Clinical trials: High Altitude Hypoxia
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension, Sleep Apnea
Sleep Related Breathing Disturbances and High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension in Kyrgyz Highlanders
High altitude pulmonary hypertension, a form of altitude illness that occurs in long-term residents at altitudes >2500 m, is characterized by dyspnea, hypoxemia, impaired exercise performance and hypertension in the pulmonary…
- Trial name
- NCT01621061
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension, Sleep Apnea
Time Course and Prognostic Significance of Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Highlanders.
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the clinical and physiologic course of Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) by performing a longitudinal cohort study.
- Trial name
- NCT03165019
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Gastrointestinal Injury, Acute Mountain Sickness
Gut-microbiota Targeted Nutritional Intervention for Gut Barrier Integrity at High Altitude
The aim of this randomized, crossover clinical trial is to determine the efficacy of a gut microbiota-targeted nutritional intervention containing a blend of fermentable fibers and polyphenols (FP) for mitigating increases in GI…
- Trial name
- NCT04111263
- Testing
- FP, High altitude, Sea level
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
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
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
Right Ventricular Function at Rest in Highlanders/Lowlanders
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the progression of right ventricular function and dimension in Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) by performing a cross sectional case-control study.
- Trial name
- NCT03165656
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 173 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
Right Ventricular Function During Exercise in Highlanders/Lowlanders
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the right ventricular function during graded cycling on an ergometer by transthoracic echocardiography in Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) by…
- Trial name
- NCT03165032
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 173 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Neuromuscular Diseases, High Altitude Hypoxia
Assessing Air Travel Safety in Neuromuscular Dystrophy: Standard Versus Prolonged High Altitude Simulation Tests
To determine if a prolonged high altitude simulation test (HAST) lasting two hours, identifies more patients at risk of respiratory failure than the standard HAST lasting 20 minutes, in patients with neuromuscular disease (NMD)…
- Trial name
- NCT03312361
- Testing
- 15% oxygen
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation in Highlanders/Lowlanders
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the cerebral tissue oxygenation of Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) by performing a longitudinal cohort study.
- Trial name
- NCT03172429
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pediatric, Altitude Hypoxia
Altitude and Outcomes in Pediatric ARDS: A Multicenter Study
This multicenter observational study will evaluate the association between geographic altitude, availability of critical care resources, and clinical outcomes in children with pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome…
- Conditions
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pediatric, Altitude Hypoxia, High Altitude Effects
- Trial name
- LARed-ALT (NCT07193771)
- Testing
- Geographic Altitude
- Where
- 20 sites in Bolivia, Chile and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people
- Sponsor
- Latin American Pediatric Collaborative Network