NCT05131737

Exercise Endurance Time on the 2nd Day at 2500 m High Altitude

The Impact of Hypoxia on Patients With Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension and Treatment of Adverse Effects

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The impact of a sojourn at 2500 m of high altitude for 26-30 h on constant work-rate exercise test time in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension

Detailed description

Patients with pulmonary hypertension will perform a constant work-rate exercise test at low altitude (450m) and at high altitude 2500m in a randomized-cross-over sequence protocol. The constant work-rate exercise test time and other measures will be assessed

Conditions

• High Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	High altitude exposure	Exposure to 2500m of altitude
PROCEDURE	Low altitude exposure	Exposure to 490 m

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-18
• Primary completion: 2022-04-15
• Completion: 2022-04-15
• First posted: 2021-11-23
• Last updated: 2022-05-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland