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Cognition at Altitude in HEMS - Part II — HEMS II  

Cognitive Performance Clinical Trial

Official title:
Cognitive Performance After Acute Exposure to Altitude - Part II

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the current study is to evaluate under blinded conditions, both in a simulated environment and during helicopter flight, the effect of a rapid (within 20 minutes) exposure to altitude (4000 m asl) on physiological parameters and selected cognitive domains, in providers operating in helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) exposed to hypobaric hypoxia or to hypobaric normoxia (H0: cognitive effects under hypobaric hypoxia = cognitive effects under hypobaric normoxia). Simulated environment will allow to control different factors. The parallelism between a study branch conducted in a simulated environment and another one conducted under a real-life condition will allow to evaluate the additive effects on additional stressor factors (processive and systemic ones). - Simulation branch: each participant will take part in three research sessions: a familiarization session and two experimental sessions in simulation facility called terraXcube (test 1 and 2). On test 1 and test 2 each group will be exposed twice to the simulated altitude of 4000 m asl (under hypobaric hypoxia or hypobaric normoxia conditions) according to the randomization protocol. Participants will perform the neurocognitive tests three times on each of the two tests: before the ascent (TC0), after 5 min from the end of the ascent (TC1) and after around 30 min (TC2), to investigate European Union Aviation Safe Agency (EASA) proposed recommendations. After completing each neurocognitive test session, participants will be asked to rate their performance using a visual analogue scales (VAS). All participants will wear the vital parameters monitoring system during the entire duration of the tests inside the chamber, as well as the cerebral oxygen saturation (ScO2) sensor. Samples will be collected by saliva, urine and/or capillary blood. The same schedule is repeated in each test session. - In-field branch: each participant will take part in three research sessions: a familiarization session and two experimental sessions during helicopter flights (test 1 and 2). On test 1 and test 2 each group will be exposed twice to the altitude of 4000 m (under hypobaric hypoxia or hypobaric normoxia conditions) according to the randomization protocol. Participants will perform the neurocognitive test two times on each test: before the ascent (TC0), after around 5 min from the end of the ascent (TC1). After completing each neurocognitive tests, participants will be asked to rate their performance using a visual analogue scales (VAS). All participants will wear the vital parameters monitoring system during the entire duration of the tests. Samples will be collected. The same schedule is planned in each test session.

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT05073406
Study type Interventional
Source Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date September 1, 2021
Completion date December 31, 2022
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