NCT04031417

Effect of a Simulated Flight in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Healthy Volunteers

Modelling Endothelial Function With Hypoxia and Low Humidity (Simulated Flight Environment) in Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Diabetes is an increasingly common condition which affects millions of people in the United Kingdom. Patients with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk to develop severe heart disease and vascular complications and these can result in death. A cornerstone of the treatment is lifestyle and diet. The number of travellers is increasing quickly and there are more people than ever travelling by airplane. During a commercial flight the pressure of the air is lower than the pressure on the surface and that results in lower concentration of oxygen in the air we are breathing while flying. Also the humidity is very low inside an aircraft. The aims of this study are to show if we can use a simulated flight as a method to look at how the endothelial cells react and to see if this is different between patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and healthy volunteers. A sub-study is also incorporated to look at different dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Hypoxia
OTHER	Low Humidity

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2014-01-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2019-07-24
• Last updated: 2022-08-18