Clinical trials: Air Pollution
Compliant Behavior, Diarrheal Disease
Rural China Electric Kettle Promotion Program
This study will evaluate the impact of a pilot Rural Electric Kettle Promotion Program offered to low-income households in rural Anhui Province, China.
- Conditions
- Compliant Behavior, Diarrheal Disease, Pollution; Exposure
- Trial name
- NCT03376152
- Testing
- Electric Kettle Promotion
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Asthma in Children, Pollution; Exposure
AIM to Improve Asthma: Airflow Improvements During Meal-Prep
The investigators propose a pilot trial of kitchen ventilation in the homes of children using a youth engaged research strategy.
- Trial name
- AIM (NCT04464720)
- Testing
- Cooking Ventilation Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Acute Respiratory Infection, Pneumonia Childhood
Impact of Improved "Injera" Baking Stove Use on Childhood Acute Respiratory Infection Prevention in Northwest Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, great majorities (95%) of households rely on solid biomass fuels such as wood, muck, crop residues, and charcoal burned in highly polluting stoves to meet the basic household energy needs with its severe health…
- Trial name
- NCT03612362
- Testing
- Improved "Injera" Baking Biomass Stove
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 5,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahir Dar University
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Failure
Effect of Air Pollution in the Haifa Bay Area on Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality
The association between exposure to ambient air pollution and pulmonary disease has been well established.To date no study has assessed the burden of cardiovascular disease in Israel and its relation to ambient air pollution.
- Conditions
- Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Failure, Arrhythmia
- Trial name
- NCT01325155
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Asthma
A Cohort Study of Smoking Prevention and Health Promotion for Middle School Students in Wuhan, China
We propose to add a collection of buccal cells to a school-based cohort of 7th graders in Wuhan, a large industrial city in China.
- Trial name
- NCT00341653
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 5,051 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Pediatric Obesity
Project Viva: a Longitudinal Study of Health for the Next Generation
Project Viva is a prospective cohort study of maternal and child health, following over 2,000 mother-child pairs from the mother's pregnancy into the child's adolescence.
- Trial name
- NCT02820402
- Volunteers
- 2,128 people
- Sponsor
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Blood Pressure, Heart Rate Variability
The Cardiovascular Benefits of Reducing Personal Exposure to Air Pollution
Exposure to air pollution is an important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and is associated with increased blood pressure, reduced heart rate variability, endothelial dysfunction and myocardial ischaemia.
- Trial name
- NCT00809432
- Testing
- Face mask (Dust Respirator), No Face mask
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Asthma in Children, Pollution; Exposure
Evidence Driven Indoor Air Quality Improvement
The aim is to identify the underlying disease mechanisms driving specific asthma phenotypes as well as certain disease outcomes and their relation to impaired indoor air quality.
- Trial name
- NCT05992389
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Srebrnjak
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Air Pollution, Pesticides
Environmental Exposures and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
This project is a descriptive study designed to identify the exposure of infants who died of MIN to ambient air pollutants, and to measure pesticide concentrations in biological matrices (hair, serum, LCS) within a sample from…
- Trial name
- ExpoMIN (NCT06708793)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention
Determining the Impact of Air Pollution on the Developing Brain
Background: Recent studies have linked exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) to neurodevelopmental outcomes but the findings are mixed and mechanisms are unclear.
- Conditions
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention, Executive Functioning, Social Functioning
- Trial name
- NeuroSmog (NCT04574414)
- Testing
- Psychological testing and MRI imaging
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Jagiellonian University
Endothelial Dysfunction
Combustion Derived Air Pollution and Vascular Function
Air pollution is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The components of air pollution responsible and the mechanisms through which they might mediate these harmful effects remain only partially understood.
- Trial name
- NCT00775099
- Testing
- Forearm Vascular Study, Badimon Chamber
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Premature Birth, Respiratory Disease
Towards Life-Long Healthy Lungs: A Multidisciplinary Follow-up Framework for Preterm Infants
Approximately 8% of all births occur between 30-36 weeks of gestation ('moderate-late' prematurity). Respiratory tract infections (RTI) and wheezing illnesses disproportionally affect preterm infants resulting in a 1.5-2 fold…
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Respiratory Disease, Respiratory Tract Infections, Preterm Birth
- Trial name
- LONG LOVE (NCT05618769)
- Testing
- LONG LOVE Framework
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 330 people
- Sponsor
- Franciscus Gasthuis
Angina Pectoris, Coronary Heart Disease
Reducing the Pro-ischaemic Effects of Air Pollution Exposure Using a Simple Face Mask
Air pollution is a major cause of cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality. The exact components of air pollution that underlie the cardiovascular effects are not yet known, but combustion-derived particulate matter is suspected…
- Conditions
- Angina Pectoris, Coronary Heart Disease, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate Variability
- Trial name
- NCT00809653
- Testing
- No Face Mask, Face Mask
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Air Quality Check in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit
Air pollution sources in indoor area are one of the main factors for reducing indoor air quality of locations. A gastrointestinal endoscopy unit consists of the following area: procedural, recovery areas, and area for a…
- Trial name
- NCT03724565
- Testing
- Method of endoscopic procedure
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 4,320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital
Attitude to Health, Pollution Related Respiratory Disorder
Behavioral Research of Environment and Air Pollution Through Education
The BREATHE (Behavioral Research of Environment and Air Pollution Through Education) study is a pilot randomized control trial comparing the efficacy of a classroom-based intervention to no intervention in helping middle-school…
- Conditions
- Attitude to Health, Pollution Related Respiratory Disorder, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- BREATHE (NCT02471872)
- Testing
- Air Pollution Education, Non-Air Pollution Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Asthma
Asthma & Exposure to Peaks in Particulate Air Pollution
We are testing the following two hypotheses: 1) Peaks in hourly exposures to airborne particulate matter (PM) of outdoor origin will be more closely associated with acute asthmatic responses to particles than 24-hour average…
- Trial name
- NCT00013728
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Tobacco Use, Pollution; Exposure
FRESHAIR4Life: Building the Case for Action
The goal of this observational study is to understand the burden and determinants of tobacco use and air pollution (AP) exposure among mid- to late adolescents in Greece, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Romania, and Uganda.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use, Pollution; Exposure, Non-communicable Disease
- Trial name
- NCT06074939
- Volunteers
- 1,750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Leiden University Medical Center
Bronchial Asthma, Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
Respiratory Health Study of Children in Kiryat Tivon
Kiryat Tivon is located close to a major industrial zone. The aim of the study is to evaluate the health status of children living in K. Tivon. The health status will be evaluated using health questionnaires and spirometry.
- Conditions
- Bronchial Asthma, Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory, Allergy
- Trial name
- NCT00331929
- Testing
- Minato A 500 AS spirometer
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 638 people
- Sponsor
- Carmel Medical Center
Pollution; Exposure, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Air Pollution and Development in the Boricua Youth Study
This study seeks to understand the relationship between prenatal maternal air pollution exposure and offspring risk for ADHD and examine two potential -modifiable- mechanisms: prenatal maternal inflammation and offspring sleep…
- Trial name
- NCT05368493
- Testing
- MRI task
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute