Oxidative Stress in Hypobaric Hypoxia

NCT01436383 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2011-09-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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. Symptoms of acute mountain sickness are evaluated and correlated with laboratory parameters.

Conditions

  • Hypobaric Hypoxia
  • Metabolomics
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Acute Mountain Sickness

Interventions

OTHER

Hypoxic exposure

Hypoxic exposure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swiss National Science Foundation

    collaborator OTHER
  • Kantonsspital Aarau

    collaborator OTHER
  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andreas Huber, Prof. Dr. med. · Center of Laboratory Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, 5001 Aarau

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Primary Completion
2005-12-31
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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