Hypoxia Clinical Trial
Official title:
Study of Periodic Breathing in Healthy Humans
We made a fortuitous observation of periodic breathing in a healthy subject coming to our
outpatient mountain medicine consultation at Avicenne hospital in Bobigny (France). During
this consultation, subjects perform a hypoxia exercise test, which allows a good prediction
of their risk factors for severe high altitude illnesses. Surprisingly, breath-by-breath
recording of the ventilation signal showed a periodic breathing pattern, which increased
when the subject started to exercise in hypoxic conditions and was maintained during
normoxic exercise.
Therefore, our objective was to confirm this observation in a retrospective study led in 82
subjects who passed this test. We tested the hypothesis that subjects with a brisk
ventilatory response to hypoxia might show a more pronounced periodic pattern of
ventilation, due to a higher gain of the chemoreceptor feedback loop. Then, our objective is
to investigate the mechanisms involved in the periodic pattern in healthy subjects, as a
function of exercise intensity, altitude intensity, role of peripheral and central
chemoreceptors to O2 and CO2. Finally, we want to investigate the possible role of this
ventilatory instability in patients with obstructive or central apneas.
In a preliminary study, among the population coming to the outpatient consultation of
mountain medicine at Avicenne hospital in 2012, 82 subjects (38 females and 44 males) were
randomly selected and separated in two groups of 41 high and 41 low responders to hypoxia
according to the median value of the hypoxic ventilatory response to hypoxia at exercise
(HVRe > or < 0.84 L/min/kg) derived from the hypoxic exercise test (inspired fraction of O2:
0.115, exercise intensity of 30% of maximal aerobic power), as previously described.
The hypoxic exercise test consists in 4 successive phases of 3 to 4 minutes each with the
following sequence: rest in normoxia (RN), rest in hypoxia (RH), exercise in hypoxia (EH)
and exercise in normoxia (EN). Minute ventilation ( E, L.min-1) is measured through a
metabograph (Vmax Encore, SensorMedics, Yorba Linda, CA). Pulse O2 saturation (SpO2, %) is
measured by transcutaneous oximetry (Nellcor N-595, Nellcor, Pleasanton, CA) on a pre-warmed
ear lobe. End tidal PCO2 (PETCO2) is measured by infrared thermopile (Vmax Encore,
SensorMedics, Yorba Linda, CA). During the whole test, VE, SpO2 and PETCO2 were recorded
breath-by-breath. Continuous blood pressure is measured by a Finapres system. Data are
transferred to a computer for further spectrum analysis. A Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is
then applied to the ventilation signal in sequences of 128 points in each phase of the test.
This method will allow us to detect the presence of peaks in the frequency domain of the
ventilation signal. Two main parameters are derived from the FFT: the frequency in hertz (or
period in seconds) of the larger peak and its power estimated as the area under the peak at
± 0.02 Hz around the peak (in L2.s-2).
The main study will be designed in order to unravel the mechanisms and role of these
oscillations in ventilation. An overall population of 90 healthy subjects and 30 patients
will be included in the study.
Step 1. Effect of exercise intensity.
Step 2. Effect of altitude level.
Step 3. Effect of the stimulation of central chemoreceptors by acetazolamide.
Step 4. Effect of inhibiting the peripheral chemoreceptors by hyperoxia.
Step 5. Effect of inhibiting the peripheral chemoreceptors by hyperoxia and stimulating the
central chemoreceptors by hypercapnia.
Step 6. Evaluating the presence of these oscillations in patients with sleep apneas.
Step 7. Evaluating the presence of these oscillations in patients with cardiac failure.
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