An interventional study of Hypoxic breathing conditions in Altitude Hypoxia, sponsored by University of Texas, El Paso. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-04.
Sponsored by University of Texas, El Paso · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science
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Exclusion Criteria:
Participants will complete three flight simulator tasks at a normoxic (baseline) altitude. During the flight simulator, participants will need to accomplish three tasks: 1) Maintaining an altitude of 5,000 ft of elevation while performing a mental math test, 2) Flying the aircraft through the center of a series of 7 targets, and 3) Taking off and flying the aircraft a short distance to land on the center of an indicated target.
Participants will complete three flight simulator tasks at a simulated 8,000 foot altitude. During the flight simulator, participants will need to accomplish three tasks: 1) Maintaining an altitude of 5,000 ft of elevation while performing a mental math test, 2) Flying the aircraft through the center of a series of 7 targets, and 3) Taking off and flying the aircraft a short distance to land on the center of an indicated target.
Other: Hypoxic breathing conditions
Participants will complete three flight simulator tasks at a simulated 12,000 foot altitude. During the flight simulator, participants will need to accomplish three tasks: 1) Maintaining an altitude of 5,000 ft of elevation while performing a mental math test, 2) Flying the aircraft through the center of a series of 7 targets, and 3) Taking off and flying the aircraft a short distance to land on the center of an indicated target.
Other: Hypoxic breathing conditions
Participants will complete three flight simulator tasks in a ramp exposure breathing at simulated 8,000 feet for five minutes before ascending to simulated 12,000 feet while flying in a flight simulator. During the flight simulator, participants will need to accomplish three tasks: 1) Maintaining an altitude of 5,000 ft of elevation while performing a mental math test, 2) Flying the aircraft through the center of a series of 7 targets, and 3) Taking off and flying the aircraft a short distance to land on the center of an indicated target.
Other: Hypoxic breathing conditions
Participants will undergo three separate hypoxic conditions, along with a normoxic condition, simulating 8,000 foot elevation, 12,0000 foot elevation, and a ramp condition starting at 8,000 feet and then ascending to 12,000 feet.
Flight performance
ability to perform in-flight assigned tasks
Time frame: 10 minutes per each of the 4 conditions
Self-perceived workload
NASA TLX survey
Time frame: 1 minute to complete the survey, 3 times per condition for 4 conditions
Electrodermal activity
electrical characteristics of the skin observed as changes in the resistance of the skin to a small electrical current
Time frame: 10 minutes per each of the 4 conditions
Plan to share: No
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University of Texas, El Paso