Changes in Aviators' Body Core Temperature Measurements at F-35

Israeli Air Force Aeromedical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Heat Stress; Aviation

Treatments: Device: Core temperature measurements

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03234270

Coretemp 1799-2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The many complaints that have been expressed by the US aircrew of the F-35 regarding the heat stress in the cockpit raised an obvious concern that, as a result of such heat levels, the aviators' core body temperature may increase significantly, and subsequently cause severe cognitive impairment- risking both the pilot and the mission.

In order to validate this hypothesis, we will measure the aviators' core body temperatures while inside the cockpit of the F-35, to see whether their core body temperatures are rising to a level that can cause heat stress or not. The temperatures will be measured on another fourth generation aircraft as well for comparing purposes.

The temperatures will be measured using a Telemetric pill which will be ingested by each aviator. Once ingested, the pill will transmit the data to an external monitor. The collected data will be examined and analyzed in order to determine the likelihood of heat stress occurrence.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• F35 pilots
• Signing on informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Sickness two weeks prior the experiment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

F35 pilots

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Core temperature measurements

F15 pilots

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Core temperature measurements