Clinical trials: Body Temperature Changes
Hyperthermia, Heat; Weather
Protective Cooling Measures to Safeguard Elderly People From Dangerous Summer Heat
With the increasing incidence and severity of extreme heat events accompanying climate change, there is an urgent need for sustainable cooling strategies to protect heat-vulnerable older adults, who are at increased risk of…
- Conditions
- Hyperthermia, Heat; Weather, Aging, Type2 Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT05274009
- Testing
- No cooling (control), Recommended cooling, Hybrid cooling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Hyperthermia
Cold Water Immersion Stirring in Hyperthermic Individuals
The best way to cool a very hot person is using cold water immersion, however, the optimization of this technique has not been established.
- Trial name
- NCT04613843
- Testing
- Water Stirring, No Water Stirring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage With Misoprostol: Fever Study
This study seeks to assess whether populations of women in Latin America outside Quito, Ecuador are at increased risk for developing elevated body temperature above 40.0°C following PPH treatment with 800mcg sublingual…
- Trial name
- NCT02163616
- Testing
- Misoprostol
- Where
- 2 sites in Argentina
- Volunteers
- 635 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gynuity Health Projects
Thermometry
Principles and Test Methods of Non-contact Body Thermometry
Long-wavelength infrared (IR) detectors have a more than 20-year history in medical thermometry and have been used widely for febrile screening.
- Trial name
- NCT05247736
- Testing
- Infrared Thermography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thermal Diagnostics LLC
Hypothermia
Comparison of Forced Air and Conductive Patient Heating Systems During Ambulatory Surgeries
Comparison of forced air and conductive warming devices in outpatient orthopaedic surgeries.
- Trial name
- NCT02467777
- Testing
- Bair Hugger, VitaHeat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fox Valley Orthopedic Institute
Hypothermia
Warming Mattress Versus Polyethylene Wrapping to Prevent Hypothermia in Preterm Newborns.
Mean axillary temperatures, taken during NICU resuscitation upon admission to the NICU, will not differ between VLBW babies who are occlusively wrapped and very low birth weight (VLBW) babies who are placed on thermal warming…
- Trial name
- NCT00603837
- Testing
- NeoWrap, InfaTherm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Hyperthermia, Hypothermia
Comparison of Bi-environmental Conditions During Occupational Related Activity
BHSAI is developing a computational system that provides early alerts of a rise and fall in core body temperature to help reduce the risk of thermal injury in the field and during training.
- Trial name
- COBRA (NCT05059730)
- Testing
- Zero Degrees Cold Environment, Eight Degrees Cold Environment, Ten Degrees Cold Environment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Accidental Hypothermia, Emergencies
Effect of Wet Clothing Removal Compared to Use of a Vapor Barrier in Accidental Hypothermia
The optimal method of prehospital insulation and rewarming of hypothermic patients have been subject of debate, and there is a substantial lack og high-quality evidence to guide providers.
- Trial name
- NCT05996757
- Testing
- Wet clothing removal
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Tetraplegia, Hypothermia
Body Temperature in Persons With Tetraplegia When Exposed to Cold
The ability to maintain normal body core temperature (Tcore = 98.6°F) is impaired in persons with tetraplegia. Despite the known challenges to the ability of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) to maintain Tcore, and the…
- Conditions
- Tetraplegia, Hypothermia, Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT01822535
- Testing
- Midodrine hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Signs and Symptoms, Fever
Biomedical Signal Extraction From Symptom Descriptions: An Observational Registry Using the OpenGenome Platform
This registry prospectively collects anonymized free-text symptom descriptions submitted voluntarily by adults through the OpenGenome platform at opengenome.bio.
- Conditions
- Signs and Symptoms, Fever, Myalgia, Skin Diseases
- Trial name
- OGNOME-REG (NCT07578610)
- Testing
- OpenGenome AI Platform
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OpenGenome
Diarrhea, Cough
Asili Evaluation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The South Kivu province of DRC has experience continuous armed conflict over the last several decades; as a result, livelihoods and health metrics are uniformly poor.
- Conditions
- Diarrhea, Cough, Fever, Malnutrition, Child
- Trial name
- NCT03536286
- Testing
- Encouragement
- Volunteers
- 9,999 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Fever
Acetaminophen Before Vaccines for Infants Study (AVIS)
The purpose of this study is to see whether giving acetaminophen (the medicine in Tylenol) for routine infant vaccinations is helpful in preventing fever or other symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT00325819
- Testing
- Acetaminophen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 374 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Hyperthermia
Comparison of Fatigue in Varying Hot Environments
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of varying hot environments on physiological and perceptual fatigue during work.
- Trial name
- NCT04624919
- Testing
- Hot/Dry, Warm/Humid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Humans, Young Adult
Analysis of Human Tissue Temperature After Application of Therapeutic Modalities.
Attempting an effective treatment is essential to the physiotherapist to understand how his conducts affect body tissues and the whole system, besides understand properly how and when therapeutic modalities could be use in the…
- Conditions
- Humans, Young Adult, Health
- Trial name
- NCT03601715
- Testing
- Coplanar, Contraplanar, Longitudinal
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alessandro Haupenthal
Magnetic Field Exposure, Temperature Change, Body
Increase in Temperature in Children Undergoing MRI
An increasing number of children undergo Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). In MRI, radio waves and magnetism are used to form images of the body's interior, to diagnose and monitoring diseases in children.
- Conditions
- Magnetic Field Exposure, Temperature Change, Body, Children, Only
- Trial name
- HOT-MR (NCT04317378)
- Testing
- Braun thermoscan /, IRT 6520
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Anesthesia; Hypothermia, Injection Site Irritation
Topical Ice-therapy for Intravitreal Injections
Purpose: To examine the difference in patient's pain experience in the setting of intravitreal anti-VEGF injections with pretreatment of topical ice-therapy compared with no-ice.
- Trial name
- NCT05269823
- Testing
- Ice-therapy, No Ice-therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Hypothermia
Efficacy of Warming Garment in the Perioperative Period With Integrated Chemical Heat Packs to Maintain Normothermia
Efficacy of Stand-alone, Non-tethered, Self-applying Warming Garment in the Preoperative, Intraoperative and Postoperative Recovery Period; Using an Integrated Chemical Heat Pack Construction, With a View to Maintaining…
- Trial name
- NCT02905708
- Testing
- Air-Activated heating packs, Forced Air Warming Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr K Services PC
Elevated Blood Pressure
Post-exercise Hot Water Immersion to Improve Overnight Blood Pressure
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether putting a participant's legs in a hot bath after exercise improves blood pressure in people with higher blood pressure. .
- Trial name
- ExHT (NCT06348225)
- Testing
- Exercise, Heat Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Providence College
Infections, Streptococcal
Primary and Booster Vaccination Study With Pneumococcal Vaccine GSK1024850A and Prophylactic Antipyretic Treatment
The aim of the current study is to determine whether ibuprofen, given as immediate or delayed prophylactic antipyretic treatment in a standardized manner, significantly impacts the immune response in children receiving primary…
- Trial name
- NCT01235949
- Testing
- GSK1024850A (SynflorixTM), Infanrix hexa, Infanrix-IPV/Hib
- Where
- 23 sites in Romania
- Volunteers
- 850 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Hypothermia
mOm Incubator Pilot Study
The mOm Incubator is a collapsible infant incubator designed to provide a level of thermoregulation that meets the standards set for conventional incubators whilst being low cost and space-saving.
- Trial name
- NCT03450668
- Testing
- mOm incubator, standard incubator
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- mOm incubators