Phase
Condition
Stress
Treatment
Simulated multi-day heatwave exposure
Clinical Study ID
Ages 65-85 All Genders Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Study Summary
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
Inclusion Criteria:
Non-smoking.
English or French speaking.
Ability to provide informed consent.
with or without a) chronic hypertension (elevated resting blood pressure; as definedby Heart and Stroke Canada and Hypertension Canada), b) type 2 diabetes as definedby Diabetes Canada, with at least 5 years having elapsed since time of diagnosis
Exclusion
Exclusion Criteria:
Episode(s) of severe hypoglycemia (requiring the assistance of another person)within the previous year, or inability to sense hypoglycemia (hypoglycemiaunawareness).
Serious complications related to your diabetes (gastroparesis, renal disease,uncontrolled hypertension, severe autonomic neuropathy).
Uncontrolled hypertension - BP >150 mmHg systolic or >95 mmHg diastolic in a sittingposition.
Restrictions in physical activity due to disease (e.g. intermittent claudication,renal impairment, active proliferative retinopathy, unstable cardiac or pulmonarydisease, disabling stroke, severe arthritis, etc.).
Use of or changes in medication judged by the patient or investigators to makeparticipation in this study inadvisable.
Cardiac abnormalities identified during screening
Study Design
Connect with a study center
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario K1N1A2
CanadaActive - Recruiting


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