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NCT number NCT06450899
Other study ID # 23-0958
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date August 2024
Est. completion date July 2025

Study information

Verified date June 2024
Source University of Colorado, Denver
Contact Elan Small, MD
Phone 8474713526
Email elan.small@cuanschutz.edu
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is a trial looking at a drug to help prevent acute mountain sickness. The drug is prochlorperazine, a drug commonly used to treat nausea vomiting and headache. Participants will either take the drug or a placebo, and hike to and sleep at the summit of Mount Blue Sky located at 4,348 meters (14,265 feet).


Description:

This study will be a double-blind randomized controlled trial to investigate the utility of prochlorperazine maleate versus placebo for the chemoprophylaxis of acute mountain sickness on rapid ascent to 4,348 meters, specifically the summit of Mount Blue Sky in the Mount Blue Sky Wilderness. Participants will be evaluated for AMS utilizing the 2018 LLQ both the evening of and morning after ascent. The primary outcome will be the presence of AMS, defined by a 2018 LLQ score equal to or greater than 3, including the presence of a headache at any measured point during the study. Individuals will convene the morning of the study in Golden, Colorado where they will receive breakfast and either placebo or prochlorperazine. They will then be driven to Summit Lake where they will break for lunch and receive the second dose of placebo or prochlorperazine. They will then hike to the Mount Blue Sky summit where they will receive their third and final dose of either placebo or intervention, spend the night in the structures at the summit, and be assessed for AMS via LLQ. In the morning, they will be assessed for AMS again, receive breakfast, and then be driven back to the original meeting point. They will be monitored by Emergency Physicians at all points during the study.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 62
Est. completion date July 2025
Est. primary completion date August 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 75 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Adults >18 years old. Exclusion Criteria: - Individuals <18 years old or >75 years old - Pregnant women - Individuals who reside at or have slept at elevations >1,800 meters in the last two weeks - Individuals having taken acetazolamide, steroids, ibuprofen, anti-emetics or additional analgesics within the last 24 hours prior to study initiation - Individuals requiring supplemental baseline oxygen or with chronic disorders known to be significantly impacted by hypoxia - Individuals with known allergies to prochlorperazine or phenothiazines - Individuals taking medications with significant medication interactions with prochlorperazine: Dofetilide, potassium acid phosphate, potassium chloride, potassium citrate, potassium phosphate, Yohimbe. - Individuals with a history of dementia - Individuals who lack decision making capacity

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Prochlorperazine Maleate
Currently, prochlorperazine maleate is approved by the FDA for the treatment of nausea and vomiting, and additionally used off-label as an acute migraine treatment. The FDA has approved the dose of 5-10 mg to be taken orally 3-4 times a day. The study intervention will be obtained from Belmar Pharma solutions. Individuals randomized into the study arm will receive generic prochlorperazine maleate 10 mg orally taken three times daily for one day. Participants will convene in the morning of the trial date at low altitude, where they will receive their first dose. They will then be driven to Summit Lake and break for lunch, where they will receive their second dose approximately 6 hours later. They will then hike to the summit and receive their final dose in the evening, approximately another 6 hours later.
Placebo
The placebo arm individuals will receive a non-identical inert generic placebo tablet containing microcrystalline cellulose provided by Belmar Pharma Solutions. Placebo tablets will be taken at the same time and frequency as the study intervention drug.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Mount Blue Sky Evergreen Colorado

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Colorado, Denver

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Acute Mountain Sickness The primary outcome will be the presence of AMS, defined by a 2018 Lake Louise Questionnaire (LLQ) score of equal to or greater than 3, including the presence of a headache at any measured point during the study. The primary outcome will be assessed during the discreet roughly 36 hour trial period. LLQs will be administered the evening of and morning after arrival to peak altitude, or at any point of self reported altitude illness.
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