Clinical trials: Mountain Sickness
Acute Mountain Sickness, Blood Oxygen Saturation, Headache
Ibuprofen vs Acetaminophen for AMS Prevention
AMS (acute mountain sickness) affects those who ascend too high (>2000m) too fast. Acetazolamide is an effective drug for the prevention of AMS where proper acclimatization with gradual ascent may not be an option.
- Trial name
- NCT02244437
- Testing
- Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 288 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal
Acute Mountain Sickness
Drug Combination on Exercise Performance at High Altitude
This study is being conducted to determine the effectiveness of using two FDA approved medications in concert to reduce the likelihood of sickness due to low oxygen levels and to reduce the decrement in physical performance at…
- Trial name
- NCT01902758
- Testing
- ambrisentan and theophylline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Montana
Acute Mountain Sickness and Fatigue
A Study to Test the Safety of Combined Dosing With Aminophylline and Ambrisentan in Exercising Healthy Human Volunteers at Simulated High Altitude
Acute exposure of the unacclimatized human body to high altitude leads to health complications, such as loss of exercise performance capacity and fatigue.
- Trial name
- GQ02 (NCT01794078)
- Testing
- Aminophylline 400 mg, Ambrisentan 5 mg
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Robert J Noveck, M.D.
Erythrocytosis, Mountain Sickness
Study of Cobalt's Role in Excessive Erythrocytosis Among High Altitude Dwellers in Cerro de Pasco, Peru
Chronic mountain sickness is characterized by excessive red blood cell production which causes sludging of the vascular system. This high viscosity blood causes heart failure, cognitive dysfunction, and strokes.
- Trial name
- CoCMS (NCT01187108)
- Testing
- N-acetylcysteine, Acetazolamide
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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
A Trial of Acetazolamide Versus Placebo in Preventing Mountain Sickness During Rapid Ascent
Acute mountain sickness is a common ailment in people venturing over 2500 m altitude. Pilgrims to high altitudes are at an added risk since they are unaware and they gain height faster than the recommendations.
- Trial name
- NCT01418157
- Testing
- Acetazolamide
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 380 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam
Acute Mountain Sickness
Erythropoietin in the Prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness
Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a syndrome of nonspecific symptoms and is therefore subjective. The Lake Louise Consensus Group defined acute mountain sickness as the presence of headache in an unacclimatized person who has…
- Trial name
- EPO-AMS (NCT01665781)
- Testing
- Erythropoietin
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulsan
Acute Mountain Sickness, Subclinical High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
The Incidence of Subclinical High-altitude Pulmonary Oedema at High Altitude
The aim of this investigation is to determine the incidence of silent interstitial pulmonary edema by chest ultrasound at moderate altitude (3905m).
- Trial name
- NCT01794130
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine
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
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS)
Evaluation of the Prevention and Treatment Effects of Chinese Medicine on High Altitude Illness
This trial is aimed to evaluate the effects of "Wu Zhu Yu Tang" on the prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness(AMS).
- Trial name
- NCT01682551
- Testing
- Chinese Medicine, Acetalozamide
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Sleep and Cerebral Responses to High Altitude
Mechanisms underlying high-altitude intolerance as well as exercise performance limitation in hypoxia still remain to be fully understood.
- Conditions
- Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, High Altitude Cerebral Edema
- Trial name
- VALLOT 2011 (NCT01565603)
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Acute Mountain Sickness, Environmental Illness
Can Rhodiola Crenulata Intake Improve Oxygen Saturation and Decrease the Incidence of Acute Mountain Sickness
Traditional folk medicine in the Arctic and Himalayan areas used Rhodiola species to enhance physical endurance, prevent aging, resist acute mountain sickness (AMS), and to treat fatigue, depression, anemia, impotence and…
- Trial name
- NCT01536288
- Testing
- Rhodiola crenulata
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Acute Mountain Sickness
Change in Peripheral Oxygen Saturation by Using Different Breathing Procedures in High Altitude
In this investigation the researchers explore whether different types of breathing procedures can improve the peripheral oxygen saturation to reduce the risk of becoming a acute mountain sickness or a high altitude pulmonary…
- Trial name
- NCT01468194
- Testing
- Breathing procedure 1, Breathing procedure 2
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Giessen
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
Acute Mountain Sickness, Healthy
Training in Hypoxia to Prevent Acute Mountain Sickness
Some studies suggest that high-altitude related illnesses - like acute mountain sickness - could be prevented by acclimatisation, reached at low altitude using training in simulated altitude.
- Trial name
- NCT00886912
- Testing
- hypoxia, normoxia
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heidelberg University
Pulmonary Hypertension, Mountain Sickness
Study of the Effects of Iron Levels on the Lungs at High Altitude
The study hypothesis is that body iron levels are important in determining the increase in lung blood pressure that occurs in response to low oxygen levels.
- Trial name
- NCT00952302
- Testing
- Iron sucrose, Normal saline, Venesection
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Acute Mountain Sickness
Anti-Oxidant Supplementation for the Prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness
Acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), and high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) are complications of rapid ascent to high altitude.
- Trial name
- NCT00664001
- Testing
- Anti-oxidant supplementation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altitude Physiology Expeditions
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
Acute Mountain Sickness
Prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness by Intermittent Hypoxia
Acclimatization by mountaineering prior to high altitude sojourns have shown to be effective in prevention of acute mountain sickness (AMS).
- Trial name
- NCT00559832
- Testing
- Hypoxic Exposure
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heidelberg University
Acute Mountain Sickness
Effects of Aircraft Cabin Altitude on Passenger Comfort and Discomfort
Commercial aircraft passengers are exposed to atmospheric pressures ranging from the pressure found at ground level to that encountered in the external environment at 8,000 feet.
- Trial name
- NCT00326703
- Testing
- Hypobaric hypoxia
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Boeing Company