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Prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness by Intermittent Hypoxia

NCT00559832 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2007-11-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Acclimatization by mountaineering prior to high altitude sojourns have shown to be effective in prevention of acute mountain sickness (AMS).

The aim of this study is to investigate whether intermittent exposure to normobaric hypoxia during sleep is also effective to prevent AMS.

Conditions

  • Acute Mountain Sickness

Interventions

OTHER

Hypoxic Exposure

Sleeping in normobaric hypoxia for 14 nights at altitudes from 2500 - 3300 m prior to one night at 4500 m

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Heidelberg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christoph Dehnert, MD · University Hospital Heidelberg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Completion
2007-07-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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