Clinical trials: Pollution Exposure
Alzheimer Disease (AD), Dementia Alzheimer Type
Effects on the Olfactory Epithelium and the Olfactory Nerve From Exposure to Diesel Exhaust
The goal of this study is to study the effect exposure to air pollution and its effect on development of dementia. Does the diesel exhaust change the function of the olfactory system? Have the exposures measurable effects on the…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease (AD), Dementia Alzheimer Type, Air Pollution Exposure
- Trial name
- DINOSE (NCT07237958)
- Testing
- Diesel Exhaust Particles, Filtered air
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
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
Pollution; Exposure
Milwaukee Day Cares Indoor Air Quality Assessment and Educational Response Study
This CTSI pilot study will assess for benefit of a community health worker or nursing student taught green cleaning curriculum (developed by the local asthma coalition) provided to Milwaukee County day care staff.
- Trial name
- NCT03675009
- Testing
- Educational Programming
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
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
Cognitive Function 1, Social, Cognitive Change
GReen And Healthy Schools
This project aims to investigate the health effects of making schools greener and more biodiverse. We will mainly focus on cognitive effects, well-being, and BMI.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Function 1, Social, Cognitive Change, Emotions, Weight, Body
- Trial name
- GRAS (NCT04898439)
- Testing
- greening of the school environment
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior
The Barts Charity Children's Environmental Health Clinic
The study will be based from a newly formed NHS service, the children's environmental health service. Participants will be children with a known chronic respiratory condition.
- Conditions
- Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior, Asthma in Children, Environmental Illness
- Trial name
- BCCEHC (NCT06447974)
- Testing
- Exposure mitigations
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Pollution; Exposure, Smoke Inhalation
Controlled Exposure of Healthy Nonsmokers to Secondhand and Thirdhand Cigarette Smoke
This study compares the health effects of dermal and inhalational exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke to those of inhalational exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke in healthy, adult nonsmokers.
- Conditions
- Pollution; Exposure, Smoke Inhalation, Exposure to Pollution
- Trial name
- THS04 (NCT04013256)
- Testing
- Cigarette Smoke
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Secondhand Exposure, Smoking Status
An Integrated Intervention to Reduce Secondhandsmoke in Children
This is a community essay to assess the effectiveness of a multi-level (individual, family, and school) school-based intervention to prevent the exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) in a population of 1,734 schoolchildren (12-14…
- Trial name
- RESPIR·NET (NCT01881607)
- Testing
- RESPIRNET Program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,779 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Català d'Oncologia
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
Mild Hypertension, Air Pollution Exposure
Reducing Air Pollution to Lower Blood Pressure
Fine particulate matter <2.5 μm (PM2.5) air pollution is the fifth leading risk factor for global mortality. Mitigating the clinically significant blood pressure (BP) elevation from air pollution by reducing PM2.5 exposure will…
- Trial name
- AIR PRESSURE (NCT04908917)
- Testing
- Portable Air Cleaner with a HEPA Filter, Portable Air Cleaner without a HEPA Filter
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Healthy
Cardioprotective Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Supplementation in Healthy Older Subjects Exposed to Air Pollution Particles
Exposure to ambient levels of air pollution increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Advanced age is among the factors associated with susceptibility to the adverse effects of air pollution.
- Trial name
- NCT01442480
- Testing
- Fish oil, Olive oil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Exposure to Pollution
Responses to Exposure to Low Levels of Concentrated Ambient Particles in Healthy Young Adults
Purpose: To determine whether exposure to levels of fine particles that are close to the current standard will cause cardiovascular changes in healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- RECAP (NCT03232086)
- Testing
- Clean Air, PM2.5
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Exposure, Ozone
Lung Mucus Hypersecretion and NQO1
The research plan proposes translational studies in relevant animal models and human subjects in order to identify host (genetic) susceptibility factors that confer vulnerability to the prototypal air pollutant, ozone.
- Conditions
- Environmental Exposure, Ozone, Air Pollution, Genetic Susceptibility
- Trial name
- NCT00729352
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Environmental Exposure, Nasal Inflammation
Human Biological Responses to Low Level Ozone
To investigate if low level ozone exposure will cause measurable inflammation in nasal cells.
- Trial name
- SNOZ (NCT02857283)
- Testing
- Ozone, Filtered Air, Health and Exposure Tracker (HET)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Pollution; Exposure
Scalability of a Home Health Navigator Program to Reduce Arsenic, Nitrate, and Lead in Private Well Water
Approximately 34 million Americans rely on private wells to supply their drinking water. Private wells are excluded from the Safe Drinking Water Act.
- Trial name
- NCT05395663
- Testing
- Community health worker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon State University
Cardiovascular Outcomes
Air Pollution and Cardiometabolic Study
The study mainly focuse on examining the subjects living in traffic polluted area and assessing the popuation health risk using disease and risk assessment models.
- Trial name
- NCT02601352
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- WeiHuang
Air Pollution Exposure, Oxidative Stress
Savannah Environmental Nutrition Study (SENS): Nutrition Intervention to Reduce Air Pollution-Related Airway Inflammation and Oxidative Stress
This pilot clinical trial will evaluate the feasibility and potential health effects of a nutrition-based intervention among adults living in communities affected by air pollution near the Port of Savannah, Georgia.
- Conditions
- Air Pollution Exposure, Oxidative Stress, Airway Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT07797413
- Testing
- Antioxidant- and Nutrient-Rich Food-Based Nutrition Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgia Southern University
Pollution; Exposure, Glucose Intolerance
Environmental Toxicants Avoidance Study
This study is designed to test whether non-persistent environmental chemicals (PECs) are elevated in people with glucose dysregulation.
- Conditions
- Pollution; Exposure, Glucose Intolerance, Glycemic Control
- Trial name
- NPETA-GD (NCT04821752)
- Testing
- Avoidance Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bastyr University
Respiratory Tract Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases
ASPIRE Health Tulare County
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare indoor air quality and health in people exposed to air pollution, including possible exposure to wildfire smoke.
- Trial name
- ASPIREHealth (NCT05944770)
- Testing
- DIY portable air cleaner with a highly effective filter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Air Pollution, Pollution; Exposure
Modification of Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Outcomes by Socioeconomic Status and Nutrition
The goal of this observational study is to compare the effects of air pollution exposure and nutrition between neighborhoods with high and low social vulnerability scores.
- Conditions
- Air Pollution, Pollution; Exposure, Nutrition, Healthy
- Trial name
- SENSE (NCT05843370)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)