Clinical trials: Air Pollution Exposure
Respiratory Tract Infections, Pneumonia
Randomised Exposure Study of Pollution Indoors and Respiratory Effects
The purpose of this study was to determine whether reduced exposure to indoor air pollution would reduce ALRI incidence in children <18 months of age.
- Trial name
- RESPIRE (NCT01047696)
- Testing
- Plancha
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 537 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior
The Barts Charity Children's Environmental Health Clinic
The study will be based from a newly formed NHS service, the children's environmental health service. Participants will be children with a known chronic respiratory condition.
- Conditions
- Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior, Asthma in Children, Environmental Illness
- Trial name
- BCCEHC (NCT06447974)
- Testing
- Exposure mitigations
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Pneumonia, Pollution; Exposure
The Effect of Household Air Pollution on Lung Function Growth in Infants With Pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa
This study will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a household-based clean air intervention
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Pollution; Exposure, Lung Function Decreased, Chronic Respiratory Disease
- Trial name
- PLUS2 (NCT05724082)
- Testing
- Clean Air Intervention
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Diet Habit, Pollution; Exposure
Children's Health Study Diet and Air Pollution
This study is built upon the existing data in the Children's Health Study to examine the longitudinal association between childhood exposure to air pollutants and changes in diet among adolescents.
- Conditions
- Diet Habit, Pollution; Exposure, Child Obesity
- Trial name
- CHS DIET (NCT03379298)
- Volunteers
- 3,142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Lung Diseases
Assessment of Exposures of the Mother-infant Pair to the Air Pollution of São Paulo
A single group of pregnant women who was analyzed in the first and in the third trimesters of pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT02807038
- Testing
- Lung function test
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Asthma Acute, Respiratory
Children's Health, Respiratory Inflammation and Short-term Air Pollution
The goal of this study is to see if physical activity in high air pollution is worse than rest in high air pollution.
- Trial name
- CHERISH (NCT07431021)
- Testing
- science lesson, PE Lesson
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Lung Disease, Cancer
Biomarkers of Benzene Exposure in Inner City Residents
This study compares air pollution exposures of residents in a South Baltimore community next to major industry with those in a comparison community with much less industry nearby.
- Trial name
- NCT00014963
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Oxidant Imbalance, Pulmonary Function
In Utero Household Air Pollution Exposure and Lung Development in Ghana
Household air pollution from cook stoves using solid fuels dominates total population air pollution exposures. Females and young children are disproportionately affected as they either perform or are present for the majority of…
- Trial name
- NCT02200289
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Women Who Gave Birth at Dijon and Besançon CHUs Between 2005 and 2009
Relationship Between Multi-exposure to Noise and Air Pollution and the Onset of Hypertension Disorders During Pregnancy
This retrospective study aimed to analyse the relationship between multi-exposure to noise and air pollution the onset of hypertension disorders during pregnancy It will be conducted in 2650 mothers who gave birth at Dijon or…
- Trial name
- HTA-BQuA (NCT03261245)
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 2,650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Endothelial Dysfunction
The Cardiovascular Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure
Exposure to air pollution has been linked to increased cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality. The exact component of air pollution that mediates this effect is unknown, but the link is strongest for fine combustion derived…
- Trial name
- NCT00774514
- Testing
- Forearm Vascular Study
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
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
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
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
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
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