Clinical trials: Environmental Conditions
Asthma (Diagnosis), Airway Inflammation
Can Astaxanthin Help Manage Asthma in POlluted Areas?
This study will test whether astaxanthin, a naturally occurring antioxidant supplement, can improve lung function, reduce airway inflammation, and improve asthma control in adults with mild-to-moderate asthma.
- Conditions
- Asthma (Diagnosis), Airway Inflammation, Airway Hyperresponsiveness
- Trial name
- NCT07507682
- Testing
- Astaxanthin Oral Capsule
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Middlesex University
Infectious Diseases
Evaluating Patient Comfort and Environmental Conditions in the Carecube Negative Pressure Isolation Chamber.1
This is a human non-significant risk (NSR) clinical study designed to objectively and participatively verify that the Carecube Negative Pressure Isolation Chamber is a safe and non-hostile environment for the patients that will…
- Trial name
- NCT05468723
- Testing
- Carecube Negative Pressure Isolation Chamber
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carecubes, Inc.
Healthy Volunteers, Body Weight
Weight Management Interactions in a Virtual Clinical Environment
This study is part of an effort to learn about interactions between doctors and patients. We aim to understand how women feel about techniques that doctors use to talk with patients about their weight.
- Trial name
- NCT01443910
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 318 people
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Bipolar Disorder, Circadian Rhythm
Effects of Sex Hormones on Circadian Rhythm in Men and Women
For many years researchers have been trying to better understand the regulation of sleep and activity by studying circadian (daily) rhythms of human beings.
- Conditions
- Bipolar Disorder, Circadian Rhythm, Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00001285
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Mood, Stress
Walking Green: The Effects of Walking in Forested and Urban Areas
This research hypothesizes that moderate physical activity in a "green environment" (e.g. a forest preserve path) has increased benefits on psychological measures (stress, anxiety, mood, depression, attention) and on…
- Conditions
- Mood, Stress, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NUWG (NCT03950661)
- Testing
- Walking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Cancer-related Problem/Condition, Depression
Programmed Environmental Illumination (PEI) of Hospital Rooms to Prevent/Reduce Cancer-Related Fatigue
A sample of 60 patients scheduled for HSCT in the treatment of MM will be recruited in the weeks to months prior to their hospitalization.
- Conditions
- Cancer-related Problem/Condition, Depression, Circadian Rhythm Disorders
- Trial name
- PEI (NCT03198754)
- Testing
- PEI Experimental Light, Comparison Light
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Burns, Child
Virtual Reality Distraction for Procedural Pain Management in Children With Burn Injuries: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Procedural pain is the most intense and often undertreated pain associated with burn injuries. The use of analgesics does not always provide optimal relief and is accompanied by several side effects.
- Conditions
- Burns, Child, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT02986464
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Prototype, Standard Pharmacological Treatment
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Relationship Between Degree of Domestic Environmental Fungal Exposure and Clinical Symptoms of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Exposure to Aspergillus spores is associated with symptoms of asthma or airway inflammation (Chaudhary \& Marr, 2011; Smith \& Denning, 2011), leading to the possible onset of severe fungal complications with acute or chronic…
- Trial name
- BPCO-Myc (NCT05456178)
- Testing
- Electrostatic wipe
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Respiratory Ilness
Early Life Factors and Respiratory Health in Mexico City Children
Early life exposures now appear to be important in modulation of the immune response and tendency to develop asthma. We plan to enroll a cohort of children at birth to study early life factors in the development of wheezing and…
- Trial name
- NCT00342758
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Mexico
- Volunteers
- 6,800 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Chronic Illnesses, Multiple
FLIGHT Study for Childhood Chronic Illness
The FLIGHT study is an open-label, single-arm, pilot and feasibility study of a personalized and multimodality intervention focusing upon modifiable lifestyle factors, environmental modifications, and transdisciplinary clinical…
- Trial name
- NCT06377384
- Testing
- FLIGHT Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Documenting Hope Project
Childhood Obesity
Feeding, Fun, and Families Study
To develop and evaluate the efficacy of Feeding Fun and Families (FFF), a nutrition education intervention for low-income mothers emphasizing authoritative food parenting skills, on preschool aged children's energy intakes from…
- Trial name
- FFF (NCT03646201)
- Testing
- FFF
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Musculoskeletal Disorder, Mental Health Issue
An Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work
The goal of the workplace intervention study 'An Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work (ITASPA)' is to examine the effect of the Australian WorkHealth Improvement Network (WIN) program in a Danish…
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Disorder, Mental Health Issue, Work-related Illness, Safety Issues
- Trial name
- ITASPA (NCT05866978)
- Testing
- Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work (ITASPA)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Holbaek Sygehus
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Urinary Incontinence
Effect of Music and Lighting on Anxiety During Urodynamic Study
This study is designed to evaluate the effects of environmental modifications, specifically music and lighting conditions, on anxiety in patients undergoing urodynamic study (UDS).
- Conditions
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Urinary Incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction
- Trial name
- CALM-UDS (NCT07695324)
- Testing
- Standard Lighting, music, Dim lighting
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baskent University Ankara Hospital
Hemispatial Neglect, Stroke
Assessment and Training Visio Spatial Neglect in a Virtual Reality Environment
There is a lack of effective rehabilitation methods for visio-spatial neglect (VSN). By using virtual technology, a new method (virtual reality, VR method) has been created which focuses on stimulating attention networks: top…
- Trial name
- RehAtt (NCT02258789)
- Testing
- VR-method
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Obesity, Rhinitis
Interventional Testing of Gene-environment Interactions Via the Verifomics Mobile Application
The purpose of this study is to study interactions between genes, lifestyle environmental factors like foods, nutritional supplements and non-invasive medical devices and health factors that can be measured without specialized…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Rhinitis, Rhinitis, Allergic, Respiratory Sounds
- Trial name
- NCT02758990
- Testing
- Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Verifomics LLC
Heat Stress, Heat Exposure
Validity of Humidity Ramp Protocols for Identifying Limits of Survivability in Heat-exposed Persons
The global populace is at growing risk of heat-related illness due to climate change and accompanying increases in the intensity and regularity of extremely hot temperatures.
- Conditions
- Heat Stress, Heat Exposure, Temperature Change, Body, Temperature; Extreme, Exposure
- Trial name
- NCT05963529
- Testing
- Humidity-ramp protocol, Above-inflection fixed-condition exposure, Below-inflection fixed-condition exposure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Obesity, Overweight
Environmental and Acceptance-Based Innovations for Weight Loss Maintenance
The major goal of this project is to evaluate an innovative approach to obesity involving modification of the home environment. The project also will evaluate if home environment modification is more effective when supplemented…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- ENACT (NCT01858714)
- Testing
- Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss, Behavior Therapy + Environment, Acceptance-based Behavior Therapy + Environment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 238 people
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
Chronic Pancreatitis, Genetic Mutation
An Observational Study on the Natural Course of Chronic Pancreatitis
To explore the impact on genetic and environmental factors for clinical manifestation, and the progression of chronic pancreatitis, including development of pancreatic insufficiency and other complications.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pancreatitis, Genetic Mutation, Smoking, Tobacco, Drinking, Alcohol
- Trial name
- NCT04574297
- Testing
- smoking and alcohol assumption, genetic sequencing
- Volunteers
- 798 people
- Sponsor
- Changhai Hospital
Covid19, SARS-CoV Infection
COVID-19 in Polish Ice Swimmers.
Ice swimming is an increasingly common phenomenon in Poland. It has been confirmed that it has a beneficial effect on health by increasing the natural non-specific immunity to infections.
- Conditions
- Covid19, SARS-CoV Infection, Resistance, Disease, Hypothermia
- Trial name
- ICE (NCT04817280)
- Testing
- Ice Swimming
- Where
- 3 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 2,534 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw Medical University
Obesity
Modifying Obesogenic Homes: Impact on Weight Maintenance
The obesity epidemic observed in recent years can be largely attributed to an obesogenic environment that encourages overeating and sedentary lifestyles.
- Trial name
- NCT00200330
- Testing
- Behavioral weight loss treatment, Behavioral and home environment weight loss treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital