Ambulatory thermoregulatory system identification in relation to vigilance disturbances.

Completed

• Conditions: fatigue; sleep problems; 10040991

• Registration Number: NL-OMON40230
• Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

Participants will only be included if they can be classified to one of the four most prevalent insomnia phenotypes, narcolepsy, vasovagal syncope or hypothalamic pituitary insufficiency. Participants have to be at least 18 years old and less than 70 years old.
Active duty pilots will be included if they are currently employed by an airline, in possession of a valid Air Transport Pilots License (ATPL), valid medical clearance and a type rating. Non-active duty pilots possess a frozen ATPL (i.e. they completed their training, but don*t have the required 1500 hours of flying experience yet). All pilots will be between 20 and 58 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded if they report an eye disease incompatible with light manipulation (ocular pathology or color deficiency).
Comorbidity of other clinically diagnosed primary somatic or psychiatric disorders. Women that are pregnant or currently breast feeding. Current shift work, or shift work in the month before the study. Crossing several time zones in the month before the study.
Shift work and travel will NOT be exclusion criteria for active duty pilots.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified