Clinical trials: Heat Stress Disorders
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Subdural Hematoma
Efficacy of Bromocriptine For Fever Reduction in Acute Neurologic Injury
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the antipyretic effect of bromocriptine in critically-ill patients with acute neurologic injury and fever from infectious and non-infectious etiologies.
- Conditions
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Subdural Hematoma, Traumatic Brain Injury, Ischemic Stroke
- Trial name
- BFF (NCT03496545)
- Testing
- Bromocriptine 5 MG, Acetaminophen 650 MG
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Heat Stroke
Study of Risk Factors for the Occurrence and Severity of Exertional Heatstroke in the Military Environment
Although the circumstances of onset and management of exertional heatstroke have been identified for several years, its pathophysiology remains imperfectly understood. Exertional heatstroke is the result of both extrinsic (i.e.
- Trial name
- EXPLO-CCE (NCT04593316)
- Testing
- Saliva collection, Questionnaires, Ingestible core temperature capsule intake
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
Hyperthermia, Heat Acclimation and Thermotolerance
Cooling Solutions for Outdoor Workers
The investigators aim to test the effectiveness of two cooling interventions in reducing the core temperature of outdoor workers.
- Trial name
- NCT06998667
- Testing
- Standard Heat Illness Prevention Measures, Cooling bandana, Cooling glove
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Heat Stress Disorders, Heat Stroke
Heat Strain Prevention in Elderly Agricultural Workers
The study explores a multi-component heat strain prevention program for older agricultural workers in response to climate change. It assesses hydration, rest breaks, reflective clothing, and shade provision.
- Conditions
- Heat Stress Disorders, Heat Stroke, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Cramps
- Trial name
- NCT06192069
- Testing
- Sustainable Heat Strain Prevention Program for Agricultural Elderly Workers (SHiP-AEW)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Intermediate AMD
A Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a New Light Combination Therapy Addressing Intermediate AMD
The proposed clinical investigation wants primary to validate the safety of the innovative light therapy approach and in second priority provide insight and confirmations on therapeutic effect.
- Trial name
- retinaSEES-PoC (NCT06557369)
- Testing
- reSEES
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Oculox Technologies SA
Breast Cancer
Randomized Study of Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Focused Microwave Thermotherapy Before Surgery in Treating Women With Large Breast Cancer Tumors
The purpose of this randomized Phase III study is to determine whether preoperative focused microwave heat treatment and chemotherapy combined are more effective than preoperative chemotherapy alone in the treatment of large…
- Trial name
- Medifocus301 (NCT01204801)
- Testing
- Focused Microwave Thermotherapy, Chemotherapy (control)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 238 people
- Sponsor
- Medifocus, Inc.
Aging, Hyperthermia
Aging and Gastrointestinal Barrier Function
The purpose of this study is to assess the gastrointestinal responses of the elderly and younger populations during hyperthermia.
- Trial name
- NCT05816551
- Testing
- Hyperthermia Trial, Control Trial
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Hyperthermia, Chronic Primary Pain
Hyperthermia in Patients With Chronic Primary Pain - Effects on Thermoregulation, Somatosensory System and Movement Evoked Pain
This study, in a quasi-experimental matched two-group pre-post design, investigates the effect of serial water-filtered whole-body hyperthermia on circadian core body temperature, the somatosensory system (nociception) and the…
- Conditions
- Hyperthermia, Chronic Primary Pain, Widespread Pain, Muscular Disease
- Trial name
- HYPPRI-1 (NCT07101978)
- Testing
- serial whole body hyperthermia
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bern University of Applied Sciences
Blood Loss, Surgical, Transfusion Rate
Effect of Electrosurgery on Blood Loss and Intraoperative Transfusions in Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery
Resection of malign musculoskeletal tumors and reconstruction with large tumor prostheses often results in relevant blood loss requiring hemodynamic stabilization and transfusion.
- Conditions
- Blood Loss, Surgical, Transfusion Rate, Electrosurgery, Tumororthopaedics
- Trial name
- NCT05164809
- Testing
- Application of novel electrodes
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster
Reactive Hyperemia, Micro RNA
Effect on Markers of Cardiovascular, Reproductive and Cancer Risk From Firefighting Training
Epidemiological studies based on Danish registries have observed that Danish male firefighters have more cardiovascular disease, infertility diagnose and a trend to increased risk of cancer than other Danish employed males.
