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This study, which is part of a larger randomized controlled clinical trial, aims to investigate the effect of caffeine and modafinil on fatigue-resistant and -vulnerable pilots.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> This study included 32 healthy employees of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, who completed three test days, separated by at least 7\u00a0days. After a regular work day, the subjects were randomly administered either 300\u00a0mg caffeine, 200\u00a0mg modafinil or placebo at midnight. Hereafter the subjects performed the psychomotor vigilance test (PVT), vigilance and tracking test (VigTrack) and Stanford sleepiness scale (SSS) six times until 8 a.m. the next day. Subjects were ranked on the average number of lapses on the PVT during the placebo night and divided into three groups: fatigue-vulnerable (F<jats:sub>VUL<\/jats:sub>), -intermediate (FINT) and -resistant (F<jats:sub>RES<\/jats:sub>), with 11, 10 and 11 subjects in each group, respectively. Area under the curve (AUC) of the PVT, VigTrack and SSS during the test nights were calculated, which were used in univariate factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA). Tukey\u2019s HSD <jats:italic>post hoc<\/jats:italic> tests were used to differentiate between the groups.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> A significant effect of treatment was found in the ANOVA of both PVT parameters, VigTrack mean reaction time and SSS. There was a statistically significant effect of fatigue group on all PVT parameters and VigTrack mean percentage omissions, where F<jats:sub>INT<\/jats:sub> and F<jats:sub>RES<\/jats:sub> scored better than F<jats:sub>VUL<\/jats:sub>. There was a significant interaction effect between treatment and fatigue group for PVT number of lapses. This is congruent for the AUC analyses in which for all parameters (except for the SSS) the performance of the F<jats:sub>VUL<\/jats:sub> group was consistently worse than that of the F<jats:sub>INT<\/jats:sub> and F<jats:sub>RES<\/jats:sub> groups.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Discussion:<\/jats:bold> This study demonstrates that the performance of individuals with different fatigue tolerances are differently affected by simulants after a limited period of sleep deprivation. 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