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Cardiac Autonomic Functions During Head-out Immersion and During Head Down Tilt (IMMERSION)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Ministry of Health, France
Information provided by:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00515645
First received: August 13, 2007
Last updated: July 18, 2011
Last verified: July 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

Head down tilt (HDT) was widely used to simulate microgravity effects on cardiovascular system. HDT could be a suitable model of water immersion (WI) which is also used to simulate the cardiovascular effects of microgravity and which is not easy to study in laboratory. To define the possibility to simulate immersion by HDT, a comparison between these models is required. A comparison between WI and few angles during HDT seems necessary to understand which angle is more adapt.

The immersion induces an increase of the central blood volume. This increase is caused by a redistribution of blood from peripheral portions of the body to the intrathoracic circulation. It seems to load cardiopulmonary and arterial baroreceptors. These baroreceptors bring into play autonomic nervous system (ANS) activation and induce a bradycardia.

HDT induces an increase in central blood volume as supported by the central venous pressure and cardiac volume increase and in return, MSNA and heart rate decrease. These cardiovascular effects seem to be the same as the thermoneutral immersion and suggest that the ANS activation is the same during HDT and WI.

Nevertheless, a few previous studies about ANS in HDT indicate some discordant results: a sympathetic decrease was reported but several results show an increase of parasympathetic activity linked with a trend of increase of arterial baroreflex. The aim of this study is to assess ANS activity in HDT on different angles (-6° and -15°) and WI. The investigators suppose an increase of parasympathetic activity during WI corresponding to parasympathetic activation during HDT especially at -6°.


Condition Intervention
Healthy
 Other: Head-down tilt and immersion

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Official Title: Cardiac Autonomic Functions During Head-out Immersion and During Head Down Tilt

Further study details as provided by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • heart rate variability [ Time Frame: inclusion, one week, two weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Blood pressure variability [ Time Frame: inclusion, one week, two weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Spontaneous baroreflex activity [ Time Frame: inclusion, one week, two weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Pulmonary diffusion [ Time Frame: inclusion, one week, two weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Upper limbs vascular resistance [ Time Frame: inclusion, one week, two weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • post ischemic forearm hyperemia [ Time Frame: inclusion, one week, two weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Hematocrit rate [ Time Frame: Inclusion, one week, two weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Cardiac haemodynamic [ Time Frame: Inclusion, one week, two weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 15
Study Start Date: April 2008
Study Completion Date: July 2011
Primary Completion Date: July 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1 Other: Head-down tilt and immersion
Head-down tilt -6° at inclusion, head-down tilt -15° at week one and Water Immersion at week two

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 40 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Sportsman
  • None coffee, alcohol, cigarettes 6 hours before the start of each visit
  • Each meal must have been taken 4 hours before each visit
  • No intensive sport 48 hours before ech visit
  • Written inform consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subject with cardiovascular,renal disease or with metabolic syndrome
  • Subject with medication
  • Subject who participated to an other medical research
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00515645

Locations
France
Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne, France, 42055
Sponsors and Collaborators
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Ministry of Health, France
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Frédéric Roche, MD PhD Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Etienne
  More Information

Publications:

Responsible Party: Clément CAILLAUX, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00515645     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 0708061, 2007-A00727-46
Study First Received: August 13, 2007
Last Updated: July 18, 2011
Health Authority: France: Ministry of Health
France: French Data Protection Authority

Keywords provided by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne:
Autonomic nervous system
Immersion
Heart rate variability
Head-down tilt
Healthy volunteers

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013