Function (Lufu) at Sea Level LA vs. High Altitude HA in Healthy Individuals
To study the effect of a re-ascent to high altitude (Quito Ecuador: 2850m) after a one-week stay at sea level (after prior descent from 2850m) on lung function and pulmonary resistance/reactance in healthy individuals, who live…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Healthy Adult, High Altitude Effects, High Altitude
- Trial name
- NCT07804537
- Testing
- Re-ascent from sea level to 2850m
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Silvia Ulrich Somaini
Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude
CO2 Supplement for Treatment of Acute Mountain Sickness
It was reported that up to 76% people who rapidly ascend to the altitude higher than 4500 m without sufficient acclimatization will have AMS which often develops 6-8 hours after reaching at high altitude.
- Conditions
- Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude, Inhalation; Gas
- Trial name
- NCT06393998
- Testing
- Breathing with CO2 during daytime and night at high altitude, Sleep and doing exercise test under inhalation of air
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS)
Efficacy of Positive Expiratory Pressure on Acute Mountain Sickness
This pilot study aims to evaluate the efficacy of positive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy at 10 cmH₂O in improving peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO₂) and mitigating symptoms of acute mountain sickness (AMS) in healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT07148674
- Testing
- Positive Expiratory Pressure (10cmH2O) in hypobaric hypoxia
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BiALP - Alpine, Disaster and Wilderness Medicine
Altitude Sickness
Inhaled Budesonide for Altitude Illness Prevention
A randomized, double-blinded study administering budesonide, a medication to reduce inflammation in the lungs, to healthy volunteers to examine effects on altitude illness prevention by spending 18 hours overnight at 14,000 ft…
- Trial name
- NCT02941510
- Testing
- Budesonide
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Hypoxia
MEDEX Hidden Valley 2008
During a multi-week expedition to the Himalaya, we aim to investigate i) whether dietary supplementation with carbohydrate drinks and gels can improve physical performance; and ii) the underlying mechanisms for any observed…
- Trial name
- NCT00731510
- Testing
- Carbohydrate energy drink, Aspartame
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical Expeditions Ltd
Pulmonary Hypertension
Acute Exposure of High Altitude on Cardiac Output
Randomized crossover trial in patients with Pulmonary Hypertension (PAH, CTEPH) to assess the acute response High Altitude (Säntis; 2500m above sea level) on non-invasive cardiac output assessments by Finapres® NOVA Technology at…
- Trial name
- NCT03637218
- Testing
- Assessment at Low Altitude (470m above sea level), Exposure to High Altitude (2500m above sea level)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
High Altitude Cerebral Edema
Spectroscopic and Diffusion Weighted Analysis of the Effects of Dexamethasone on High Altitude Cerebral Oedema (HACE)
When the brain detects a drop in oxygen levels in the blood (hypoxia) there is a compensatory increase in blood flow. Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a cluster of symptoms which commonly occur in those ascending to high altitude…
- Trial name
- D4H (NCT03341676)
- Testing
- Dexamethasone
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
Highlanders With High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension (HAPH), 6 Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) Assessed at 3200m With and Without Supplemental Oxygen Therapy (SOT)
The investigators aim to study the effect of SOT in highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) who permanently live >2500m on 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) assessed at 3200m.
- Trial name
- NCT06489743
- Testing
- 6-minute walk test (6MWT)
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Altitude Related Illness In Patients With Respiratory Disease
Randomized, placebo controlled trial evaluating efficacy of dexamethasone in preventing acute mountain sickness in lowlanders with chronic obstructive lung disease travelling from 700 m to 3200 m.
- Trial name
- NCT02450968
- Testing
- Dexamethasone
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 124 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich