Clinical trials: Pollution Exposure
Air Pollution Exposure
Voices Illuminating Solutions for Outdoor Workers' Needs and Safety
The goal for this multidisciplinary randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to actively and meaningfully engage outdoor workers (can include agricultural workers, construction workers, landscaping, wildland firefighters, fire…
- Trial name
- VISIONS (NCT07713264)
- Testing
- Receive education on heat and air quality health risks, Participate in Photovoice and climate health risk education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
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
Non-smoking, Healthy Adults
Effect of Short-term Portable Air Purifier Use on Occupant Health Indicators
The purpose of this research project is to examine whether short-term use of portable air pollution filtration can result in changes in indoor airborne pollutants and impact on cardiovascular and respiratory health outcomes of…
- Trial name
- NCT02736487
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Non-occupational
The Interaction of Social Factors With Air Pollution
Purpose: The purpose of this protocol is to understand how social factors such as psychosocial stress may modify how people respond to air pollution.
- Trial name
- SOZIAL (NCT02206750)
- Testing
- Clean Air, Ozone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
PRIDE: Preventing Respiratory Illnesses During Childhood Study
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS0, also known as secondhand smoke, is the combination of smoke given off by the burning end of a tobacco product and the smoke exhaled by the smoker.
- Trial name
- PRIDE (NCT00927264)
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing Intervention for ETS Reduction, Educational Program for ETS Reduction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Gingival Pigmentation, Occupational Heat Exposure
Reducing Gingival Pigmentation Through Workplace Mitigation in Restaurant Oven Workers
Restaurant workers who spend much of their workday near ovens, grills, or other cooking equipment may breathe smoke and experience high heat.
- Conditions
- Gingival Pigmentation, Occupational Heat Exposure, Occupational Air Pollution Exposure
- Trial name
- NCT07805824
- Testing
- Workplace Heat and Air Pollution Mitigation Package, Delayed Workplace Heat and Air Pollution Mitigation Package
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Salah M. Ibrahim
Lung Carcinoma
Educational Intervention for the Promotion of Knowledge and Preventive Health Behaviors Related to Personal Air Pollution Exposure, The Air Study
This clinical trial will conduct an educational intervention to promote knowledge of and preventive health behaviors related to personal air pollution exposure.
- Trial name
- NCT04922697
- Testing
- Educational Intervention, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
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
Sleep, Pollution; Exposure
Investigating the Effect of Daily CARDIO® Capsules Supplementation on Improved Sleep in Healthy, Urban-Dwelling Adults
This study aims to explore the impact of supplementation with CARDIO® whole salmon oil capsules on healthy adult participants with sleep disruption related to particulate matter pollution.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Pollution; Exposure, Cough
- Trial name
- NCT06768970
- Testing
- CARDIO® salmon oil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hofseth Biocare ASA
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
Respiratory Tract Diseases, Cardiac Diseases
Cardiopulmonary Effects of Particulate Exposure
The aim of this study is to assess cardiac rate and respiratory responses and rhythm after workplace exposure to combustion particulates.
- Conditions
- Respiratory Tract Diseases, Cardiac Diseases, Bronchitis
- Trial name
- NCT00011310
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Air Pollution
The Effect of Juice Types on the Responses to Air Pollution
The study hypothesis is that drinking different juices will affect the body's responses to air pollution. Subjects will be exposed to air pollution during a 2-hour car ride on the NJ (New Jersey) Turnpike.
- Trial name
- NCT02027415
- Testing
- Beet juice, Orange juice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Risk Factors for Respiratory and Cardiovascular Disease
Influence of Indoor Air Filtration Strategies on Occupant Health Indicators
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether two different central air purification technologies reduce air pollutant exposure and beneficially influence health as evaluated with a suite of biological markers related to…
- Trial name
- NCT02769208
- Testing
- Central air handling unit air purification technologies
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Feng Li
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
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
Pollution; Exposure, Respiratory Disease
Children's Health in London and Luton (CHILL)
Investigating the impact of London's Ultra Low Emission Zone on children's respiratory health
- Conditions
- Pollution; Exposure, Respiratory Disease, Child Development
- Trial name
- CHILL (NCT04695093)
- Testing
- Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 3,312 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Allergies
Effects of Co-Exposure to Air Pollution and Allergen
The investigators are investigating the effects of combined exposures to diesel exhaust and allergens on lung function and on the immune system.
- Trial name
- NCT01792232
- Testing
- Allergen, Saline
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Pollution; Exposure, Health Behavior
Improving the Behavioural Impact of Air Quality Alerts
The evidence shows that adherence to air quality advice to adopt protective behaviours during pollution episodes is suboptimal, and that the traditional strategy of simply informing people about high pollution episodes is not…
- Trial name
- NCT03552198
- Testing
- Alternative health advice
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
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
Asthma in Children, Pollution; Exposure
Evidence Driven Indoor Air Quality Improvement
The aim is to identify the underlying disease mechanisms driving specific asthma phenotypes as well as certain disease outcomes and their relation to impaired indoor air quality.
- Trial name
- NCT05992389
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Srebrnjak