- Conditions
- Reactive Hyperemia, Micro RNA, Heart Rate Variability, DNA Strand Breaks
- Trial name
- BIOBRAND3 (NCT05753254)
- Testing
- Firefighting training exercises with no fire, Firefighting training exercises under wood fire, Firefighting training exercises under gas fire
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
Cutaneous Metastatic Melanoma
Intratumoral Targeted Hyperthermia Therapy (THT) for Stage 3C/3D/4M1 Cutaneous Metastatic Melanoma
This first-in-human device clinical trial investigates the safety and feasibility of GNR-mediated THT in patients with stage 3C/3D/4M1 cutaneous metastatic melanoma unresponsive to systemic to PD-1 immune checkpoint immunotherapy…
- Trial name
- THT-CMM (NCT06894407)
- Testing
- Device: Targeted Hyperthermia Therapy
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Sona Nanotech Inc
Fluid Retention, Sodium Retention
The Effect of AMP Human Sodium Bicarbonate Lotion on Dehydrated Heat Stress
The primary purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate the effects of a topical sodium bicarbonate lotion (PR Lotion, AMP Human, Park City, UT) on measures of hydration status and fluid balance in humans when exposed to the…
- Conditions
- Fluid Retention, Sodium Retention, Heat Stress, Dehydration (Physiology)
- Trial name
- AMP2 (NCT05092854)
- Testing
- PR Lotion - AMP Human Performance, AminoVital - Rapid Recovery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Hypertension, Pure Autonomic Failure
Overnight Trials With Heat Stress in Autonomic Failure Patients With Supine Hypertension
Patients with autonomic failure are characterized by disabling orthostatic hypotension (low blood pressure on standing), and at least half of them also have high blood pressure while lying down (supine hypertension).
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Pure Autonomic Failure, Multiple System Atrophy, Autonomic Failure
- Trial name
- NCT03042988
- Testing
- Heating pad
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer
Genomic Medicine Risk Assessment Care for Everyone - Implementation Phase
The "Genomic medicine Risk Assessment Care for Everyone" (GRACE)" intervention project will develop a scalable end-to-end solution for risk assessment and management that meets the needs of those populations living in low…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer, Liver Diseases, Hyperthermia
- Trial name
- GRACE (NCT06278883)
- Testing
- Disease Risk Assessment
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 245 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heat Stress
Indoor Overheating and Physiological Strain in Older Adults With COPD
During warm weather, homes without air conditioning can stay hot for long periods, and most heat-related health problems in Canada happen indoors rather than outdoors.
- Trial name
- NCT07852910
- Testing
- Simulated indoor thermal environment
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Overheating
Thermoregulatory Reactions of Medical Workers Who Use Personal Protective Equipment From Biological Hazards
This research will provide data on thermal condition, functional status and working conditions of medical workers who use personal protective equipment from biological hazards.
- Trial name
- NCT05091515
- Testing
- Personal protective equipment from biological hazard
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health"
Core Temperature, Heat Stress, Exertional
Initial Stay Times and Heat Mitigation Controls for Uncompensable Occupational Heat Stress - Part II
Workplaces rely on upper heat stress limits provided by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) to manage the health and safety of workers in hot environments.
- Conditions
- Core Temperature, Heat Stress, Exertional, Heat Fatigue, Exercise
- Trial name
- NCT06543719
- Testing
- Simulated work in the heat
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Risk of Heat Stress
Effect of Aging and Aerobic Fitness Level on Heat Dissipation
In the context of global aging, the health risk factors associated with exercising or working in the heat for aging population are exacerbated by the rising in global surface temperatures.
- Trial name
- NCT04241900
- Testing
- Shuttle run test
- Where
- 2 sites in Greece
- Volunteers
- 431 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Petros Dinas
Diabetes, Peripheral Arterial Disease
Effects of High Voltage Electrical Stimulation, Shortwave Diathermy and Kinesiotherapy on Arterial Blood Flow in the Lower Limbs of Diabetic Women
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a pathological condition limiting, resulting from a narrowing or occlusion of the artery diameter due to aneurysms, inflammation, atherosclerosis and thromboembolic events.
- Trial name
- NCT01868698
- Testing
- high-voltage electrical stimulation, Kinesiotherapy, shortwave diathermy
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Peripheral Artery Disease
Leg Heat Therapy in Peripheral Artery Disease
The goal of this randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial is to evaluate the benefits of home-based, leg heat therapy (HT) on lower-extremity functioning and quality of life in patients who suffer from…
- Trial name
- NCT05465070
- Testing
- Leg heat therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University