Clinical trials: Environmental Contamination
Environmental-Pollution-Related Condition
Microplastica Pollution Awareness Level of Students
This study aims to raise awareness among individuals about plastic and microplastica pollution, reduce plastic consumption, reduce the amount of plastic waste that grows cumulatively every year, and contribute to the development…
- Trial name
- NCT06127862
- Testing
- Education group, No training was given
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Firat University
Biomarkers of Air Pollution Exposure
Biomarkers of Exposure to Air Pollutants (AEROTOX-2)
Nowadays, an increase of inflammatory chronic diseases and/or tumors incidence has been reported in part due to the rising in life expectancy.
- Trial name
- AEROTOX-2 (NCT02765529)
- Testing
- Blood sampling
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University
Second Hand Smoke, Exposure to Environmental Pollution
The Effect of a Zero Tolerance Program (SToP) on Child's Urine Cotinine Level According to Exposure Feedback
Although the ban on indoor smoking has greatly reduced secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in public spaces, the home environment is still the primary source of exposure to SHS, particularly in children under the age of five.
- Conditions
- Second Hand Smoke, Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Child, Urine
- Trial name
- SToP (NCT05545748)
- Testing
- Zero (0) Tolerance Program (SToP), Exposure Feedback Group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Environmental-Pollution-Related Condition
Characterization of a Population Living in Highly Contaminated Settlement in Campania Region
some areas in the Campania region (southern Italy) have attracted media coverage in the past 15 years, and are considered a dramatic example of an extremely polluted area.
- Trial name
- SPES (NCT05976126)
- Testing
- Determination of dioxins (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and trace elements
- Volunteers
- 4,227 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Francesca De Filippis
Environmental-Pollution-Related Condition
An Evaluation of Operating Room Staff's Awareness of Environmental Sustainability and Medical Waste Management
The main goals of this single-centre cross-sectional study were to measure views on the environmental effects of the operating room and identify the main barriers to recycling in the operating room environment as perceived by the…
- Trial name
- NCT05686031
- Testing
- No interventions were done between groups
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara University
Cannabis
The Pharmacokinetics of a Hemp-Based Topical Product
This study will evaluate the pharmacokinetic effects of acute and chronic dosing of a hemp-based cannabidiol (CBD) topical lotion with low levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in a sanitized and controlled environment.
- Trial name
- NCT07603518
- Testing
- CBD, THC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Placental Disease
Imaging Innovations for Placental Assessment in Response to Environmental Pollution (PARENTs)
How environmental pollution contributes to poor pregnancy outcome is poorly understood. The first trimester of pregnancy is a particularly vulnerable time period for the developing fetus and a mother's exposure to air pollution…
- Trial name
- PARENTs (NCT02786420)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Gastric Cancers, Air Pollution
The Effect of Environmental Factors on Gastric Cancer Based on Macrogenome
The objectives of this study were to clarify how environmental factors such as air pollution affect the occurrence and development of gastric cancer; to identify patient-specific macrogenomic markers of gastric cancer; and to…
- Trial name
- NCT06854146
- Testing
- gastric cancer, healthy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dong Peng
Exposure to Environmental Pollution
Impact of Exposure to Environmental Pollutants on Birth Outcomes in an Israeli Cohort
Objectives and hypothesis The scale and diversity of chemicals in worldwide use today is vast. Many of these chemicals are released into the environment where they are found in air, water, soil, house dust, and in the food…
- Trial name
- NCT03084445
- Where
- 3 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 2,394 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center
Fertility Disorders
Effects of Lifestyle Changes on Semen Quality in Healthy Young Men Living in Highly Polluted Areas (FAST)
We planned a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with the main aim to evaluate the effects of lifestyle changes on semen quality in healthy young men living in polluted areas in Italy.
- Trial name
- FAST (NCT04012385)
- Testing
- lifestyle counseling
- Where
- 4 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 363 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale Salerno
Environmental Microbiology, Equipment Contamination
Bacterial Contamination of Anaesthetists' Hands by Personal Mobile Phones Used in the Operating Theatre
The use of mobile phones in the operating room (OR) has become widespread, because of the lack of reports on serious problems. Since mobile phones are used in close body contact and since, as for most non-medical electronic…
- Conditions
- Environmental Microbiology, Equipment Contamination, Personnel, Hospital
- Trial name
- NCT00416936
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University Innsbruck
Premature Birth, Fetal Growth Retardation
NACER II: Reducing Prenatal Exposures to Household Air Pollution in Rural Guatemala Through a Gas Stove/Behavior Intervention to Improve Neonatal Health
Greater efforts are needed to bring affordable, clean stoves and adaptive behavioral strategies to the millions of households worldwide that continue to burn solid cooking fuels using inefficient stoves.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Fetal Growth Retardation, Infections, Respiratory, Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Non-occupational
- Trial name
- NCT02812914
- Testing
- Low-cost gas stove, Peer education classes, Resource-intensive behavioral intervention approach
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Non-occupational
Epigenetic Effect Modifications With Ozone Exposure on Healthy Volunteers
The purpose of this protocol is to assess whether epigenetic factors in healthy individuals make a person more or less responsive to lung inflammation following ozone exposures.
- Trial name
- Geminoz (NCT02469428)
- Testing
- Clean air, Ozone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Non-occupational
Interaction Effects of Temperature and Ozone
Purpose: The purpose of this protocol is to understand how individuals respond to the air pollutant ozone at elevated temperatures.
- Trial name
- TROPICOZ (NCT01981135)
- Testing
- Clean Air, Ozone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Non-occupational
The Interaction of Social Factors With Air Pollution
Purpose: The purpose of this protocol is to understand how social factors such as psychosocial stress may modify how people respond to air pollution.
- Trial name
- SOZIAL (NCT02206750)
- Testing
- Clean Air, Ozone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Inflammation
hsCRP Clinical Inflammation Marker for Human Bisphenol A Food Contamination
Dietary intervention studies thus far have failed to be replicable or causal.This is particularly relevant regarding plastic-derived chemicals (PDCs),This first-of-a-kind dietary intervention study explores a potential causal…
- Trial name
- NCT04600765
- Testing
- hsCRP serum measurement of inflammation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center for Research on Environmental Chemicals in Humans
Sleep, Pollution; Exposure
Investigating the Effect of Daily CARDIO® Capsules Supplementation on Improved Sleep in Healthy, Urban-Dwelling Adults
This study aims to explore the impact of supplementation with CARDIO® whole salmon oil capsules on healthy adult participants with sleep disruption related to particulate matter pollution.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Pollution; Exposure, Cough
- Trial name
- NCT06768970
- Testing
- CARDIO® salmon oil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hofseth Biocare ASA
Healthy 70 Street Market Vendors Working in Highly-polluted Areas of Turin
Biotics Intervention Oriented to Rescue From Environmental Pollution Inflammatory Responses
Improving air quality in urban areas represents a major public health challenge. In regions such as the Po Valley, airborne particulate matter (PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅) concentrations frequently exceed World Health Organization limits…
- Trial name
- BIOREPAIR (NCT07418489)
- Testing
- pro-postbiotic
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Turin, Italy
Pollution; Exposure
Scalability of a Home Health Navigator Program to Reduce Arsenic, Nitrate, and Lead in Private Well Water
Approximately 34 million Americans rely on private wells to supply their drinking water. Private wells are excluded from the Safe Drinking Water Act.
- Trial name
- NCT05395663
- Testing
- Community health worker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon State University
Environmental Contamination, Environment
The Effect of an Environmentally Based Education Program on Environmentally Friendly Behaviors
This study was conducted to determine the effects of an environmentally-based education program implemented for adolescents on their environmentally friendly behaviors and ecological footprint awareness.
- Trial name
- NCT07230678
- Testing
- Environmentally Based Education Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University