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The Effects of Commercial Air Travel on Patients Suffering From Pulmonary Hypertension

NCT03051763 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2020-12-02

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Summary

The aim of this study is to 1) descriptively report possible in flight events and 2) to provide regression analysis if the number of events are statistically significant in their prevalence and thus are useful in finding possible parameters in echocardiography, right heart catheterization, laboratory findings, spiroergometry as well as six minute walk test to produce a risk assessment for possible expected in flight adverse events as well as a recommendation concerning the need of supplemental oxygen for each individual patient.

The investigators therefore want to find out:

1. In which subgroup (if applicable) of PH patients in flight adverse events are more frequent.
2. Whether there are parameters (from blood samples, blood gas analysis, World Health Organization-Functional Class (WHO-FC), Six Minute Walk (SMW), echocardiography, right heart catheter (RHC)) that are able to predict in flight need for additional oxygen and/or possible adverse events.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

    collaborator OTHER

  • DRK Kliniken Berlin Köpenick, Berlin, Germany

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospital, Zürich

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Giessen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ghofrani H. Ardeschir, Prof. Dr. · University of Giessen

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-19
Primary Completion
2021-12-19
Completion
2022-05-19

Countries

  • Germany
  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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