Clinical trials: Heavy Metal Toxicity
Arsenic Poisoning
Strong Heart Water Study
Develop and evaluate the effectiveness of multi-level participatory interventions in reducing arsenic exposure among American Indian (AI) communities from North and South Dakota who participated in the Strong Heart Study (SHS).
- Trial name
- SHWS (NCT03725592)
- Testing
- Standard Treatment, Intensive Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dietary Habits, Lead Poisoning
Dietry Pattern and Lead Levels in Pregnancy
During pregnancy lead crosses the placenta freely and can have adverse effects on the fetus, with the potential for life-long impact on the child.
- Conditions
- Dietary Habits, Lead Poisoning, Pregnancy Related
- Trial name
- NCT03408275
- Testing
- None - observational
- Volunteers
- 2,167 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bristol
Lead Poisoning
Early Exposure to Lead and Adolescent Development
This prospective cohort study examines the role of prenatal and early postnatal lead exposure on the neuropsychological status and social adjustment of adolescents enrolled in the Cincinnati Lead Study.
- Trial name
- NCT00011674
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Arsenical Melanosis, Arsenical Keratosis
Selenium in the Treatment of Arsenic Toxicity and Cancers
Context: Approximately 100 million people throughout the world consume water contaminated with arsenic at levels above carcinogenic thresholds, including 40 million in Bangladesh alone, with up to one-fourth of deaths attributed…
- Conditions
- Arsenical Melanosis, Arsenical Keratosis, Arsenical Cancers, Arsenicosis
- Trial name
- SETAC (NCT01442727)
- Testing
- sodium selenite
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 819 people
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University
Lead Poisoning
The Combined Effect of 2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid and Multi-Nutrients on Children in Lead Poisoning
Lead poisoning remains a common disease among children despite successful public health efforts that reduced its prevalence.Our study was designed to test the hypothesis that lead-poisoning children (BLLs:100-440µg/L) who were…
- Trial name
- NCT00374894
- Testing
- 2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- China Medical University, China