Clinical trials: Exposure to Pollution
Heat Strain
Mitigation of Health Effects in Outdoor Workers by Reducing Exposure to Heat and Air Pollution
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effectiveness of an intervention (combination of behavioural recommendations and technical measures) in reducing personal exposure to heat and air pollution and related health…
- Trial name
- ISMED-CLIM OW (NCT07634952)
- Testing
- Heat intervention, Heat and air pollution mitigation intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Greece, Spain
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cyprus
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)
Coronary Heart Disease
Myocardial Ischaemia After Exposure to Diesel Exhaust
Exposure to particulate air pollution is associated with increases in cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this observation are emerging, and exposure to particulate air pollution…
- Trial name
- MIDAS (NCT01661582)
- Testing
- CT/PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging using O-15 water, Coronary blood flow measured by doppler echocardiography
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Cognitive Function 1, Social, Cognitive Change
GReen And Healthy Schools
This project aims to investigate the health effects of making schools greener and more biodiverse. We will mainly focus on cognitive effects, well-being, and BMI.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Function 1, Social, Cognitive Change, Emotions, Weight, Body
- Trial name
- GRAS (NCT04898439)
- Testing
- greening of the school environment
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
Air Pollution, Pregnancy
Immune Tolerance Dysfunction in Pregnancy Due to Ambient Air Pollution Exposure
The purpose of this project is to study the effects of air pollution toxicants on pregnant mothers' immune health during and after pregnancy.
- Trial name
- NCT04549142
- Testing
- There is no intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Airway Inflammation, Systemic Inflammation
HIPWOODS - Health Effects Related to Exposure to Particle Pollution From Woodburning Stoves
The study intends to focus on health effects and symptoms related to particle exposure from wood burning stoves The objective is to determine whether moderate exposure to particles from wood smoke in a real life situation causes…
- Trial name
- HIPWOODS (NCT00673907)
- Testing
- Wood smoke particles
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Air Pollution
The Role of Macrophage Activation in Lung Injury Following Ozone Exposure
The purpose of the study is to better understand the mechanisms of lung injury from ozone exposure. Subjects will participate in two exposure sessions: filtered air and 0.2 ppm ozone.
- Trial name
- NCT05794087
- Testing
- Clean Air, Ozone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Pollution; Exposure, Hypertension
Solar Lighting to Reduce Indoor Air Pollution in Rural Uganda
This study evaluates the impact of a solar lighting system on kerosene lamp use, levels of indoor air pollution, and health in women living in rural Uganda.
- Conditions
- Pollution; Exposure, Hypertension, Pollution Related Respiratory Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03351504
- Testing
- Solar lighting system
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pollution; Exposure, Health Behavior
Improving the Behavioural Impact of Air Quality Alerts
The evidence shows that adherence to air quality advice to adopt protective behaviours during pollution episodes is suboptimal, and that the traditional strategy of simply informing people about high pollution episodes is not…
- Trial name
- NCT03552198
- Testing
- Alternative health advice
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Psychological Stress, Psychological Well-Being
DivAirCity Social Health Survey
To reduce stress among urban residents, the consortium members of the European Council Horizon 2020 research program DivAirCity install different stress reducing, noise reducing and air quality improving means in the five cities…
- Conditions
- Psychological Stress, Psychological Well-Being, Pollution; Exposure
- Trial name
- DivAirCitySH (NCT06274229)
- Testing
- Air pollution and noise reducing installations
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Vascular Endothelium
Health Effects of Biodiesel Exhaust Exposure
Urban air pollution is a major contributor to greenhouse gases and has been shown to increase cardiovascular mortality and morbidity.
- Trial name
- BD100 (NCT01883466)
- Testing
- Forearm venous occlusion plethysmography study
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Environmental Exposure, Ozone
Lung Mucus Hypersecretion and NQO1
The research plan proposes translational studies in relevant animal models and human subjects in order to identify host (genetic) susceptibility factors that confer vulnerability to the prototypal air pollutant, ozone.
- Conditions
- Environmental Exposure, Ozone, Air Pollution, Genetic Susceptibility
- Trial name
- NCT00729352
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
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 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
Pollution; Exposure
Optimizing Ventilation to Improve Health
Our overall goal is to optimize preferred, ventilating windows/apertures/vents in low-income neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh. We will: I. Collect baseline data on housing types and finalize windows/vents protoypes. II.
- Trial name
- NCT03894995
- Testing
- Installation of ventilation
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Air Pollution Exposure
Voices Illuminating Solutions for Outdoor Workers' Needs and Safety
The goal for this multidisciplinary randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to actively and meaningfully engage outdoor workers (can include agricultural workers, construction workers, landscaping, wildland firefighters, fire…
- Trial name
- VISIONS (NCT07713264)
- Testing
- Receive education on heat and air quality health risks, Participate in Photovoice and climate health risk education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Healthy Women
Effect of an Antioxidant Dietary Supplement on Skin Radiance
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the effects of an oral antioxidant dietary supplement on skin radiance in women exposed to urban air pollution.
- Trial name
- NCT07793123
- Testing
- Antioxidant Supplement
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Robertet SA
Pneumonia, Pollution; Exposure
The Effect of Household Air Pollution on Lung Function Growth in Infants With Pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa
This study will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a household-based clean air intervention
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Pollution; Exposure, Lung Function Decreased, Chronic Respiratory Disease
- Trial name
- PLUS2 (NCT05724082)
- Testing
- Clean Air Intervention
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Exposure to Pollution
Toxicokinetic Study of Lambda-cyhalothrin Biomarkers of Exposure
Exposure to pyrethroid pesticides is a growing concern in the workplace especially since they are also present in the diet of the general population. It is important to monitor human exposure to these contaminants.
- Trial name
- NCT03159013
- Testing
- Exposure
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Montréal
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