Clinical trials: Environment
Asthma Acute, Respiratory
Children's Health, Respiratory Inflammation and Short-term Air Pollution
The goal of this study is to see if physical activity in high air pollution is worse than rest in high air pollution.
- Trial name
- CHERISH (NCT07431021)
- Testing
- science lesson, PE Lesson
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Dietary Habits
Appalachians Together Restoring the Eating Environment
Most of the nation's serious chronic health challenges and causes of death, including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and obesity, are directly linked to sub-optimal diet.
- Trial name
- Appal-TREE (NCT02399436)
- Testing
- School-Based Healthy Snacking Campaign, Community Cooking Classes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mark Swanson, PhD
Prebiotics Effect
Prebiotics Change Microflora and Decrease LPS
The purpose of the present study was to establish the prebiotic effect of a new xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) and of an inulin-and-XOS mixture (INU-XOS) and to determine their effect on endotoxaemia (lipopolysaccharides (LPS)) and…
- Trial name
- PIB (NCT02287844)
- Testing
- XOS, INU-XOS
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur de Lille
Influenza, Human
Evaluating Modes of Influenza Transmission
The ways in which influenza is transmitted between people are uncertain; for example, we do not know if large droplets or fine particles (aerosols) matter most; both are produced by coughing and sneezing.
- Trial name
- EMIT (NCT01710111)
- Testing
- Intervention Recipients Face Shield
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 127 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Chronic Low Back Pain (non-specific, Uncomplicated), Walking
Exploring Locomotion Behavior of Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain (cNSLBP) Patients While Walking Through Apertures in Different Configurations: Influence of Environmental and Social Factors.
The biomechanical parameters studied in chronic non-specific low back pain (cNSLBP) patients in a locomotion task have so far focused on straight line walking.
- Trial name
- PERL3 (NCT06644053)
- Testing
- Quantified analysis of walking during a crossing task through different horizontal openings
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rennes 2
Poisoning
Community-Based Environmental Health Intervention
This community-based project, called the Together for Agricultural Safety project, was developed to help farmworkers reduce their exposure to dangerous agricultural chemicals (such as pesticides) through education and social…
- Trial name
- NCT00015600
- Testing
- Behavior modification through social marketing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Environmental Health, Adolescent Health
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Print Based Environmental Health Intervention Education Among School Going Adolescents of Karachi, A Quasi Study
This study investigates the impact of school-based educational interventions on adolescents' knowledge and practices related to environmental health in Karachi, Pakistan.
- Conditions
- Environmental Health, Adolescent Health, Green Spaces, Plantation
- Trial name
- NCT07379983
- Testing
- Educational Intervention either from Poster or Infographic pamphlet
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahria University
Help PE Teachers Learn and Develop the Critical Skills Needed to Create a Positive Teaching Environment
We Designed and Implemented the 'MASTER Framework' as a Theoretical Framework to Guide the Design and Delivery of PE and Sports.
Our research team is committed to improving the quality of physical education in China. Based on the needs of teachers and sports coaches in China, we designed and implemented the 'MASTER Framework' as a theoretical framework to…
- Trial name
- NCT06496464
- Testing
- Intervention
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Soochow University
Obesity
Buy 1 Get 1: Role of Grocery Coupons in Promoting Obesogenic Home Food Environments and Eating Behaviors
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among older adults has reached an all-time high, which puts this age group at high risk for associated comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain forms of…
- Trial name
- NCT01710124
- Testing
- Financial incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Interprofessional Team Collaboration
Improving Interprofessional Collaboration in Norwegian Primary Schools
This study includes designing, implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of process-based measures for improving interprofessional collaboration in Norwegian primary schools (5-7th grades).
- Trial name
- NCT03248245
- Testing
- LOG-model, TAU
- Where
- 37 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 4,130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
Extraocular Retinoblastoma, Intraocular Retinoblastoma
Genetic Mutations and Environmental Exposure in Young Patients With Retinoblastoma and in Their Parents and Young Healthy Unrelated Volunteers
This laboratory study is looking at genetic mutations and environmental exposure in young patients with retinoblastoma and in their parents and young healthy unrelated volunteers.
- Conditions
- Extraocular Retinoblastoma, Intraocular Retinoblastoma, Recurrent Retinoblastoma
- Trial name
- NCT00690469
- Testing
- Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- 52 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 234 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Heart Diseases, Type2 Diabetes
Psychosocial, Environmental, and Chronic Disease Trends in Puerto Rico
The overall goal is to identify trends and longitudinal associations in psychosocial, food-related, and cardiometabolic risk factors that can guide public health priorities and future research needs aimed at reducing…
- Conditions
- Heart Diseases, Type2 Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity
- Trial name
- PROSPECT (NCT03794531)
- Where
- Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Clinical Education, Health Sciences
Clinical Education Environment Assessment Scale
This study aims to develop and evaluate a questionnaire that measures how health sciences students perceive the clinical environments in which they complete internships or clinical placements.
- Trial name
- NCT07707154
- Testing
- Observational assessment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 310 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lokman Hekim University
Personal Protective Equipment, Heat Stress
Testing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Pandemics and re-emerging diseases put pressure on the health care system to prepare for patient care and sample logistics requiring enhanced personnel protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers.
- Trial name
- PPE-Test (NCT03004690)
- Testing
- PPE Suit A, PPE Suit B
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Hygiene
Behavioral Determinants That May Influence People's Hand-hygiene and Environment Disinfecting
An anonymous online survey will be conducted to measure the barriers and facilitators parents and teachers experience to positively influencing children's hand-hygiene.
- Trial name
- NCT04382690
- Testing
- All participants will be asked to respond to the same survey questions
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 3,975 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Warwick
Healthy
Validation of a Wearable Sensor for Stress Response in a Virtual Reality Environment
Monitor stress response in a virtual reality environment using a wearable sensor to analyze and track heart rate variability (HRV).
- Trial name
- NCT02321774
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Scripps Translational Science Institute
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Unexplained Infertility
Assessing the Endometrial Environment in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Unexplained Infertility
The purpose of this study is to determine if patients with recurrent pregnancy loss or unexplained infertility have an altered uterine gene expression or uterine microbiome (micro-organism composition) during the window of embryo…
- Trial name
- NCT03401918
- Testing
- Uterine ERA and microbiome testing, Oral antibiotics and vaginal probiotics
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Prematurity, Very Preterm Maturity of Infant
Sleep in SNOO Smart Sleeper Bassinet in Preterm Infants
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare sleeping in a SNOO Smart Sleeper bassinet (SNOO) with sleeping in traditional bassinet conditions in premature infants. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT05711927
- Testing
- SNOO Smart Sleeper, Traditional bassinet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Mental Health
Women s Health Awareness Community Resiliency, Environmental Action and Collaborations for Health (REACH)
Background: Inequalities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death in under-studied, under-represented, and under-reported groups of people are severe.
- Trial name
- NCT04983251
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Obesity
Choosing Healthy Options in College Environments and Settings
Examine the effectiveness of a weight gain prevention intervention to positively affect body mass index in 2-year college students
- Trial name
- CHOICES (NCT01134783)
- Testing
- CHOICES Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 441 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota