Clinical trials: Air Pollution Exposure
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
Experimental
Human Study to Develop a Signature of Occupational Diesel Exhaust Exposure
Strong scientific understanding of how emissions from diesel engines impact the lungs could improve policies and regulations protecting workers exposed to diesel exhaust.
- Trial name
- DICE (NCT03234790)
- Testing
- Filtered Air Exposure, Diesel Exhaust Exposure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Cardiovascular Effects
Diesel Exhaust and Vascular Function
Double-blind, sham- and placebo-controlled randomized study of effects of freshly-generated diluted diesel exhaust inhalation on vascular function.
- Trial name
- CVDTRAP4 (NCT01508637)
- Testing
- Diesel Exhaust, Filtered Air, Terazosin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
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)
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
Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollution
Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Ambient Air Pollution Exposure in Healthy Adults
This observational study recruits healthy individuals who have been routinely taking high amount (at least 3 g/wk) of dietary eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and those who don't, and examines the…
- Trial name
- PISCES (NCT02921048)
- Testing
- omega-3 fatty acids
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- U.S. EPA Human Studies Facility
Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Exposure to Household Air Pollution
Applied Implementation Research for Clean Cooking in Cambodia
The goal of this study is to learn how to help families in Cambodia switch to using electric induction stoves instead of traditional stoves that burn wood or charcoal.
- Trial name
- AIR-C3 (NCT06942715)
- Testing
- Electric Induction Cookstoves
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 6,150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
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
Cardiovascular Injury
Cardiovascular Effects of Exposure to Ozone
The Multicenter Ozone Study in Elderly Subjects will investigate whether short-term exposure of elderly volunteers to ambient levels of ozone in a controlled exposure setting causes acute cardiovascular responses as assessed by…
- Trial name
- MOSES (NCT01487005)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Health Effects Institute
Cognitive Function Decline, Air Pollution Exposure
Short-Term Health Outcomes of Cooking UFP Exposure
This study examines the short-term respiratory and cognitive effects of exposure to ultrafine particles (UFPs) generated during typical household cooking.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Function Decline, Air Pollution Exposure, Respiratory Inflammation
- Trial name
- UFP (NCT07311967)
- Testing
- Clean Indoor Air Exposure (Control), Exposure to Cooking-Generated Ultrafine Particles and Gases
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
The Mechanism of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Influenced by Maternal Air Pollution Exposure
This research evaluates the effects of maternal exposure to air pollution during pregnancy on adverse pregnancy outcomes, the general demographic information, the level of maternal exposure to air pollution, pregnancy-related…
- Trial name
- NCT04215406
- Testing
- The level of air pollution
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 288 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University
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
Occupational Exposure
Air Quality Monitoring and Health Surveillance of Workers in the Photocopier Units
To monitor air quality in selected photocopier units and to assess the health status of workers who are exposed to emissions from photocopiers.
- Trial name
- NCT01289184
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Avinashilingam Deemed University