HighCycle Study: Effect of High Altitude on Acute Mountain Sickness in Women Related to Their Menstrual Cycle Phase: A Prospective Cohort Study at 3600 m
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
Prospective cohort study investigating the menstrual cycle phase (MCP)-dependent incidence of acute mountain sickness (AMS) in women travelling to 3600 m.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 44
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Healthy, non-smoking women, age 18-44 years, without any disease and need of regular medication (including oral contraceptives).
• BMI \>18 kg/m2 and \<30 kg/m2
• Born, raised and currently living at altitudes \<1000 m
• Written informed consent
• Premenopausal, eumenorrheic cycle
Locations
Other Locations
Kyrgyzstan
National Center for Cardiology and Internal Medicine
RECRUITING
Bishkek
Contact Information
Primary
Michael Furian, Prof. Dr.
michael.furian@usz.ch
+41794037586
Backup
Talant Sooronbaev, Prof. Dr.
sooronbaev@yahoo.ru
+996772574567
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-07-15
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 90
Treatments
Women in luteal MCP
Women being in their luteal MCP on the day of ascent to high altitude.
Women in follicular MCP
Women being in their follicular MCP on the day of ascent to high altitude.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Center of Cardiology and Internal Medicine named after academician M.Mirrakhimov, University Hospital Heidelberg, Laboratoire des Adaptations Métaboliques à l'Exercice en conditions Physiologiques et Pathologiques
Leads: University of Zurich