Clinical trials: Arsenic Exposure
Arsenic Poisoning, Environmental Exposure
Table-Top Water Pitcher to Reduce Arsenic Exposure Among Well Users in New Hampshire
The goals of this clinical trial are to: 1. gather preliminary data on the effectiveness of a table-top water pitcher filtration system in reducing arsenic exposure among individuals using private wells with elevated (>5 μg/L)…
- Conditions
- Arsenic Poisoning, Environmental Exposure, Water-Related Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT07103356
- Testing
- Water Pitcher Filtration System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Arsenic Exposure
Returning Genetic Results on Arsenic Susceptibility
In recent years, returning genetic results to research participants has become a topic of debate, with a growing consensus that researchers should offer to return incidental findings and research results to participants.
- Trial name
- NCT05072132
- Testing
- Personal information on genetic susceptibility to arsenic toxicity, standard information on arsenic exposure reduction
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Arsenic Exposure
Nutrition, Arsenic and Cognitive Function in Children
The main goals of this study are to evaluate whether supplementation with folate and vitamin B12 to 8 to 10 year old children, in conjunction with reduction in arsenic exposure, can increase arsenic methylation and lower blood…
- Trial name
- NCT03384862
- Testing
- Vitamin B12, Folic Acid
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 239 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
High Blood Arsenic Due to Chronic Arsenic Exposure
Folic Acid and Creatine as Therapeutic Approaches for Lowering Blood Arsenic
The purpose of this study is to determine whether folic acid, alone or together with creatine supplementation, can lower blood arsenic concentrations and improve the ability to detoxify arsenic.
- Trial name
- FACTA (NCT01050556)
- Testing
- folic acid, creatine, creatine + folic acid
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
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