Clinical trials: Environment
Myositis, Dermatomyositis
Environmental Risk Factors for the Anti-synthetase Syndrome
Background: Like other complex diseases, autoimmune diseases are the result of numerous causes, including genetic and environmental factors.
- Conditions
- Myositis, Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Juvenile Dermatomyositis
- Trial name
- NCT01276470
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 580 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Incontinence
The Integration of Sensor Technology Into Incontinence Materials: a Single-group Pretest-posttest Study in a Nursing Home Environment
The smart diaper aims to (1) detect humidity, (2) be capable of sending real-time indication of the saturation to the healthcare workers when urine loss occurs and (3) generate alerts when the diaper requires changing.
- Trial name
- Smart Diapers (NCT05316012)
- Testing
- Smart diapers
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Genetic, Brain Structure, and Environmental Effects on ADHD
Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common and inheritable of all neuropsychiatric disorders. It causes problems with attention and impulse control.
- Trial name
- NCT01721720
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,091 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM), Healthy Control
Environmental Determinants of Type 1 Diabetes Risk
To analyze the environmental risk factors for type 1 diabetes in China.
- Conditions
- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM), Healthy Control, Relatives to/Carers of Patients
- Trial name
- NCT07835724
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 11,240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Malnutrition, Child, Enteropathy
Study of Environmental Enteropathy and Malnutrition in Pakistan
Environmental Enteropathy (EE) is an acquired sub-clinical inflammatory gut condition in which alterations in intestinal structure, function, and local and systemic immune activation lead to impaired vaccine responses, decreased…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Enteropathy, Vaccine Response Impaired, Stunting
- Trial name
- SEEM (NCT03588013)
- Testing
- Nutritional education, Ready to Use Therapeutic Food, Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with biopsy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Patient Safety, Anesthesia
Impact of Production Pressure in the Block Room on Patient Safety
This randomized, single blinded simulation based study investigates the impact that production pressure can have on the safety of patients undergoing regional anesthesia.
- Trial name
- NCT04846660
- Testing
- Production pressure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ciusss de L'Est de l'Île de Montréal
Health Behavior, Sustainability
Sustainable Environmental Health Program for Adolescents
The research will be conducted to determine the effect of the sustainable environmental health program on environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness, environmental attitudes and behaviors in high school…
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Sustainability, Environment
- Trial name
- NCT06860074
- Testing
- Sustainable Environmental Health Programs
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suleyman Demirel University
Dietary Intakes, Physical Activity
Implementing Modified Practices to Leverage Evidence for Movement, Engagement, and Nutrition Topics in Early Childcare and Education
The goal of this cluster-randomized, controlled trial is to learn if a professional development program for childcare educators, called the Boston Healthy Child Care Initiative, can help improve the nutritional quality of…
- Conditions
- Dietary Intakes, Physical Activity, Child Care, Early Education
- Trial name
- IMPLEMENT (NCT07874295)
- Testing
- Boston Healthy Child Care Initiative
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 456 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Biomarkers of Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Their Healthy Siblings
This prospective observational cohort study evaluated genetic, immunologic, and environmental factors associated with type 1 diabetes in children.
- Trial name
- NCT07627230
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 1,034 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Privolzhsky Research Medical University
Healthy Children and Their Main-care Giver
Family-based Childhood Behavior Intervention to Decrease Environmental Melamine and Phthalate Exposure
Melamine and phthalates are environmental emerging chemicals, which are ubiquitously present in the public and easily contacted by children through air, foods, and skin.
- Trial name
- NCT02724722
- Testing
- Assigned intervention, No intervention
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Children, Behavior
Role of Ethnicity and Environment on Regulation of Response Towards Sensory Stimulation in Children
Difference in autonomic nervous system processes across cultural and ethnic groups was suggested and autonomic regulation differentiation may occur even at an early age.
- Trial name
- NCT02878824
- Testing
- Ethnicity, Environment
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Home Care Services, Home Health Care
Home Environmental Risks and Caregiver Awareness
This cross-sectional study aimed to assess home environmental risks and caregiver awareness among individuals receiving home healthcare services. It also examined factors associated with caregivers' awareness of these risks.
- Trial name
- NCT07645976
- Testing
- Observation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 326 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social Communication Challenges
Promoting Inclusive Educational Environments for Children with Autism and Other Social-communication Challenges: Preschool Class and Primary School
This study evaluates the effect of using the Autism Program Environment Rating Scale (APERS) as the foundation for providing feedback, in-service training and coaching to teachers, to improve program quality for autistic (ASD)…
- Trial name
- NCT05509309
- Testing
- APERS-based model
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stockholm University
Physical Activity
Physical and Social Environmental Influence on Children's Exercise: Preparation (Pre-PLACE)
Community based interventions are more acceptable to community members when all participants receive the intervention. A 'stepped-wedge' or 'multiple-baseline' design allows for all participants to receive the intervention by…
- Trial name
- Pre-PLACE (NCT03087123)
- Testing
- P-Mobile App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Neonatal Infants
Motivational Incentives to Reduce Secondhand Smoke in NICU Infants' Homes
A randomized, controlled, parallel group design will be used to test whether a Secondhand Smoke Exposure program initiated in the hospital and completed in the home using motivational interviewing plus motivational incentives…
- Trial name
- NCT01726062
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing plus Incentives, Conventional Care (CC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Healthy
The Influence of Hearing Discrete Phonemes in Mother's Voice in the Infant's Natural Environment and With Natural Melody on Developing Phonetic Categories Between 4-10 Months Old
The purpose of this study is to record voice samples of infant's mothers, process in samples to a phonetic musical piece, play the phonetic musical piece to 4-10 month old infants, and then test the infants in a conditioned head…
- Trial name
- NCT01003041
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maaynei Hayesha Medical Center
Recycling, Behavior Change
I Recycle, I Protect the Environment, I Leave a Livable World as a Legacy
The research will be conducted to determine the effect of "I Recycle, I Protect the Environment, I Leave a Livable World as a Legacy" program on secondary school students' recycling behaviour.
- Conditions
- Recycling, Behavior Change, Student
- Trial name
- NCT07013383
- Testing
- "I Recycle, I Protect the Environment, I Leave a Livable World as a Legacy" Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Feyza Bardak
Exercise Performance in Extreme Environments
Effects of Taurine Supplementation on Repetitive Sprint Performance and Exhaustion Time in College Students Under High-Temperature and High-Humidity Conditions
This study is designed to evaluate the effects of acute pre-exercise taurine supplementation at different doses on the performance of college students during exhaustive exercise and subsequent repetitive sprint (RS) activities in…
- Trial name
- TSPR (NCT06824571)
- Testing
- High-Dose Taurine Supplementation (6g), Medium-Dose Taurine Supplementation (4g), Low-Dose Taurine Supplementation (1g)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiaodong Cheng
ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Biomarkers of ASD/ADHD and Factors Affecting Anxiety and Depression in Children and Young Adults
The PUREMIND OS1/OS2 study is a multinational, prospective, longitudinal observational study designed to identify early neurophysiological, biological, environmental, and psychosocial markers associated with neurodevelopmental…
- Conditions
- ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
- Trial name
- PUREMIND-OS (NCT07570381)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Exeter
Health Behavior, Climate Change
Workshops Based on Protection Motivation Theory and Climate Change
"This study aims to evaluate the impact of climate change workshops grounded in Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) on students' climate change awareness, environmental consciousness, and pro-environmental behaviors.
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Climate Change, Students
- Trial name
- NCT06681792
- Testing
- Climate Change Workshops Based on Protection Motivation Theory
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University