Clinical trials: High Altitude Effects
Hypothermia, Hypoxia
Pharmacologic Induction of Tolerance for Hypoxia & Hypothermia
Warfighter Performance Optimization in Extreme Environments remains an area of important and intense investigation, with the following goals: (1) Optimize, sustain and augment medical readiness and physiological/ psychological…
- Conditions
- Hypothermia, Hypoxia, Mountain Sickness
- Trial name
- PhITHy-Ho (NCT06129825)
- Testing
- Prospective
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Hypertension, High Altitude
HIGH Altitude CArdiovascular REsearch in the ANDES
This study is aimed to assess the efficacy of combined treatment with two antihypertensive agents (telmisartan and nifedipine) in subjects with mild hypertension exposed to high altitude.
- Trial name
- HIGHCARE-A (NCT01830530)
- Testing
- Telmisartan, Nifedipine
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Hypobaric Hypoxia, Metabolomics
Oxidative Stress in Hypobaric Hypoxia
The trial investigates changes in metabolism during high altitude expedition up to 6865m. A mass-spectrometry based platform is used to detect different oxidative stress related metabolites.
- Conditions
- Hypobaric Hypoxia, Metabolomics, Oxidative Stress, Acute Mountain Sickness
- Trial name
- NCT01436383
- Testing
- Hypoxic exposure
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Altitude, Hypoxia
Effects of Mild Hypobaric Hypoxia on Sleep and Post-sleep Performance
Hypobaric hypoxia (decreased oxygen supply to body tissues due to low atmospheric pressure) caused by exposure to high altitude disrupts sleep.
- Conditions
- Altitude, Hypoxia, Environmental Sleep Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00498563
- Testing
- altitude exposure in hypobaric chamber
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Physiology
Hypnotic Intake and Motor and Cognitive Performances at High Altitude
This study aims to determine the effect of acute hypnotic intake (Zolpidem) on sleep, cognitive and motor performances and on acute mountain sickness symptoms at high altitude.
- Trial name
- CHAM (NCT02778659)
- Testing
- Zolpidem
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre d'Expertise sur l'Altitude EXALT
High Altitude Effects, High Altitude
Assessment of Heart Rate Variability HRV During Descent DE From 2850m to Sea Level and During Re-ascent A From Sea Level to 2850m in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension PAH
To study the effect of relocation from high altitude (Quito Ecuador: 2850m) to sea level and re-ascent from sea level to 2850m on heart rate variability and other hemodynamic parameters in patients with pulmonary arterial…
- Conditions
- High Altitude Effects, High Altitude, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
- Trial name
- NCT07801859
- Testing
- Descent and re-ascent (2850m, sea level)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Silvia Ulrich Somaini