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Sleep deprivation for Aging

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Research Sponsored by University of Ottawa
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
healthy young (18-30 years) and older males (50-65 years)
non-smoking
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up end of each exercise (average of last 5 minutes)
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Study Summary

This trial will study how sleep deprivation affects the body's ability to cool itself during exercise in both young and older adults.

Eligible Conditions
  • Heat Exchange
  • Aging
  • Exercise
  • Temperature Regulation
  • Sleep Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~each 30 minute exercise bout and sum of all three exercise bouts
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and each 30 minute exercise bout and sum of all three exercise bouts for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Evaporative heat loss
Whole-body heat loss
Secondary outcome measures
Body heat storage
Change in core temperature
Core temperature
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Sleep deprivationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will complete three 30-minute bouts of semi-recumbent cycling at incrementally increasing fixed metabolic heat loads (150, 200 and 250 W/m2) in a hot, dry condition (40°C, 15% relative humidity). Each exercise bout will be separated by a 15 minute period of rest, with the final recovery 1 hour in duration. Exercise will commence between the hours of 7 AM and 9 AM following a period of 24 hour of sleep deprivation (Sleep deprivation condition).
Group II: Normal sleepActive Control1 Intervention
Participants will complete three 30-minute bouts of semi-recumbent cycling at incrementally increasing fixed metabolic heat loads (150, 200 and 250 W/m2) in a hot, dry condition (40°C, 15% relative humidity). Each exercise bout will be separated by a 15 minute period of rest, with the final recovery 1 hour in duration. Exercise will commence between the hours of 7 AM and 9 AM following a period of normal sleep (~8 hours) (Control condition).

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of OttawaLead Sponsor
202 Previous Clinical Trials
264,539 Total Patients Enrolled
8 Trials studying Aging
421 Patients Enrolled for Aging

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is it possible to register as a participant in this trial?

"This clinical trial requires participants to have temperature control and be between 18-65 years old. Furthermore, the capacity is limited to approximately 20 patients."

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Are octogenarians welcome to participate in this trial?

"Eligibility for this trial is restricted to those aged 18-65. Alternatively, there are 50 available trials suited for adolescents and 390 opportunities available to seniors."

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What are the principal aims of this clinical trial?

"This medical study aims to measure Whole-body heat loss, Body heat storage (calculated as the accumulation of metabolic heat production and net heat loss), Core temperature (measured with rectal thermometers) and Change in core temperature (change from baseline resting values). All outcomes will be evaluated over an End of each exercise bout time frame."

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Are any new volunteers being accepted for this experiment?

"Affirmative. According to information present on clinicaltrials.gov, this research is in the process of recruiting participants and was originally posted on December 1st 2022 with a most recent edit made April 18th 2023. The trial requires 20 patients from one site for participation."

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How many individuals have decided to take part in this clinical trial?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov has records of the ongoing recruitment for this clinical trial, which was first made public on December 1st 2022 and modified as recently as April 18th 2023. The investigators are actively searching for participants at a single location with an estimated need of twenty patients overall."

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~9 spots leftby Mar 2025