Cold-Sleep for Long-duration Spaceflight Study

STUDY BASICS

Are you 18-55 years old, and have no major medical problems? You may be able to participate in a laboratory research study to identify drugs and protocols that can lower activity and metabolism in astronauts during long spaceflights. Compensation is provided.

STUDY PURPOSE

Purpose of the study is to identify drugs and methods that can lower activity and metabolism in astronauts during long spaceflights in order to conserve oxygen, food, and reduce the psychological stress from being confined in a spaceship for multiple weeks. 

COULD THIS STUDY BE RIGHT FOR YOU?

• Age 18-55 years old
• No major medical problems

WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT

This Study requires two visits on separate days to a laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland: 

• Screening visit that will take about 1 hour, and
• Protocol visit that will take 8-10 hours

Participants will have intravenous catheters for blood draws, wear a number of physiological monitors, and take a sedating medication by mouth while in the laboratory.