Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Chronic Acid-Base Changes on Ventilatory and Perceptual Responses
Lead Sponsor:
Queen's University
Conditions:
Healthy
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Approximately 30% of people aged 65 years and older experience breathlessness (perceived respiratory difficulty) during daily activity. The main causes of increased breathlessness in the healthy elder...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- healthy, regularly active adults
- non-smoking
- BMI 18-30 kg/m2
Exclusion
- history of lung and/or heart disease (including cardiac arrhythmias) or other comorbidity which could interfere with proper conduct of the intervention or tests
- hypotension or hypertension
- hypercholesterolemia
- sleep disordered breathing
- inability to perform cycle exercise or comply with other testing procedures
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00946933
Start Date
November 1 2009
End Date
September 1 2010
Last Update
December 17 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Respiratory Investigation Unit at Kingston General Hospital
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 2V7