Clinical trials: Environmental Health
Obesity
Healthy In-Store Marketing Study
Using a cluster randomized controlled design, this study will evaluate effects of in-store healthy food marketing strategies on sales and purchase of specific healthier items in six product categories (milk, frozen entrees…
- Trial name
- NCT02499211
- Testing
- Intervention stores
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Dietary Behaviors, Sustainable Diets
Community-Based Nutritional Intervention Based on the Planetary Health Diet and Its Impact on Gut Microbiota in Rural Women in Mexico
This study aims to evaluate the impact of a community-based nutritional intervention based on the Planetary Health Diet on dietary patterns, gut microbiota composition, and health indicators in adult women living in rural…
- Conditions
- Dietary Behaviors, Sustainable Diets, Gut Microbiota, Nutrition Intervention
- Trial name
- PHD-RURAL (NCT07597811)
- Testing
- Community-Based Planetary Health Diet Intervention
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Edgar Leon
Healthy Diet, Health Behaviour
Effectiveness of Educational Intervention on Sustainable Breastfeeding: The GREEN MOTHER Project
Breastfeeding is the healthiest form of nutrition for the baby and is recommended to use exclusive breastfeeding (EB) until 6 months.
- Conditions
- Healthy Diet, Health Behaviour, Environmental-Pollution-Related Condition, Mothers
- Trial name
- NCT05729581
- Testing
- The educational programme on sustainable and healthy diet and breastfeeding
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 429 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Poisoning
Pesticide Exposure Pathways for Farmworker Children
This project is aimed at better understanding how children living in agricultural environments are exposed to pesticides, and how such exposures can be prevented or reduced.
- Trial name
- NCT00013754
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Adolescent Behavior
Step Up for STEM and Health Careers
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate "Step Up for STEM and Health Careers". The "Step Up for STEM and Health Careers" ("Step Up") game is an interactive, digital resource that includes the key elements of a…
- Trial name
- NCT06445751
- Testing
- Step Up for STEM and Health Careers ("Step Up") game, Educational PowerPoint Presentation on Diversity in STEM Careers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Healthy Male and Female Subjects
The Impact of Treadmills and Cooler Environments for Office Workplaces on Ergonomics, Heating Energy Requirements, Performance, as Well as Back and Cardiometabolic Health
The aim of the project is to gain insights into the effects of treadmills at a standing desk and reduced room temperature on back and cardiometabolic health, cognitive performance, thermal comfort, and the associated heating…
- Trial name
- ELBEngLück (NCT07140536)
- Testing
- Environmental temperature, Physical activity
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Effect of Soundscapes on Emotional Distress in Fibromyalgia: a 4×4 Crossover Trial
This study tests whether different types of sounds can help reduce emotional distress in people with fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes widespread muscle and joint pain and makes people extra sensitive to…
- Trial name
- FMSounDistress (NCT07231289)
- Testing
- Natural soundscape exposure, Urban soundscape exposure, Broadband sound active control
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Impacts of Clinician-Mediated Report-Back
The study trains clinicians to return personal exposure results to study participants in pregnancy cohorts, and measures outcomes for environmental health literacy for both clinicians and study participants.
- Trial name
- NCT06074159
- Testing
- In-clinic report-back
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Silent Spring Institute
Frailty
The Clinical Evaluation of Continuous Assistance Offered to Older People Living Independently.
The clinical evaluation of the HOMESWEETHOME project sets out to assess the long-term effects of continuous assistance offered by the HOMESWEETHOME services to older people living independently.
- Trial name
- HOMESWEETHOME (NCT01218373)
- Testing
- HOMESWEETHOME Services, No HOMESWEETHOME services installed
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium, Ireland and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 2,010 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Him SA
Cortisol Excess, Stress, Psychological
Effects of "Vitamin N" Nature Immersion Therapy on Stress Levels in Health Care Workers in the City of Bogotá
Recent studies on health personnel in Colombia have evidenced the considerable increase in the levels of stress and anxiety, among other psychological disorders, as a product of the COVID-19 pandemic that is being experienced…
- Conditions
- Cortisol Excess, Stress, Psychological, Anxiety, Epigenetic Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05315388
- Testing
- Immersion therapy in nature - Vitamin N
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jeadran N. Malagón-Rojas
Opioid Use Disorder, Harm Reduction
Teaching Health Resilience in a Hospital Setting: A Peer-led Intervention
The purpose of the study is to develop an acceptable, feasible, and effective peer-led bundle of health resilience and promotion services to be delivered in the hospital setting, called the THRIVE intervention.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use Disorder, Harm Reduction, Health Promotion
- Trial name
- THRIVE (NCT06843213)
- Testing
- Peer Intervention, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Drop Out, Absence
A School-based Intervention Project to Increase Completion of Upper Secondary School in Norway
Drop out from upper secondary school represents a risk for the future health and wellbeing of young people. Strengthening of psychosocial aspects of the learning environment may be an effective strategy to promote completion of…
- Conditions
- Drop Out, Absence, Academic Achievement/Average Grade, Mental Health
- Trial name
- COMPLETE (NCT03382080)
- Testing
- Dream School Program, Mental Health Support Team
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Aging Well
Immersive Technology and Virtual Reality as a Health Support Tool in a Residence for the Elderly
The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn more about the potential for using virtual reality in older adults living in residences for elderly to maintain health (physical activity, cognitive activity, social behaviors).
- Trial name
- NCT06117319
- Testing
- Individual assistance Virtual reality training sessions, Collective assistance Virtual reality training sessions
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TOPMED
Maternal Health, Child Health
Boston Birth Cohort Study
Early life exposures may lead to adverse effects on health in later life. The Boston birth Cohort study is designed to study a broad array of early life factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes across the…
- Conditions
- Maternal Health, Child Health, Pregnancy Complications, Birth Outcome, Adverse
- Trial name
- NCT03228875
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24,000 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Oxidative Injury, Stress Physiological
TORNADO-Omics Techniques and Neural Networks for the Development of Predictive Risk Models
The goal of this observational study is to define a personalized risk model in the super healthy and homogeneous population of Italian Air Force high-performance pilots.
- Conditions
- Oxidative Injury, Stress Physiological, Discogenic Pain, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
- Trial name
- NCT06372054
- Testing
- Biological sample collection
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Breast Cancer
Acute Effect of Chromatic Environment During Chemotherapy
The primary objective is to examine the acute effect of color, room orientation (affecting amount of luminosity) on perceived health status and stress levels in oncologic patients during chemotherapy sessions at outpatient…
- Trial name
- NCT03873519
- Testing
- Chromatic Environment, Room Orientation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Europea de Madrid
Pediatric Obesity
Building Blocks for Healthy Preschoolers
Pediatric obesity, a defining health problem of the century, leads to long-term health disparities. This application evaluates strategies to prevent health disparities early in life by developing environmental wellness-related…
- Trial name
- NCT03111264
- Testing
- CHAMP, CHAMP+
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,943 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Smoking Cessation
Nicotine Patch as an Adjunctive Intervention to Reduce Secondhand Smoke Among NICU Families
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential for directly targeting smoking cessation, regardless of motivation level, in a subsample of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parents with the ultimate goal of reducing…
- Trial name
- NCT04045964
- Testing
- nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), motivational advice, Quitline referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Feasibility Study, Vaccine Immune Response
How Gut Health Affects Immune Responses to the Oral Rotavirus Vaccine in Adults in Zambia
The Rotavirus SpatioTrasncriptomics (Rota-Omics) study is a multidisciplinary research project aimed at understanding why oral rotavirus vaccines perform less effectively in some low- and middle-income countries, including…
- Conditions
- Feasibility Study, Vaccine Immune Response, Rota Virus Gastroenteritis, Transcriptomics
- Trial name
- Rota-Omics (NCT07626606)
- Testing
- Rotarix®,
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Burnout, Professional, Occupational Stress
Factors Affecting Burnout in Physiotherapists in Turkey
This cross-sectional descriptive study aims to identify the demographic, occupational, organisational and individual psychological factors that predict burnout among physiotherapists working in active clinical practice in Turkey.
- Conditions
- Burnout, Professional, Occupational Stress, Psychological Resilience, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- PT-BURNOUT-TR (NCT07722858)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University