Clinical trials: Household Air Pollution
Acute Respiratory Infection, Pneumonia Childhood
Impact of Improved "Injera" Baking Stove Use on Childhood Acute Respiratory Infection Prevention in Northwest Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, great majorities (95%) of households rely on solid biomass fuels such as wood, muck, crop residues, and charcoal burned in highly polluting stoves to meet the basic household energy needs with its severe health…
- Trial name
- NCT03612362
- Testing
- Improved "Injera" Baking Biomass Stove
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 5,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahir Dar University
Oxidant Imbalance, Pulmonary Function
In Utero Household Air Pollution Exposure and Lung Development in Ghana
Household air pollution from cook stoves using solid fuels dominates total population air pollution exposures. Females and young children are disproportionately affected as they either perform or are present for the majority of…
- Trial name
- NCT02200289
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Cardiopulmonary Function, Environmental Exposures
Effects of LPG and Ventilation Interventions on Reducing HAP and Improving Cardiopulmonary Health
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the independent and synergistic effects of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) substitution and improved ventilation on household air pollution (HAP) reduction and cardiopulmonary health.
- Trial name
- NCT07005193
- Testing
- Cooking ventilation facilities, Using liquefied gas for cooking, Using solid fuels for cooking
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease (Disorder), Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease (Telomere Biology Disorder)
Occupational and Environmental Exposures Analysis in Interstitial Lung Diseases.
The OCEAN-ILD study is designed to prospectively evaluate the prevalence and clinical relevance of environmental and occupational exposures in a large Italian cohort of patients affected by any ILD, using a standardised exposure…
- Conditions
- Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease (Disorder), Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease (Telomere Biology Disorder), Exposure Occupational, Occupational Exposure
- Trial name
- OCEAN-ILD (NCT07577115)
- Testing
- standard interview
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Household Air Pollution, Behavior, Social
P3 Ghana Cookstove Study
Background: Despite their potential health and social benefits, adoption and use of improved cookstoves has been low throughout much of the world.
- Trial name
- P3 (NCT03617952)
- Testing
- P3 Bio Intervention
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Premature Birth, Fetal Growth Retardation
NACER II: Reducing Prenatal Exposures to Household Air Pollution in Rural Guatemala Through a Gas Stove/Behavior Intervention to Improve Neonatal Health
Greater efforts are needed to bring affordable, clean stoves and adaptive behavioral strategies to the millions of households worldwide that continue to burn solid cooking fuels using inefficient stoves.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Fetal Growth Retardation, Infections, Respiratory, Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Non-occupational
- Trial name
- NCT02812914
- Testing
- Low-cost gas stove, Peer education classes, Resource-intensive behavioral intervention approach
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Diarrhoeal Disease, Respiratory Infection
Water Filters and Improved Cookstoves in Western Rwanda
DelAgua Health Rwanda (Implementation) Ltd. together with Rwanda Ministry of Health (MoH) are delivering an intervention, consisting on the free distribution of one advance water filter and one improved cookstove to all household…
- Conditions
- Diarrhoeal Disease, Respiratory Infection, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT02239250
- Testing
- Water filter and cookstove
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 1,582 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Household Air Pollution and Health: A Multi-country LPG Intervention Trial
This study is a randomized controlled trial of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove and fuel distribution in 3,200 households in four countries (India, Guatemala, Peru, and Rwanda).
- Trial name
- HAPIN (NCT02944682)
- Testing
- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookstove
- Where
- 4 sites in Guatemala, India and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 6,704 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Compliant Behavior, Diarrheal Disease
Rural China Electric Kettle Promotion Program
This study will evaluate the impact of a pilot Rural Electric Kettle Promotion Program offered to low-income households in rural Anhui Province, China.
- Conditions
- Compliant Behavior, Diarrheal Disease, Pollution; Exposure
- Trial name
- NCT03376152
- Testing
- Electric Kettle Promotion
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Behavior, Consumer, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Encouraging LPG Adoption in Ghana: A Factorial Randomized Clinical Trial to Enhance LPG Adoption & Sustained Use
Household air pollution (HAP) is a top-priority public health problem in developing countries. According to the most recent comparative risk assessment, 3.5 million people die prematurely each year as a result of HAP exposures.
- Conditions
- Behavior, Consumer, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health Attitude
- Trial name
- ELAG (NCT03352830)
- Testing
- RANAS Behavior Change Intervention, Infrastructural Intervention - Direct Delivery
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Ghana
- Volunteers
- 781 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Blood Pressure, Carotid Intima Media Thickness
Cardiopulmonary Outcomes and Household Air Pollution Trial
The purpose of this randomized controlled field trial is to determine whether a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove and fuel distribution intervention reduces personal and kitchen exposure to household air pollutants and improves…
- Conditions
- Blood Pressure, Carotid Intima Media Thickness, Endothelial Function, Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
- Trial name
- CHAP (NCT02994680)
- Testing
- Three-burner LPG stove, Delivery of LPG tanks, Vouchers for LPG tanks
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hypertension
Community Mobilization for Improved Clean Cookstove Uptake, Household Air Pollution Reduction, and Hypertension Prevention
Using a focused implementation research framework, the EPIS (Exploration, Preparation, Implementation and Sustainment) model in a type-2 hybrid design, the study will be conducted in 3 phases: 1) A pre-implementation phase that…
- Trial name
- NCT05048147
- Testing
- Community Mobilization
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 1,280 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Household Air Polution, Cardiovascular Diseases
GEOHealth Hub: Household Air Pollution and Cardio-pulmonary and Immune Function Outcomes
Background: The increasing effect of environmental, occupational and climate change poses serious global threat for public health.
- Conditions
- Household Air Polution, Cardiovascular Diseases, Lung Diseases, Immune Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT02824237
- Testing
- Improved cook stove
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Pregnancy
Household Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcome
Exposure to Household air pollution (HAP) from burning biomass fuels is responsible for an estimated 2.5 million premature deaths and 3.7% of the loss of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) every year in developing…
- Trial name
- HAP (NCT02394574)
- Testing
- Clean Cookstove, Traditional Cookstove
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 307 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Exposure to Household Air Pollution
Applied Implementation Research for Clean Cooking in Cambodia
The goal of this study is to learn how to help families in Cambodia switch to using electric induction stoves instead of traditional stoves that burn wood or charcoal.
- Trial name
- AIR-C3 (NCT06942715)
- Testing
- Electric Induction Cookstoves
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 6,150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
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
Air Pollution, mHealth Intervention
1/2- Bangladesh Center for Global Environmental and Occupational Health- Bangladesh
Almost 3 billion people worldwide, including 89% people in Bangladesh, are exposed to harmful household air pollutants (HAP) emitted from combustion of biomass (wood, agricultural residue, cow dung, etc.) fuel use for cooking.
- Conditions
- Air Pollution, mHealth Intervention, Cardiopulmonary Function, Immune Function
- Trial name
- GEOHealth-II (NCT05570552)
- Testing
- mHealth based behavioral change communication intervention
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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