EleVation carE: a Randomized Controlled Trial on the Prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness With Suxiao Jiuxin Pill

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 2, Phase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-55
SponsorPeking University First Hospital

About this trial

The aim of this randomized, controlled trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Suxiao Jiuxin Pills for prevention of acute mountain sickness (AMS) after high altitude exposure in healthy volunteers, and its influences on physiological indicators before and after high altitude exposure.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Healthy volunteers, aged 18-55 years old (including boundary values);

Female volunteers weighing ≥45.0 kg and male volunteers weighing ≥50.0 kg, with a body mass index (BMI) between 19.0 and 28.0 kg/m2 (including boundary values) (BMI=weight kg/height m2);

Primary residence at an altitude of <500 meters above sea level;

Not ascending to an altitude >2500 meters in the 6 months prior to the screening period;

Disqualifiers

Subjects with previous severe high altitude sickness such as high altitude heart disease, high altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude cerebral edema, and high altitude erythrocytosis;

Subjects with established cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease or uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 140mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90mmHg at screening);

Subjects with clinically significant respiratory disease, digestive disease, liver disease, central nervous system disease, psychiatric disease, metabolic disease, renal disease, anemia, or acute infection;

Subjects with primary headache (migraine, tension headache, cluster headache, etc.) or secondary headache (headache associated with infection, cerebrovascular, etc.) within 1 month prior to screening;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Suxiao Jiuxin Pill
  • Placebo

Treatment groups

168 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

This trial has no locations

Sponsors and collaborators

Peking University First Hospital

Lead sponsor

Tibet Autonomous Region Hospital of Traditional Tibetan Medicine

Collaborator