Clinical trials: Heat Effect
Heart Rate, All-day Steps
Assessing the Effect of Cool Roofs on Health Using Smartwatches 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
- Heart Rate, All-day Steps, Distance Walked, Active Minutes
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT06831006)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
Gastrointestinal Function, Mental Well-being
The Effects of Early Postoperative Heat Application and Abdominal Massage on Gastrointestinal Function
This randomised controlled trial was designed to determine the effect of early-stage heat application and abdominal massage on patients' gastrointestinal function and mental well-being following hip fracture surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT07208955
- Testing
- heat application, abdominal massage, control group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cukurova University
Aging
Acute Passive Heating in Healthy Older Adults
Aging is associated with a decline in cardiovascular health, cognitive function and losses in muscle strength, with half or more of those over age 65 suffering from two or more comorbidities (e.g., heart disease, type 2…
- Trial name
- NCT05622747
- Testing
- Passive heating
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Portsmouth
Depression, Mood Disorders
Cold and Heat Investigation to Lower Levels of Depression
This study will recruit 112 medically healthy adults (aged 18-65) currently experiencing depressive symptoms to be randomized to receive either a single Whole Body Hyperthermia (heat therapy) treatment or a Whole Body…
- Conditions
- Depression, Mood Disorders, Healthy (Controls)
- Trial name
- CHILL'D (NCT06263738)
- Testing
- Whole Body Hyperthermia, Cold Water Plunge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barry Sandler
Environmental Exposure
Interventions to Decrease Heat Stress Among Latinx Farmworkers in Idaho
The goal of this study is to collaborate with farmworker, community organizations, and labor contractors/employers to develop workplace- and individual-level interventions, and evaluate the efficacy of those interventions in…
- Trial name
- NCT05807282
- Testing
- Interventions to Decrease Heat Stress among Latinx Farmworkers in Idaho
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boise State University
HIV Infections
Feasibility and Pilot Efficacy of Flash-heated Breast Milk to Reduce Maternal-to-Child-Transmission of HIV in Tanzania
This study will investigate the feasibility of HIV positive mothers in Tanzania to correctly use the Flash-heat method to pasteurize their breast milk and for how long they are able to do so.
- Trial name
- Flash-heat (NCT00523510)
- Testing
- Infant feeding counseling that includes Flash-heat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Exercise, Heat Strain
Effect of Exercise and Heat Stress on Acute Cardiometabolic Adaptations in Healthy Young Adults
Life in space is completely void of physical and environmental stress. It is well known that living things need regular physical stress (e.g. exercise) to remain strong, functional and healthy.
- Conditions
- Exercise, Heat Strain, Control Condition
- Trial name
- NCT06872762
- Testing
- Exercise, Heat strain
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
Heat Stress
Non-invasive Prediction of Thermal Strain in Healthy Male Adults
This is primarily an experimental study investigating methods of temperature measurement / heat strain detection. In the calibration study, there are different skin temperature sensor types, and in the prediction study there are…
- Trial name
- HUMONHEAT (NCT04650776)
- Testing
- Heat strain
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simon Annaheim
Plasma Glucose Following Prolonged Heat Exposure
Glycemic Control Following Occupational Work in a Hot Environment
Occupational workers regularly perform physically demanding tasks in hot environments, exposing them to heat stress and potential dehydration.
- Trial name
- NCT06982612
- Testing
- Hot environment, Temperate condition
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loughborough University
Alcohol Consumption, Heat Stress
Ethanol Consumption in the Heat
Climate change has significantly increased the earth's average surface temperature and heat waves have been predicted to increase in frequency, intensity and duration.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Consumption, Heat Stress, Age
- Trial name
- NCT06935045
- Testing
- Alcohol (Ethanol)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lakehead University
Heat Acclimation and Thermotolerance
Chronic Exercise With Overdressing
The purpose of this study is to determine if five training sessions of exercise with overdressing can induce heat acclimation.
- Trial name
- Chronic-XO (NCT07099872)
- Testing
- Control, Overdressing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Aging, Heat Stress
Establishing Evidence-based Indoor Temperature Thresholds to Protect Health
An individual's ability to adequately cope with short- or long-term increases in ambient temperature is critical for maintaining health and wellbeing.
- Conditions
- Aging, Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
- Trial name
- HW2 (NCT04348630)
- Testing
- Simulated heatwave exposure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Obesity, Abdominal Obesity
Study of Safety and Efficacy of a Probiotic and Postbiotic in Overweight Individuals
Investigate the effect of a probiotic (live bacteria) and postbiotic (heat-treated bacteria) strains in overweight individuals.
- Trial name
- KOBI (NCT05428137)
- Testing
- Probiotic, Postbiotic
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
Eco-anxiety, PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Mental Health in Ahmedabad, India
Ambient air temperatures in India have broken record highs. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt to increasing heat from climate change.
- Conditions
- Eco-anxiety, PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Resilience, Anxiety
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT07251218)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Heat; Excess, Sleep Disorder
Effect of Sleep Debt on Neurophysiological Responses to Heat Exposure
Many people are required to work in stressful situations combining sleep debt and hot environmental conditions. If the effect of sleep debt on cognitive performance is proven, this effect could be increased, during heat exposure…
- Trial name
- ChaSPerf (NCT05181345)
- Testing
- Sleep recording (at home), Heat exposure, Normal sleep
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
Heat Exposure, Healthy
Safe Indoor Temperature Limit for Fans
Extreme heat events are a significant global threat to health and wellbeing, and result in more morbidity and mortality than all other natural disasters combined.
- Conditions
- Heat Exposure, Healthy, Young Adults, Fans
- Trial name
- NCT06584903
- Testing
- Temperature Ramp Protocol
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lakehead University
Gingival Enlargement
Temperature and Healing in Treatment of Gingival Enlargement
Aim: Gingival enlargement is a common clinical condition which requires surgical approaches to alleviating these enlargement areas.
- Trial name
- NCT04016064
- Testing
- Er:YAG LASER, Nd:YAG laser, elctrosurgery, conventional surgery
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Heat-suit Endurance Training, Non-heat-suit Endurance Training
Effects of Heat-suit Training on Biological and Performance Characteristics in Elite Cyclists
The overall objective of the study is to investigate the effects of five weeks of heat-suit training on training-associated changes in hemoglobin mass, skeletal muscle characteristics and endurance exercise performance in elite…
- Trial name
- HeatME (NCT04611646)
- Testing
- Heat-suit endurance training, Non-heat-suit endurance training
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Root Canal Infection
Evaluation of Post Operative Pain Following Reciprocating and Rotary Heat-treated NiTi Instrumentation of Root Canals: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
The present clinical evaluation was planned for comparing the post-operative pain incidence in maxillary premolar teeth with acute irreversible pulpitis treated by recently introduced heat treated TruNatomy TM and other widely…
- Trial name
- NCT04655105
- Testing
- root canal rotary files
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University
Body Surface Cooling Methods
Cooling During Exercise in the Heat
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of upper-body surface cooling with whole-body surface cooling on exercise performance while wearing firefighter clothing in the heat.
- Trial name
- NCT05890261
- Testing
- Cold water-perfused cooling garment
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba