Clinical trials: High Altitude Effects
Hypoxia, Normobaric Hypoxia
Effect of Acute Hypoxia on RIght VEntRicular Function in Healthy Adults.
More and more people are engaging in sports in the mountains, including individuals with heart or lung diseases. At the same time, such diseases are becoming more common in Switzerland.
- Conditions
- Hypoxia, Normobaric Hypoxia, Altitude Hypoxia, Right Heart Function
- Trial name
- RIVER-H (NCT07431567)
- Testing
- Normobaric Hypoxia
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mona Lichtblau
High Altitude, Six-minute Walk Test
Assessment of Six-minute Walking Distance 6MWD Between High Altitude HA vs. Sea Level LA in Healthy Individuals H
To study the effect of descent from high altitude (Quito Ecuador: 2850m) to sea level on six-minute walking distance and scores in healthy individuals, who live permanently >2600m.
- Conditions
- High Altitude, Six-minute Walk Test, High Altitude Effects, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT07801872
- Testing
- Descent from 2850m to sea level
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Silvia Ulrich Somaini
Hypoxia, Altitude
The Impact of Physical Training Under Normobaric Hypoxia on Oxidative Stress Level, Inflammatory State, Intestinal Damage, and Mitochondrial Metabolism in Young Males
Cognitive assessment of the influence of a 4-week proprietary training program under normobaric hypoxia conditions on the levels of inflammatory markers, disturbances in prooxidant-antioxidant balance, degree of intestinal…
- Trial name
- NCT06204731
- Testing
- Exercise and environmental conditions
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University School of Physical Education, Krakow, Poland
Exercise Training
Hyperbaric VO2max Study
This study seeks to examine the effectiveness of training while in a hyperoxic-hyperbaric environment for exercise performance at altitude.
- Trial name
- NCT02356900
- Testing
- Hyperoxic hyperbaric interval exercise training, Normoxic, normobaric, interval exercise training, Oxygen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Effect of Acetazolamide on Subclinical High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema Detected by Lung Ultrasonography
The overall goal of this study is to detect preclinical signs of HAPE by lung ultrasonography and evaluate the effectiveness of acetazolamide at decreasing pulmonary edema by using ultrasound.
- Trial name
- NCT03490916
- Testing
- Acetazolamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vincent Kan
Aortic Stenosis, Altitude
Short-term Exposure to High Altitude in Patients With Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis
Aortic stenosis is a common disease with increasing prevalence due to an aging population. Aortic valve replacement is indicated for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis.
- Trial name
- ASALT (NCT06894550)
- Testing
- Participants will be escorted to high altitude and undergo a series of test
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Acute Mountain Sickness
Colorado-Oregon Altitude Study
Investigating the utility of prophylactic treatment with iron sucrose and/or erythropoietin on the prevention of acute mountain sickness in fit, young, healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- COAST (NCT05734716)
- Testing
- Erythropoietin, Iron sucrose (Venofer), Sterile Sodium Chloride
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Hypoxia, Exogenous Ketosis
The Effects of Ketone Ester Supplementation During a 5 Week Live High, Train Low Altitude Training Camp
This study aims to investigate the effects of post-exercise and pre-sleep exogenous ketosis via oral ketone ester supplementation during a 5 week simulated altitude training camp.
- Trial name
- NCT06596083
- Testing
- Ketone ester supplement
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
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
Decompression Sickness, Acute Mountain Sickness
Decompression Tables for Diving at Altitude
The aims of this proposal are to test current USN procedures for adjusting decompression procedures during air diving at 8,000 and 10,000 ft altitude and to provide a decompression algorithm for no-stop dives to 100 feet of sea…
- Trial name
- NCT03390335
- Testing
- Pressure, Breathing Gas
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Mountain Sickness
Safety Evaluation of Aminophylline and Methazolamide
This safety study is the first in a series of studies testing the application of the combination of aminophylline and methazolamide.
- Trial name
- NCT01587027
- Testing
- Aminophylline, Methazolamide, Aminophylline and Methazolamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poudre Valley Health System
Acute Mountain Sickness
Sickness Evaluation at Altitude With Acetazolamide at Relative Dosages
This double blind randomized trial will compare acetazolamide taken the morning of ascent to acetazolamide taken the evening prior to ascent for the prevention of acute mountain sickness (AMS).
- Trial name
- SEAWARD (NCT03424226)
- Testing
- Acetazolamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
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.
Altitude Hypoxia
Effect of Acetazolamide on Right Heart Function at Rest in Lowlanders Older Than 40 Years at Altitude.
Randomized, placebo controlled trial evaluating efficacy of acetazolamide on right heart function at rest in lowlanders older than 40 years travelling from 760 m to 3'100 m.
- Trial name
- NCT03540914
- Testing
- ACETAZOLAMIDE oral capsule
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Altitude Training Adaptation, Autonomic Nervous System
Effect of Hot Spring Therapy on Autonomic Nervous System and Exercise Performance During Altitude Training
This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effects of balneotherapy (hot spring bathing) on cardiac autonomic nervous system function and exercise performance in healthy athletes undergoing high-altitude training.
- Conditions
- Altitude Training Adaptation, Autonomic Nervous System, Hydrotherapy, Exercise Performance
- Trial name
- NCT07608887
- Testing
- Control Group：Natural Recovery, Hot water immersion group, hot spring immersion group
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Macao Polytechnic University
Neonatal Disease, Altitude Hypoxia
Reference Interval for SPO2 in Neonates at High Altitudes During First 2 Hours and Umbilical Artery Blood Gas
Pulse oximetry offers real time and non-invasive estimation of arterial oxygen saturation in a cost-effective way, and has become a critical tool in guiding the usage of supplemental oxygen in sick newborns.
- Trial name
- NCT05468515
- Testing
- pulse oxygen saturation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 956 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Hypoxia, Altitude
Cocoa Flavanol Intake and Exercise in Hypoxia
Not uncommonly, sports events take place or finish at high altitude, where physical and cognitive (e.g. decision-making, motor control) performance in hypoxia is determining the outcome of sports performance.
- Trial name
- NCT03135314
- Testing
- cocoa flavanol
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Altitude Hypoxia, Neonatal Encephalopathy
Neonatal Electrical Activity at Different Altitude Levels
In this study, the objective is to compare neonatal cerebral electrical activity within 3 days after birth across different altitude areas using amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG), and establish reference value…
- Trial name
- NCT05966714
- Testing
- aEEG
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 531 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Acute Mountain Sickness
Voluntary Isocapnic Hyperpnea in Hypoxia to Mitigate Acute Mountain Sickness
This study investigates the effects of a brief Voluntary Isocapnic Hyperpnoea (VIH) on Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) symptoms, SpO₂, blood pressure, and blood gas homeostasis in normobaric hypoxia, to evaluate whether such…
- Trial name
- NCT07126834
- Testing
- VIH
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Sport - National Research Institute, Poland
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