NCT02636465

Hypoxia in Flight Simulation in Obese Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wissenschaftliches Institut Bethanien e.V · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine whether obese adults,obese (BMI\>30 kg/m2) with obesity hypoventilation or obese COPD-patients do undergo oxygen desaturation under flight simulation and if the hypoxic altitude simulation test is as effective as the hypoxic chamber test.

Conditions

• Obesity, COPD, OHS

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	flight simulationin obese healthy adults or obese patients with or without COPD, OHS

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-02-01
• Completion: 2015-02-01
• First posted: 2015-12-21
• Last updated: 2015-12-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany