Clinical trials: Environmental Illness, open to volunteers
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
Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Metal Allergy
Environmental Exposure to Heavy Metals, Nanoparticles, and Emergent Contaminants and Risk of Allergic Diseases
The goal of this clinical trial is to collect environmental, bio-humoral, and clinical data derived from patients with allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) and systemic metal allergic syndromes related to the exposure to heavy…
- Conditions
- Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Metal Allergy, Food Allergy, Nickel Sensitivity
- Trial name
- MATRIOSKA (NCT06529913)
- Testing
- Collection of environmental, biological, and clinical data
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
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
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
Allergy, Food Allergies
Evaluating Sucrose and Cold Oral Interventions for the Treatment of Oral Pruritus During Allergy Procedures.
This is a two-center, randomized, open-label, factorial controlled trial. This trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of exposure to sucrose and ice, alone and in combination, compared to control, in reducing oral pruritus during…
- Conditions
- Allergy, Food Allergies, Oral Pruritus, Environmental Allergies
- Trial name
- FROST (NCT07917312)
- Testing
- Food (sucrose), Food (popsicle), Food(Sucrose and cold)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Philippe Bégin
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
Mental Illness, Schizophrenia
Genetic Counselling in the Prevention of Mental Health Consequences of Cannabis Use
Severe mental illness (SMI) refers to the most burdensome psychiatric conditions. The need to pre-empt the onset of SMI is pressing because once SMI develops, quality of life is poor and available treatments have limited…
- Conditions
- Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- IMAGINE (NCT03601026)
- Testing
- Genetic counselling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
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
Sleep Disorder (Disorder)
Evaluation of Changes in Sleep Efficiency Among PIC DU MIDI Staff Between Nights Spent at Home and Nights Spent in the Workplace Under High Altitude Conditions
Sleep organization and cardiorespiratory parameters are disrupted in extreme conditions such as high altitude. The pathophysiology of medical problems related to acute high-altitude exposure is partially understood, but sleep…
- Trial name
- ALTISOM (NCT07423988)
- Testing
- Sleep recording
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Homeless Persons, Wound and Injuries
The WARM Study is a Pilot Study That Aims to Investigate the Impact of Environmental Factors on Acute and Chronic Wounds, Mental Illness, and Social Factors Among People Experiencing Housing Emergencies in Augsburg.
Providing healthcare to homeless people is a key and challenging task, both for society as a whole and for medical and psychosocial professionals.
- Conditions
- Homeless Persons, Wound and Injuries, Chronic Wound Care, Homelessness
- Trial name
- WARM (NCT07640672)
- Testing
- Wound care at the University Hospital and in the Johanniter mobile wound care unit
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Augsburg
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health in Tavua, Fiji
Ambient air temperatures in Fiji are increasing due to climate change. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT07592117
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Fiji
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance
Effectiveness of a Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment Program in People With Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (IEI)
Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (IEI) denotes a functional disorder represented by heterogeneous symptoms that sufferers attribute to specific environmental agents and for which there may be no solid evidence of an…
- Trial name
- BELIEFS (NCT05973214)
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
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
Asthma in Children
A Clinical Trial of Soluble Fiber for Asthma
Randomized controlled trial of soluble fiber (Fruitafit Inulin). Participants will complete an ASA 24 dietary recall questionnaire to access their fiber intake.
- Trial name
- NCT06372249
- Testing
- Inulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- Phoenix Children's Hospital