Clinical trials: Air Pollution
Mild Hypertension, Air Pollution Exposure
Reducing Air Pollution to Lower Blood Pressure
Fine particulate matter <2.5 μm (PM2.5) air pollution is the fifth leading risk factor for global mortality. Mitigating the clinically significant blood pressure (BP) elevation from air pollution by reducing PM2.5 exposure will…
- Trial name
- AIR PRESSURE (NCT04908917)
- Testing
- Portable Air Cleaner with a HEPA Filter, Portable Air Cleaner without a HEPA Filter
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Pregnancy, Low Birth Weight
Air Pollution and Daily Mobility of Pregnant Women Identification of Critical Windows of Exposure
This study is conducted to assess the role of pregnant women's daily mobility living in the Eurometropole of Strasbourg in a context of the existence of environmental exposure disparities (PM10, PM2.5, NO2).
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth, Air Pollution
- Trial name
- MOBIFEM (NCT04725734)
- Testing
- Pregnant women
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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
Air Pollution, Risk Reduction Behaviors
Measuring Knowledge and Behavior After an Educational Program on Air Pollution as a Health Risk Reduction Strategy
Since air pollution contains harmful toxicants, it is important for potential exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution to be considered as part of an overall health risk reduction strategy.
- Trial name
- NCT04563052
- Testing
- Educational Program on Air Pollution as a Health Risk Reduction Strategy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Villanova University
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Air Pollution
Air Pollution Exposure on Acute Coronary Syndrome in Two Cohorts of Industrial and Non-industrial Areas
Background: There is a lack of data on the effect of air pollution on acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in industrial and non-industrial areas.
- Trial name
- NCT04539925
- Testing
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Where
- 2 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 9,046 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Silesia
Air Pollution, Indoor, Behavior
Testing New Marketing Models for Improved Cookstoves - Uganda
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of different sales offers and different marketing messages to increase the uptake of energy efficient cookstoves.
- Trial name
- NCT01611350
- Testing
- RCT 1- Testing the Effectiveness of Marketing Messages in Increasing Willingness to Pay, RCT 3-Measure the Effects of Fuel Efficient Cookstoves on Health, Fuel Use and Time Spent Collecting Fuel, RCT 2- Testing the Effectiveness of the Novel Sales Offer and its ability to Increase Uptake of Purchasing Energy Efficient Cookstoves
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Air Pollution
Particulate Matter, Blood Pressure, and the Sympathetic Nervous System
Healthy volunteers will be exposed to ambient air near a roadway under the conditions of with and without a facemask and their responses will be evaluated.
- Trial name
- PM-SNS (NCT03079843)
- Testing
- exposure to particulate matter with N 95 facemask, exposure to particulate matter with no face mask
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Air Pollution
The Effect of Juice Types on the Responses to Air Pollution
The study hypothesis is that drinking different juices will affect the body's responses to air pollution. Subjects will be exposed to air pollution during a 2-hour car ride on the NJ (New Jersey) Turnpike.
- Trial name
- NCT02027415
- Testing
- Beet juice, Orange juice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Air Pollution, Cardiovascular Health
Boston Puerto Rican Health Study
The study is a blinded cross over test of in-home air filtration. Participants will have a window unit air filter (HEPA) installed that will filter for 3 weeks and do sham filtration for another 3 weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT03187704
- Testing
- HEPA air filtration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Air Pollution, Acute Myocardial Infarction
Short-term Air Pollution Exposure and In-hospital Outcomes in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infraction
The aim of this study is to investigate whether or not short-term expose to air pollution is associated with in-hospital outcomes, such as mortality and morbidity.
- Conditions
- Air Pollution, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT02652182
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Medical University
Cognitive Function, Cardiopulmonary Function
Commuter Air Pollution Intervention Study
Traffic related air pollution is a well-recognised and much studied contributor to smog and is linked to a number of adverse health outcomes.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Function, Cardiopulmonary Function, Saliva Stress Hormones, Air Pollution Exposure
- Trial name
- CAPI (NCT02277002)
- Testing
- Cabin Air Filtration
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Health Canada
Environmental Exposure, Ozone
Lung Mucus Hypersecretion and NQO1
The research plan proposes translational studies in relevant animal models and human subjects in order to identify host (genetic) susceptibility factors that confer vulnerability to the prototypal air pollutant, ozone.
- Conditions
- Environmental Exposure, Ozone, Air Pollution, Genetic Susceptibility
- Trial name
- NCT00729352
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Artery Pressure
Does Sildenafil Increase Exercise Performance in Air Pollution?
The purpose of this study is to examine if the ingestion of a standard dose of sildenafil enhances the athletic performance of competitive athletes when exercising in a high pollutant environment verses a low air pollutant…
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Artery Pressure, Exercise Performance, Air Pollution
- Trial name
- NCT00808912
- Testing
- sildenafil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marywood University