Clinical trials: Weightlessness Simulation
Weightlessness Simulation
A Comparison Study Between 10 Days of Dry Immersion Versus 10 Days of Head-down Bedrest on 20 Healthy Male Volunteers
The space agencies are actively engaged in studying the physiological adaptation to space environment through studies on board the International Space Station (ISS) but also on the ground.
- Trial name
- VIVALDI 3 (NCT06777329)
- Testing
- 10 days of dry immersion, 10 days of Head Down Bed Rest
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Instructional Virtual Realities, Weightlessness Simulation
VR-MARS Virtual Reality, Medical Assistance and Rescue for Space
VRMARS is a medical simulation study in microgravity. Healthy volunteers (n=18) test in microgravity the functionnality of an augmented reality headset in which a medical assistance is displayed.
- Conditions
- Instructional Virtual Realities, Weightlessness Simulation, Space Simulation, Patient Simulation
- Trial name
- VR-MARS (NCT06144658)
- Testing
- Augmented Reality Headset / Hololens 2 or Varjo XR3
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Groupe Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud
Simulated Microgravity by Head Down Tilt Bedrest, Weightlessness
A 60 Days Head Down Tilt Bedrest With Artificial Gravity and Cycling Exercise on 24 Healthy Male (BRACE)
The objective of this study is to investigate whether a cycling exercise coupled with artificial gravity via a short-arm human centrifuge helps to prevent and / or reduce the deleterious effects induced by 60 days of…
- Trial name
- BRACE (NCT06544213)
- Testing
- Control Group, Countermeasure Supine Bike, Countermeasure AG-Bike
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Fluid Retention Tissue, Perfusion; Complications
Weightlessness Associated Cephalad Fluid Shifts; The Potential to Evaluate Venous and Lymphatic Dysfunction
In the weightlessness of space and significant alterations of terrestrial 1 g (1 gravity equivalent) head-to-foot hydrostatic pressure gradients, astronauts experience a dramatic fluid redistribution of ~ 2 liters from the legs…
- Trial name
- NIID (NCT06405282)
- Testing
- Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Near infrared spectroscopy, Temperature
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
Weightlessness
Space Flight Simulation to Study Effects of Micro-gravity Through Bed Rest
Space flight simulation study to study effects of microgravity through bedrest coupled with flight exercise counter-measures.
- Trial name
- FAP (NCT00891449)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Weightlessness
A 5-day Dry Immersion Study on 20 Healthy Male Volunteers
Dry immersion (DI) is a ground-based model of prolonged conditions of simulated microgravity. Dry immersion involves immersing the subject in water covered with an elastic waterproof fabric.
- Trial name
- VIVALDI2 (NCT05493176)
- Testing
- Dry immersion
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales