Clinical trials: Environmental Illness
Brain Injuries, Dementia
ACT-ICU Study: Activity and Cognitive Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit
Intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization saves lives but often does so at a high personal cost to ICU survivors who frequently experience significant cognitive impairment and an array of physical and functional disabilities that…
- Conditions
- Brain Injuries, Dementia, Myopathies, Muscle Disorders
- Trial name
- ACT-ICU (NCT01270269)
- Testing
- Behavioral: Physical and functional rehabilitation, Behavioral: Cognitive, physical, & functional rehabilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt 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
Three VR Environments
Clinic Validation of Three Virtual Reality Environments.
Background: The healthcare sector has particularly embraced Virtual Reality (VR) applications, demonstrating its efficacy in creating relaxing virtual environments reduce stress and anxiety symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT07817810
- Testing
- Clinical validation of HMD-VR environments.
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Altitude, Hypoxia
Effects of Mild Hypobaric Hypoxia on Sleep and Post-sleep Performance
Hypobaric hypoxia (decreased oxygen supply to body tissues due to low atmospheric pressure) caused by exposure to high altitude disrupts sleep.
- Conditions
- Altitude, Hypoxia, Environmental Sleep Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00498563
- Testing
- altitude exposure in hypobaric chamber
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health
Ambient air temperatures in Asian, Latin American, African, and Pacific climate hotspots have broken record highs in 2024, driven by man-made climate change. Solutions are needed to reduce heat exposure in communities.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT06579950)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- 5 sites in Burkina Faso, Fiji and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 3,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Environmental Illness, Functional Symptoms
Comparing Interventions for Indoor Air -Related Functional Symptoms
The aim of the current study is to compare the effictiveness of three different psychosocial therapies for treating functional disorders caused by indoor air problems.
- Trial name
- TOSI (NCT02069002)
- Testing
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Applied relaxation group therapy, Information session (psychoeducation)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Anxiety Disorder
Identification and Molecular Characterisation of Urban-environmental Stress Patterns Affecting Mental Illness
Mental disorders have become a major contributor to the global burden of non-communicable diseases, with disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to these conditions continuing to rise.
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Anxiety Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
- Trial name
- NCT07571226
- Testing
- wearable monitoring devices
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 680 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Huashan Hospital
Other
Creating Welcoming Faith Communities for People With Serious Mental Illnesses
The goal of this intervention study is to test a behavioral intervention to increase inclusionary practices toward individuals with serious mental illness in faith communities. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06336980
- Testing
- Increasing Inclusionary Practices in Faith Communities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation
Proof of Concept Trial to Confirm That the Recovery of Patients Treated in the Intensive Care Unit Requiring Mechanical Ventilation is Beneficially Affected by the Environmental Simulation of Daytime and Night Time Alternation as Well as by the Nutrition Protocol Corresponding to the Daily Rhythm
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the environmental simulation of daytime and night time alternation as well as by the nutrition protocol corresponding to the daily rhythm are beneficially affect the recovery of…
- Trial name
- NCT02828722
- Testing
- Controlled light and noise, Controlled nutrition
- Where
- Hungary
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Achros Health Technologies Corporation
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
Cardiovascular Diseases, Mental Disorder
Association Between Cardiovascular Diseases and Mental Illness
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are important public health concerns around the world and closely associated with the development and progression of mental illness, which in turn increases the risk of developing cardiovascular…
- Trial name
- NCT06239246
- Testing
- Behavioral
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ningbo No. 1 Hospital
Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior
The Barts Charity Children's Environmental Health Clinic
The study will be based from a newly formed NHS service, the children's environmental health service. Participants will be children with a known chronic respiratory condition.
- Conditions
- Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior, Asthma in Children, Environmental Illness
- Trial name
- BCCEHC (NCT06447974)
- Testing
- Exposure mitigations
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Gulf War Illness, Persian Gulf War Syndrome
Study of Gulf War Illness (GWI) by Comparing GWI and Healthy Veterans
Determine if: genetic differences of CNDP1 gene the previously defined GWI/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (GWI/CFS) cerebrospinal fluid proteome contents psychometric other variables can differentiate between veterans of the 1990-1991…
- Trial name
- NCT00810225
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 516 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Skin Cancer, Heat Tolerance
Title: ICARUS - Psycho-physiological Profiling of Low and High Heat-resilient Individuals
The escalating environmental heat-stress associated with global warming is a societal challenge with large and potential harmful consequences for humans.
- Conditions
- Skin Cancer, Heat Tolerance, Heat-related Illness, Hyperthermia
- Trial name
- ICARUS (NCT07510061)
- Testing
- Controlled Heat and Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure Protocol
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark, Greece
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Critical Illness
Cycling Within an Interactive and Immersive Virtual Environment During Critical Illness: a Patient-centred Approach for Lower Limb Rehabilitation
This study aims to investigate whether combining cycling exercise with an immersive and interactive virtual reality (VR) environment improves motivation compared with cycling without visual support or cycling while watching a…
- Trial name
- VRCycling-ICU (NCT07894146)
- Testing
- Basic-Cycle, TV-Cycle, VR-Cycle
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Bronchiolitis, Pneumonia
A Study of Tobacco Smoke and Children With Respiratory Illnesses
This study aims to assess the feasibility of using an intervention for environmental smoke exposure in children that uses cotinine testing results with written materials and telephone counseling for a potential future study of…
- Conditions
- Bronchiolitis, Pneumonia, Reactive Airway Disease, Asthma
- Trial name
- NCT03062709
- Testing
- Breathe Easy Coalition written materials, Maine Tobacco Helpline, Urine cotinine testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- MaineHealth
High Altitude
Protocol for Evaluating Physiological and Psychological Adaptation Mechanisms in Tibetan Plateau Environments
This study is a single-center prospective observational study. It plans to use a series of physiological and medical instruments and international common physiological and psychological questionnaires.
- Trial name
- NCT06557928
- Testing
- measurement
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health in Colima, Mexico
Ambient air temperatures in Mexico have broken record highs in 2024. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt to increasing heat from climate change.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT06834893)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker