Clinical trials: Heat Stress Disorders, open to volunteers
Cholelithiasis
Electrosurgical Patterns and Learning Curve in Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
This prospective observational study will examine how electrosurgical activation patterns during elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy are associated with surgeon experience and intraoperative difficulty.
- Trial name
- ELECTRO-LC (NCT07888491)
- Testing
- Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 165 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Split
Physical Inactivity, Vascular Dysfunction
Heat Therapy During Reduced Physical Activity
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine whether daily Finnish dry sauna therapy attenuates the adverse cardiovascular, muscular, and metabolic effects of seven days of experimentally reduced physical…
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Vascular Dysfunction, Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
- Trial name
- HEAT-RPA (NCT07847424)
- Testing
- Sauna, Reduced Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham Young 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
Heat Stroke
Study of Thermoregulation in Exercise Heat Stroke in the Military Environment
The EXPLO-MITO study is an ancillary study from the main EXPLO-CCE study (NCT04593316; IDRCB: 2020-A01967-32). The Heat Tolerance Test (HTT) is a physiological exploration that has several advantages for use in research and…
- Trial name
- EXPLO-MITO (NCT05847465)
- Testing
- Bike stress test, Heat Tolerance Test, Heat nociception test
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
Hyperthermia
Rapid Cool: Heat Stroke Treatment
Hot climates such as in Phoenix, AZ commonly have individuals experiencing heat stroke, a life-threatening medical emergency. The dangerously high body temperature can result in death if not treated immediately with rapid body…
- Trial name
- NCT07743619
- Testing
- Recirculated water, Phoenix protocol
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Heat Strain, Healthy Volunteer Study
The Kidney's Response to Exercise in Heat, and the Impact of Vitamin B3 on This Response
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the processes occurring in the kidneys while under heat stress in healthy volunteers.
- Conditions
- Heat Strain, Healthy Volunteer Study, Kidney Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT06983730
- Testing
- Vitamin B3
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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
Cutaneous Metastatic Melanoma
Intratumoral Targeted Hyperthermia Therapy (THT) for Cutaneous Metastatic Melanoma
This device phase I/II, first in human, early feasibility study (EFS), open-label, single-arm trial aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of Gold Nanorod (GNR)-enabled sub-ablative targeted…
- Trial name
- NCT06870994
- Testing
- Targeted Hyperthermia Therapy
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Sona Nanotech Inc
Aging
Identification of Critical Thermal Environments for Aged Adults
This study evaluates critical environmental limits (temperature and humidity) above which older adults are unable to effectively thermoregulate.
- Trial name
- NCT04284397
- Testing
- Low dose ASA, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Depression, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
Impact of Depression on Thermoregulation
The purpose of this study is to determine if, compared to non-depressed adults, differences exist in skin blood flow and sweating responses to passive heat stress in adults with clinically diagnosed depression, those with…
- Trial name
- NCT06805851
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
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
Head and Neck Cancer, Oropharyngeal Carcinoma
Thermotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
This phase I, single-center study evaluates the safety, tolerability, and recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of mild hyperthermia (thermotherapy) when added to standard-of-care treatment in patients with locally advanced head and…
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer, Oropharyngeal Carcinoma, Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma, Laryngeal Carcinoma
- Trial name
- TANCAP-I (NCT07690618)
- Testing
- Thermotherapy, Radiotherapy, Concurrent chemoradiation
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
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
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), Hyperthermia
Analysis of Hyperthermia as a Complementary Treatment to Evidence-based Clinical Intervention in Subjects With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome:
This project aims to analyze the use of hyperthermia within a treatment protocol for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), as well as to determine the difference between two and three sessions per week.
- Conditions
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), Hyperthermia, Frequency of Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT06942273
- Testing
- hyperthermia, physical exercise, splint
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University of Malaga
Warts
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Hyperthermia and Hydrogen Peroxide 3% in the Treatment of Cutaneous Warts
Hyperthermia treatment (hyperthermia) refers to treating diseases with temperature (39-45 ° C) beyond normal body temperature,. It has been reported that local warming at 44 ° C is able to effectively mobilize the body's immunity…
- Trial name
- NCT06812065
- Testing
- Hydrogen Peroxide 3 % Topical Solution, Local Hyperthermia at 44℃
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- First Hospital of China Medical University
Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP), Non Specific Chronic Low Back Pain
TECAR Therapy in Chronic Back Pain
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether adding high-intensity electromyostimulation (Hi-EMS) to capacitive and resistive electric transfer (TECAR) therapy improves pain and functional performance in adults with…
- Trial name
- NCT07821021
- Testing
- TECAR Therapy plus Hi-EMS, Tecar therapy alone
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- University of Hartford
Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
Heat Stress in Individuals With Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness affecting approximately 24 million people worldwide and is associated with more than double the all cause mortality risk of the general population.
- Conditions
- Heat Stress, Physiological Stress, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- NCT07383324
- Testing
- Simulated exposure to indoor overheating
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Hyperthermia
Laboratory Heat Biomarker and Cooling Interventions
Our study has two goals. The first goal is to find a blood test that can detect signs of strain from heat in the body ("a biomarker").
- Trial name
- NCT07617649
- Testing
- Hand cooling table, Cooling bandana
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Feasibility of Integrating Thermotherapy for Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Primary Health Care Setup
This study will look at how feasible it is to use thermotherapy (TT) as a treatment for skin(cutaneous) leishmaniasis (CL) in health centers in the Sodo and South Sodo districts, Ethiopia.
- Trial name
- TTCL (NCT06746350)
- Testing
- Thermotherapy
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 103 people
- Sponsor
- Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia
Heat Cramps, Heat Rash
Testing Interventions to Mitigate the Health Impact of Heatwaves on Primary School Children in Climate-vulnerable Districts of Bangladesh.
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the impact of implementing a combination of heat education and school-based physical infrastructure interventions in reducing heat related illnesses and improving educational outcomes…
- Conditions
- Heat Cramps, Heat Rash, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stress
- Trial name
- NCT07877935
- Testing
- Solar reflective paint, Bamboo ceiling with polyethylene foam, Heat education toolkit
- Where
- 2 sites in Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,875 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BRAC University