Clinical trials: Air Pollution, Indoor
Air Pollution, Indoor
The Clean Air Study: HEPA Purifiers to Improve Indoor Air Quality and Health in Rural Alaska Homes
Alaska Native children experience a high burden of respiratory disease, especially those in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta. Studies have shown that things like wood stove use, poor ventilation, and indoor tobacco smoke exposure…
- Trial name
- NCT06534385
- Testing
- Air purifier
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Pneumococcal Carriage, Particulate Matter
Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) Carriage Study
Personal exposure to Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) is a known risk factor of severe pneumonia, which is the number one killer of children under five in developing countries.
- Trial name
- NCT01660659
- Testing
- Biomass Briquettes and Rocket stove
- Where
- The Gambia
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Asthma
Indoor Air Quality for Black Adults With Uncontrolled Asthma
The aims of this project are twofold: 1. to characterize indoor air quality components obtained from apartments with gas stoves and open kitchens in a cohort of Black adults with uncontrolled asthma recruited from federally…
- Trial name
- NCT05685381
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Pollution; Exposure
Milwaukee Day Cares Indoor Air Quality Assessment and Educational Response Study
This CTSI pilot study will assess for benefit of a community health worker or nursing student taught green cleaning curriculum (developed by the local asthma coalition) provided to Milwaukee County day care staff.
- Trial name
- NCT03675009
- Testing
- Educational Programming
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
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
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
Respiratory Tract Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases
ASPIRE Health Tulare County
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare indoor air quality and health in people exposed to air pollution, including possible exposure to wildfire smoke.
- Trial name
- ASPIREHealth (NCT05944770)
- Testing
- DIY portable air cleaner with a highly effective filter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Indoor Air Quality
Home Health and Air Pollution Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about whether indoor air quality will improve over time in homes where occupants receive personalized information about levels of health-relevant air pollutants that includes practical…
- Trial name
- NCT06030336
- Testing
- Home Health Report
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Pollution; Exposure, Hypertension
Solar Lighting to Reduce Indoor Air Pollution in Rural Uganda
This study evaluates the impact of a solar lighting system on kerosene lamp use, levels of indoor air pollution, and health in women living in rural Uganda.
- Conditions
- Pollution; Exposure, Hypertension, Pollution Related Respiratory Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03351504
- Testing
- Solar lighting system
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Air Pollution Exposure, Heart Rate
Assessing the Health Impact of Indoor Air Purification Using Health Data Obtained From Apple Watch Wearers
This study aims to use the Apple Watch health metrics to assess short-term physiological responses in a randomized, double-blind, crossover real-world indoor purification intervention.
- Conditions
- Air Pollution Exposure, Heart Rate, Resting Heart Rate, HRV
- Trial name
- NCT07477834
- Testing
- Real Filtration
- Where
- United Arab Emirates
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University Abu Dhabi
Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory, Air Pollution, Indoor
A Study to Test the Impact of an Improved Chulha on Respiratory Health of Women and Children in Indian Slums
The present study documents a randomized controlled study investigating the efficacy of improved cookstove on the personal exposure to air pollution and the respiratory health of women and children in an Indian slum.
- Trial name
- NCT02821650
- Testing
- TEJ (Traditional stove to Efficient stove in Jhuggi)
- Where
- 4 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University
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
Poisoning by Carbon Monoxide From Domestic Fuels, Respiratory Conditions Due to Other External Agents
Feasibility Intervention Trial of Two Types of Improved Cookstoves in Three Developing Countries
The underlying concept behind this feasibility trial is to achieve a reduction in indoor smoke from biomass fuels and minimize changes in cooking practices such that it prompts one of the two improved, ventilated cookstoves to be…
- Trial name
- NCT01686867
- Testing
- Improved, ventilated cookstove
- Where
- 3 sites in Kenya, Nepal and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Exposure to Polluted Air
Neurological Symptoms and Findings in Individuals Exposed to Indoor Air Pollutants
To evaluate neurological findings with TSPO-PET and MRI in patients who have been exposed to indoor air pollutants and have potentially neurological symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT05111678
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Risk Factors for Respiratory and Cardiovascular Disease
Influence of Indoor Air Filtration Strategies on Occupant Health Indicators
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether two different central air purification technologies reduce air pollutant exposure and beneficially influence health as evaluated with a suite of biological markers related to…
- Trial name
- NCT02769208
- Testing
- Central air handling unit air purification technologies
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Feng Li
Inflammation, Coagulation
Intervention Study on the Health Impact of Air Filters in Chinese Adults
This study aimed to evaluate whether a short-term indoor air purifier intervention improves cardiopulmonary health based on a randomized double-blind crossover trial
- Conditions
- Inflammation, Coagulation, Blood Pressure, Pulmonary Function
- Trial name
- NCT02239744
- Testing
- Air purifiers
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Air Pollution, Cardiometabolic Health
HEPA, PM2.5, and Cardiometabolic Health
The goal of this randomized, double-blind, crossover trial is to test the hypothesis that a longer-term indoor HEPA filtration intervention can improve cardiometabolic profiles by reducing indoor PM2.5 exposures in at-risk…
- Trial name
- NCT05718245
- Testing
- HEPA filter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Asthma in Children, Allergy
Study of Indoor Air Pollutants and Their Impact in Childhood Health and Wellbeing
The number and types of indoor air pollutants in schools is rising, however little is known about the impact of their potentially synergistic interactions, upon schoolchildren health.
- Trial name
- SynAIR-G (NCT05997784)
- Testing
- Performing lung function tests (spirometry and fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO)), Filling of standardized questionnaires, Using an App on a device
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Pollution; Exposure, HTN
The Effect of Personal Protective Aids on Hypertension and Diabetes in People Exposed to High Levels of Air Pollution
This is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate personal protective aids (air purifier and N95) as a therapeutic measure in people with hypertension and diabetes exposed to high levels of PM2.5 in India.
- Conditions
- Pollution; Exposure, HTN, Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- NCT04854187
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medstar Health Research Institute