Clinical trials: High Altitude
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
Mountain Sickness
Three New Ideas to Protect Special Forces From the Stress of High Altitude
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) is a well-documented syndrome that affects 42% of non-acclimatized individuals traveling to altitudes above 10,000 feet.
- Trial name
- NCT02463357
- Testing
- Quercetin, Nifedipine extended release, Methazolamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Glucose Metabolism, High Altitude
High Altitude and Exogenous Carbohydrate Oxidation
Recent studies have reported that oxidation of exogenous carbohydrate is reduced under acute hypobaric hypoxic (high altitude; HA) conditions compared to normoxia (sea level; SL) in native lowlanders.
- Trial name
- NCT03851744
- Testing
- Sea Level, High Altitude
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
The Safety Evaluation of Aminophylline and Ambrisentan When Administered Orally Alone and in Combination to Healthy Volunteers
This is a Phase I, three period, two sequence, open-label, randomized, crossover study, with the primary objective of testing the safety and tolerability of combined oral doses of aminophylline and ambrisentan in healthy human…
- Trial name
- GQ01 (NCT01530464)
- Testing
- Aminophylline, Ambrisentan, Aminophylline plus ambrisentan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thies Schroeder
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
Diabetes
Protocol for the Evaluation of Dario™ BGMS Performance at Elevated Altitude
The purpose of this study is to assess the performance of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitor (BGMS), at elevated altitudes, by obtaining whole blood fingerstick samples from individuals and analyzing the blood on the Dario Blood…
- Trial name
- NCT02352298
- Testing
- Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System, YSI Analyzer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- LabStyle Innovations Ltd.
Effects of High Altitude, Hypoxia
Induced Changes in Ventilatory Responsiveness and Altitude Exposure
The main purpose of this study is to determine if a drug (acetyl-cysteine or ACCY) can increase the amount of oxygen in your body at a high altitude of 11,500 feet.
- Conditions
- Effects of High Altitude, Hypoxia, Inadequate or Impaired Breathing Pattern or Ventilation, Abnormal Blood Oxygen Pressure
- Trial name
- NCT01241513
- Testing
- NAC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Hypertension, Pulmonary, Altitude Sickness
Efficacy Study of Riociguat and Its Effects on Exercise Performance and Pulmonary Artery Pressure at High Altitude
During ascent to high altitude there is a physiologic response to hypoxia that results in an elevated pulmonary arterial pressure associated with decreased exercise performance, altitude-induced pulmonary hypertension, and high…
- Trial name
- NCT02024386
- Testing
- Riociguat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Richard Moon
Blood Pressure, High
INTERVENCION Trial
This trial is designed to: 1. Assess the response to montherapy with : a thiazide diuretic (HCTZ), a calcium-channel blocker (CCB, amlodipine) and an angiotensin-receptor blocker (telmisartan), among hypertensive subjects who…
- Trial name
- INTERVENCION (NCT02373163)
- Testing
- Hydrochlorothiazide, Amlodipine, Telmisartan
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 166 people
- Sponsor
- Prevencion
High Altitude
Effects of Pioglitazone on Exogenous Carbohydrate Oxidation During Steady-State Exercise at High Altitude
Apparent hypoxia-induced insulin insensitivity along with alterations in glucose kinetics suggests reduction in glucose uptake by the peripheral tissue is a primary factor contributing to reductions in exogenous glucose oxidation…
- Trial name
- NCT06164665
- Testing
- Pioglitazone 15mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
High Altitude Headache
Intracranial Pressure in Experimental Models of Headache
The purpose of this study is to determine whether increased pressure in the head is elevated in people who suffer from High Altitude Headache.
- Trial name
- NCT01288781
- Testing
- Acetazolamide, Lactose monohydrate
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bangor University
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
Hypoxia, Altitude
Effects of Nebivolol Versus Carvedilol on Cardiopulmonary Function at High Altitude in Healthy Subjects.
Exposure of healthy subjects to high altitude hypoxia elicits changes in cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic features as weel as in exercise performance similar, for some aspects, to those observed in chronic heart failure.
- Conditions
- Hypoxia, Altitude, Heart Failure
- Trial name
- NCT00924833
- Testing
- Carvedilol, Nebivolol
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Prophylaxis of Acute Mountain Sickness
Acetazolamide for the Prevention of High Altitude Illness: a Comparison of Dosing
This is a phase 4, randomized, double-blinded interventional trial comparing alternative doses of Acetazolamide for the prevention of High Altitude Illness.
- Trial name
- NCT01993667
- Testing
- Low Dose Acetazolamide, Normal Dose Acetazolamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Acute Mountain Sickness
Study Looking at End Expiratory Pressure for Altitude Illness Decrease (SLEEP-AID)
The study is examining if an over-the-counter device (Theravent) worn while sleeping can reduce acute mountain sickness upon awakening in a high altitude trekking population.
- Trial name
- SLEEP-AID (NCT01842906)
- Testing
- Theravent, Control
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 219 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
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