Simple breathing workout may cool hot flashes and improve sleep
NCT ID NCT06743269
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether training the muscles you use to breathe in can help midlife women with hot flashes, sleep problems, and blood pressure. Thirty women aged 45-60 will use a breathing device daily for 6 weeks. Researchers will measure changes in hot flash frequency, sleep quality, and nerve activity related to blood pressure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Inspiratory muscle strength training using a POWERbreathe K3 device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to ease hot flashes and improve sleep and blood pressure in menopausal women.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The training requires daily effort, and benefits may be modest.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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45 to 60 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Females aged 45-60 with hot flashes. * Participants will be recruited from Rochester, MN and surrounding areas. * Non-smokers. * BMI \< 40kg/m\^2. * No history of cardiovascular disease, except for hypertension. Exclusion Criteria: * Detailed medical and social histories will be collected. To allow for ecological validity, participants will not be excluded for use of menopausal hormone therapy or medications affecting cardiovascular function so long as they have been on a consistent regimen for ≥3 months and during the study period. This approach to medications is consistent with recent work in this area. * Participants will be screened for contraindications to inspiratory muscle strength training including, a history of spontaneous pneumothorax, collapsed lung that has not healed fully, a perforated eardrum that has not healed fully, and/or any other condition of the eardrum. * Additional exclusion criteria will include the use of sleep aids (i.e., prescription, melatonin, doxylamine, valerian root, etc.).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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