Clinical trials: Pollution Exposure
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
Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Non-occupational
Interaction Effects of Temperature and Ozone
Purpose: The purpose of this protocol is to understand how individuals respond to the air pollutant ozone at elevated temperatures.
- Trial name
- TROPICOZ (NCT01981135)
- Testing
- Clean Air, Ozone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Noise Exposure, Environmental Exposure
The Social Gradient of Urban Noise Pollution and Its Effect on Pediatric and Adult Health
The investigators pilot test an intervention to understand the spatial-temporal distribution of aggregated environmental noise exposure in Philadelphia and its impact on health.
- Conditions
- Noise Exposure, Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04822155
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Asthma Acute, Respiratory
Children's Health, Respiratory Inflammation and Short-term Air Pollution
The goal of this study is to see if physical activity in high air pollution is worse than rest in high air pollution.
- Trial name
- CHERISH (NCT07431021)
- Testing
- science lesson, PE Lesson
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Cardiovascular System, Health
Acute Effects of Meteorological Factors and Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Health
The goal of this observational study is to analyze the acute effects of meteorological factors and air pollution on cardiovascular system. The main question it aims to answer is: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06663267
- Testing
- NOT
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 350,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University
Healthy
Sympathetic Nerve Activation Evoked by Diesel Exhaust Exposure
The adverse effects of air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory health have been demonstrated in an extensive series of epidemiological, observational and experimental studies.
- Trial name
- NCT02892279
- Testing
- Diesel exhaust exposure
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Biomarkers of Air Pollution Exposure
Biomarkers of Exposure to Air Pollutants (AEROTOX-2)
Nowadays, an increase of inflammatory chronic diseases and/or tumors incidence has been reported in part due to the rising in life expectancy.
- Trial name
- AEROTOX-2 (NCT02765529)
- Testing
- Blood sampling
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University
Endothelial Dysfunction
The Cardiovascular Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure
Exposure to air pollution has been linked to increased cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality. The exact component of air pollution that mediates this effect is unknown, but the link is strongest for fine combustion derived…
- Trial name
- NCT00774514
- Testing
- Forearm Vascular Study
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Cardiovascular Function, Genotoxicity
Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Combustion Particles - a Study on Volunteers Performing as Train Conductors
Ambient air pollution is a complex mixture of gaseous pollutants and particulate matter (PM). PM has a recognized important role in human health.
- Trial name
- BioTrack (NCT03104387)
- Testing
- Electric train, Diesel train
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Water-Related Diseases, Enteric Pathogens
Rural Appalachia Pilot Water Treatment Trial
Consumption of unsafe drinking water is associated with a substantial burden of disease globally. In the USA, the burden of disease associated with consumption of contaminated drinking water from non-regulated private wells and…
- Conditions
- Water-Related Diseases, Enteric Pathogens, Exposure to Chemical Pollution
- Trial name
- NCT06120985
- Testing
- Countertop pitcher water filter
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Healthy Adults
Statins Against Bushfire Smoke
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether statins can protect the heart and brain from the biological stress and inflammatory responses caused by breathing bushfire smoke in healthy adult volunteers aged 18-64 years.
- Trial name
- SABS (NCT07462715)
- Testing
- Atorvastatin
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research
Pollution; Exposure, Acute Coronary Syndrome
Impact of Air Pollution and Climate Changes on the Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease
Despite the fact that the topic of air pollution has been in focus of researchers for many years, there are no big studies that take up the matter of its influence on acute coronary, cerebral syndromes and CVD mortality in…
- Conditions
- Pollution; Exposure, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Chronic Coronary Insufficiency, Particulate Matter Inhalation Injury
- Trial name
- PL-PARTICLES (NCT04541498)
- Testing
- Impact of air pollution and climate changes
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 150,000 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Bialystok
Occupational Exposure
Air Quality Monitoring and Health Surveillance of Workers in the Photocopier Units
To monitor air quality in selected photocopier units and to assess the health status of workers who are exposed to emissions from photocopiers.
- Trial name
- NCT01289184
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Avinashilingam Deemed University
Respiratory Tract Infections, Pneumonia
Randomised Exposure Study of Pollution Indoors and Respiratory Effects
The purpose of this study was to determine whether reduced exposure to indoor air pollution would reduce ALRI incidence in children <18 months of age.
- Trial name
- RESPIRE (NCT01047696)
- Testing
- Plancha
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 537 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Metal Allergy
Environmental Exposure to Heavy Metals, Nanoparticles, and Emergent Contaminants and Risk of Allergic Diseases
The goal of this clinical trial is to collect environmental, bio-humoral, and clinical data derived from patients with allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) and systemic metal allergic syndromes related to the exposure to heavy…
- Conditions
- Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Metal Allergy, Food Allergy, Nickel Sensitivity
- Trial name
- MATRIOSKA (NCT06529913)
- Testing
- Collection of environmental, biological, and clinical data
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Lung Diseases, Cancer
Modulation of Benzene Metabolism by Exposure to Environment
The research is to evaluate benzene metabolism after exposure at levels that can be found in the environment, such as the higher end concentrations in the air inside cars and buses while being driven in heavy traffic and inside…
- Trial name
- NCT00041860
- Testing
- Controlled Exposure to Environmental Contaminant
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Pollution; Exposure, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Air Pollution and Development in the Boricua Youth Study
This study seeks to understand the relationship between prenatal maternal air pollution exposure and offspring risk for ADHD and examine two potential -modifiable- mechanisms: prenatal maternal inflammation and offspring sleep…
- Trial name
- NCT05368493
- Testing
- MRI task
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Ozone Exposure During Rest and Exercise
Susceptibility of Cardiorespiratory Responses to Ozone During Cycling Exercise
Ground level ozone (O3) is a common airborne pollutant that is well recognized to cause negative respiratory symptoms and impair pulmonary function.
- Trial name
- NCT05473000
- Testing
- Exercise, Ozone, Room air
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Airway Inflammation, Systemic Inflammation
HIPWOODS - Health Effects Related to Exposure to Particle Pollution From Woodburning Stoves
The study intends to focus on health effects and symptoms related to particle exposure from wood burning stoves The objective is to determine whether moderate exposure to particles from wood smoke in a real life situation causes…
- Trial name
- HIPWOODS (NCT00673907)
- Testing
- Wood smoke particles
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Sister-chromatic-exchange(SCE), Micronuclei(MN)
A Research on the Hospital Pollution Control and Hygine Intervention of Chemotherapy Drugs Exposure
Several epidemiological studies found that exposure to antineoplastic agents were associated with some reproductive, carcinogenic effects, higher rates of advance micronuclei (MN), sister-chromatic-exchange (SCE) and spontaneous…
- Trial name
- NCT01253057
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital