Clinical trials: Light
Aging, Sarcopenia
Effects of Resistance Training With High vs. Light-moderate Loads on Muscle-tendon Function in the Elderly
There are no unbiased studies that have analyzed the effects of resistance training with traditional, heavy versus light-moderate loads on muscle, tendon and bone in elderly people.
- Conditions
- Aging, Sarcopenia, Frail Elderly Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03724461
- Testing
- High Intensity resistance training (12 weeks), Light-moderate intensity resistance training (12 weeks), Control (12 weeks)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
Labor Pain and Anxiety, Labor Progress
Effects of Dim Light During Labor on Pain, Anxiety, and Labor Progress
The environment of the labor room may influence how women experience childbirth. Light levels, in particular, may affect comfort, stress, and the course of labor.
- Trial name
- DIM-LIGHT (NCT07310602)
- Testing
- Dim Light Exposure During Labor, Routine Labor Room Lighting
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pınar Erdoğan
Sleep Deprivation, Circadian Rhythm
Circadian Rhythms and Time Perception in Healthy Adults During Constant Wakefulness
This study examines how the internal body clock (circadian rhythms) influences the way healthy adults experience time, think, and feel when they stay awake for an extended period.
- Conditions
- Sleep Deprivation, Circadian Rhythm, Healthy Volunteers, Time Perception
- Trial name
- CircaTime (NCT07294781)
- Testing
- Constant Routine Wakefulness
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Lipid Tear Deficiency (Disorder), Dry Eye Disease
Changes in Tear Lipid Layer Thickness After Short Exposure to Light Emitting Diode Displays
Video display terminals (VDTs) are ubiquitous, and engagement in digital screens has grown substantially across all age groups worldwide. Prolonged exposure to VDTs is associated with the development of various health problems.
- Trial name
- NCT05003128
- Testing
- LED screen (InnoLux, Taiwan)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Opioid; Intoxication, Perception Disturbance (Acute), Acute Pain
Pupillary Unrest in Ambient Light, and Relationship to Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression
Volunteers will receive a weight-based opioid (remifentanil) infusion for 10 minutes. In the first run, serial pupillary measurements (pupillary unrest, pupil diameter) will be taken at baseline, and at 2.5-minute intervals…
- Conditions
- Opioid; Intoxication, Perception Disturbance (Acute), Acute Pain, Overdose of Opiate, Respiratory Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04301895
- Testing
- Continuous conversational interaction, Remifentanil infusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Physiological Neonatal Jaundice, Physiological Hyperbilirubinaemia
Comparison of Effects of Fenofibrate Adjuvant Therapy Versus Conventional Phototherapy in Neonatal Jaundice.
Neonatal jaundice has significant importance in neonatal morbidity and mortality world-wide. Though phototherapy has a relentless use in neonatal jaundice, its cumbersome side effects and the physical separation of baby from the…
- Trial name
- NCT06346743
- Testing
- Fenofibrate, Phototherapy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Muhammad Zark
Sleep Disturbance
Intervention Study in Elderly With Sleep Problems
The main objective of the study is to improve subjective sleep quality using a multimodal intervention with an intervention and a control group. The multimodal intervention aims to improve circadian Zeitgeber strength.
- Trial name
- CIEL (NCT05485415)
- Testing
- Multimodal intervention, Control
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mirjam Münch
Normal Physiology
Impact of Sex and Age on Non-visual Light Input That Affects Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how the pupil responds to different light stimuli and how that relates to sleep and daily rhythms in healthy people of different ages.
- Trial name
- NCT05829044
- Testing
- Pupillometry, Light box exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Fibrosis, Skin Scarring
Light Emitting Diode-Red Light (LED-RL) Phototherapy for Skin Scarring Prevention
Skin scarring (fibrosis) is a common complication in the wound healing process and remains a therapeutic challenge. Scar formation often occurs following injury to the skin such as surgery, trauma, and burns.
- Conditions
- Fibrosis, Skin Scarring, Skin Wound, Hypertrophic Scar
- Trial name
- NCT03795116
- Testing
- LED-RL phototherapy, Mock irradiation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
Superficial Bladder Cancer
Sequential Whole Bladder Photodynamic Therapy (WBPDT) in the Management of Superficial Bladder Cancer
This protocol is evaluating efficacy and toxicity of three sequential whole bladder photodynamic treatment with Photofrin and red laser light (630 nm) in the management of superficial bladder cancer (non-muscle invasive) in those…
- Trial name
- NCT00322699
- Testing
- Whole bladder laser light treatment as an alternative to radical cystectomy, Photofrin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
Cellulite
Study of the Effect of Low Level Laser Light Therapy on Reducing the Appearance of Cellulite in the Thighs and Buttocks.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the application of green diode low level laser light therapy is effective in reducing the appearance of cellulite in the thighs and buttocks.
- Trial name
- NCT01702259
- Testing
- Erchonia Scanner device (GLS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erchonia Corporation
Fatigue
Feasibility of Light Therapy for Fatigue N-of-1 Trials
This Personalized Trial will test the feasibility and effectiveness of employing technology to facilitate remote N-of-1 interventions to research participants with self-identified fatigue.
- Trial name
- NCT04707846
- Testing
- Bright Blue Light Commercial AYO Light Therapy Device, Dim Blue Light Commercial AYO Light Therapy Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Optic Neuritis
Light Stimulation to Improve Visual Function After Optic Neuritis in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
The aim of this monocentric randomized controlled intervention study is to improve visual function in persons with multiple sclerosis following optic neuritis (neuritis nervi optici) by means of a light stimulation.
- Trial name
- ONSTIM (NCT06389968)
- Testing
- Light stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Rapid Prototyping in Dentures
Complete Denture Tooth Movement in Digital Light Processing Versus Conventional Fabrication Techniques
The purposes of this study are to compare the denture tooth movement, the amount of occlusal adjustment needed and the chairside time required for CAD-CAM and conventional dentures.
- Trial name
- NCT04025697
- Testing
- Complete Denture, Rapid prototyped denture
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Falls, Balance
Toileting at Night in Older Adults: Light to Maximize Balance, Minimize Insomnia
To examine the change in balance that occurs in older individuals when exposed to different colored lights at night.
- Conditions
- Falls, Balance, Insomnia, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT01350505
- Testing
- White light exposure, Dim white light exposure, Very dim white light exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Concussion, Mild, Post-Concussion Symptoms
Bright Light Therapy for Treatment of Sleep Problems Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
The purpose of the research study is to understand the effectiveness of a six-week course of light exposure on cognitive functioning, mood, activity, and sleep in people that have suffered a head injury leading to a concussion.
- Conditions
- Concussion, Mild, Post-Concussion Symptoms, Sleep Problems
- Trial name
- NCT02374918
- Testing
- mTBI wavelength-1 bright light, mTBI wavelength-2 bright light, HC wavelength-1 bright light
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Snakehead Fish Extract and Curcumin Co-Supplementation in Advanced Lung Cancer on Inflammation, Nutritional Status, and Quality of Life
Background: Patients with advanced lung cancer receiving systemic therapy often experience nutritional decline, systemic inflammation, and impaired quality of life.
- Trial name
- BMI (NCT07906626)
- Testing
- Snakehead Fish Extract and Curcumin
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Sumatera Utara
Circumference Reduction
Study of Low Level Laser Light Therapy on Circumference Reduction
The purpose of this study is to determine whether low level laser light therapy is effective in reducing circumference of the waist, hips, thighs and upper abdomen over a 6 week period.
- Trial name
- NCT02109107
- Testing
- Erchonia EZ6 Laser
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erchonia Corporation
Pain, Postoperative, Edema
Effectiveness of Light-emitting Diode (LED) Photobiomodulation in the Extraction of Retained Lower Third Molars
In dentistry, one of the most common surgical procedures is the removal of included third molars. This surgery generates great morbidity to patients for causing pain, edema and trismus due to surgical trauma.
- Conditions
- Pain, Postoperative, Edema, Trismus, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT03442166
- Testing
- LED group
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nove de Julho
Dementia, Sleep Disorder
Develop Novel Phototherapy for Health Care of Patients With Sleep Disorder, Mild Cognitive Impairment, or Dementia
Investigators aim to collaborate with the division of neurology, ophthalmology and dermatology at the Kaohsiung Medical University, and make a new phototherapy for participants suffering from dementia, sleep disorder, mild…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Sleep Disorder, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Phototherapy
- Trial name
- NCT04407351
- Testing
- Green LED light
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University