Clinical trials: Thermoregulation, open to volunteers
General Population, no Specific Condition
Heat Waves, Urban Heat Islands, and Wellbeing and Health: a Mobile Sensing Approach
The first objective of H3Sensing is to investigate outdoor environmental, building, dwelling, situational, and behavioral determinants of objectively assessed personal heat stress over daily movements during warm periods.
- Trial name
- H3Sensing (NCT06850025)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Heat Acclimation and Thermotolerance
Evaluation of Exercise With Overdressing to Induce Heat Acclimation in an Average Fitness Warfighter
A randomized, crossover trial examining five days of exercise \& standardized overdressing versus exercise alone.
- Trial name
- NCT07920536
- Testing
- Exercise + overdressing
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Menopause, Aging
Role of Menopause in Thermoregulation
The frequency and severity of heat waves has increased in the last decades. Older adults (over 65 years) have impaired responses to heat stress making them at increased risk for adverse events.
- Trial name
- NCT06798571
- Testing
- Elagolix Oral Tablet, Estradiol patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Body Temperature Changes, Heat Stress
Ambient Temperature and Thermoregulation During Exercise in Children and Youth
Little is known about how children and youth regulate body temperature during exercise across different environmental temperatures compared with young adults, including whether differences in whole-body heat exchange contribute…
- Conditions
- Body Temperature Changes, Heat Stress, Child Development, Heat
- Trial name
- NCT07781605
- Testing
- Exercise at 22°C, Exercise at 26°C, Exercise at 31°C
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
Heat Stress in Individuals With Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness affecting approximately 24 million people worldwide and is associated with more than double the all cause mortality risk of the general population.
- Conditions
- Heat Stress, Physiological Stress, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- NCT07383324
- Testing
- Simulated exposure to indoor overheating
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Thermoregulation
Physiological Responses to Heat Stress During High-risk Events
Exertional heat stroke (EHS) affects ~500 Military Personnel and over 100 Soldiers every year, and it is believed that these numbers are underreported.
- Trial name
- NCT06907225
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
Suitability of the 26 °C Indoor Temperature Upper Limit for Older Adults: Impacts of Clothing and Daily Activity
While an upper limit of 26°C has been shown to be protective for heat-vulnerable older occupants (DOI: 10.1289/EHP11651), this recommendation did not consider the added heat burden associated with increases in internal heat…
- Trial name
- NCT07189507
- Testing
- Simulated indoor temperature upper limit
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Diabetes
Body Composition, Fitness, and Thermoregulation in Young Boys With Type I Diabetes vs. Healthy Soccer Players
The study aims to assess differences in body composition, exercise capacity, and thermoregulation between young soccer players with type 1 diabetes and their healthy peers.
- Trial name
- BCFTYR (NCT06676878)
- Testing
- Incremental exercise
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Paweł Korman
Aging
Identification of Critical Thermal Environments for Aged Adults
This study evaluates critical environmental limits (temperature and humidity) above which older adults are unable to effectively thermoregulate.
- Trial name
- NCT04284397
- Testing
- Low dose ASA, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Heat Stroke
Study of Thermoregulation in Exercise Heat Stroke in the Military Environment
The EXPLO-MITO study is an ancillary study from the main EXPLO-CCE study (NCT04593316; IDRCB: 2020-A01967-32). The Heat Tolerance Test (HTT) is a physiological exploration that has several advantages for use in research and…
- Trial name
- EXPLO-MITO (NCT05847465)
- Testing
- Bike stress test, Heat Tolerance Test, Heat nociception test
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
Depression, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
Impact of Depression on Thermoregulation
The purpose of this study is to determine if, compared to non-depressed adults, differences exist in skin blood flow and sweating responses to passive heat stress in adults with clinically diagnosed depression, those with…
- Trial name
- NCT06805851
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
Influence of Indoor Humidity on Physiological Strain in Older Adults During a Simulated Heat Wave
Laboratory-based studies show that exposure to high humidity can worsen the effects of heat stress in young and older adults by impeding sweat evaporation - the main mechanism by which the human body cools itself.
- Trial name
- NCT06842953
- Testing
- Simulated indoor overheating
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Shivering, Postoperative Shivering
Optimizing the Paracetamol Dose for Prevention of Post-Spinal Shivering in Lower Limb Orthopedic Surgeries
Shivering is a common and distressing complication following spinal anesthesia, affecting up to 70% of patients. It significantly increases oxygen consumption, places stress on the cardiovascular system, and interferes with…
- Conditions
- Shivering, Postoperative Shivering, Hypothermia
- Trial name
- NCT07855575
- Testing
- Paracetamol 2 g, Paracetamol 1 g
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Plagiocephaly, Nonsynostotic, Brachycephaly
Effects of Corrective Helmet Therapy on Cervical Motion and Thermoregulation in Children With Positional Deformities
The purpose of the study is to examine how cranial helmet therapy may affect neck movement and body temperature regulation in children with positional head deformity.
- Trial name
- NCT07201324
- Testing
- cranial helmet therapy - observational
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
Heat Stress, Temperature Change, Body
The Impact of Wearing the Hijab on Whole-body Heat Loss During Exercise-heat Stress
The hijab (headscarf and cloak) is a Muslim dress, which covers the head, neck and chest, and conceals the female hair, leaving the face uncovered.
- Trial name
- NCT07174180
- Testing
- Exercise-heat stress with no hijab, Exercise-heat stress with a hijab
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Blood Pressure
AI-Guided Predictions of Blood Pressure Dysregulation Using Perfusion Index as a Novel Biomarker in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if perfusion index (PI) can reliably predict changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP) in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) during a cool temperature challenge.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Blood Pressure, Thermoregulation, Perfusion Index
- Trial name
- NCT07699094
- Testing
- Controlled Cool Thermal Challenge (18°C)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Burn Injury, Body Temperature Regulation
The Effect of Simulated Burn Injury on Post Exercise Recovery in Hot Environments
Burn survivors have difficulty thermoregulating due to reduced skin blood flow and sweating responses at the grafted sites. It has been previously shown that this impaired heat dissipation results in burn survivors experiencing…
- Conditions
- Burn Injury, Body Temperature Regulation, Cardiovascular Physiology
- Trial name
- HSR (NCT07050264)
- Testing
- Simulated burn injury via application of absorbent and impermeable material over 60% of the body
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Placebo - Control, Experimental
What is the Role of Type III/IV Muscle Afferents in Airway Resistance and Thermoregulatory Responses to Exercise?
Exercise places serious demands on the body. These demands are fundamentally caused by increases in oxygen demand and the consequent increase in body temperature.
- Trial name
- NCT07452094
- Testing
- EXERCISE TRAINING WITH OR WITHOUT MEDICATION
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heat Stress
Indoor Overheating and Physiological Strain in Older Adults With COPD
During warm weather, homes without air conditioning can stay hot for long periods, and most heat-related health problems in Canada happen indoors rather than outdoors.
- Trial name
- NCT07852910
- Testing
- Simulated indoor thermal environment
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Body Temperature Changes, Heat Stress
Exercise Intensity and Heat Responses in Children and Youth
Little is known about how children and youth regulate body temperature during exercise in the heat compared with young adults, including whether differences in whole-body heat exchange contribute to their responses.
- Conditions
- Body Temperature Changes, Heat Stress, Child Development, Heat
- Trial name
- NCT07781592
- Testing
- Low-Intensity Exercise in the Heat, Moderate-Intensity Exercise in the Heat, Vigorous-Intensity Exercise in the Heat
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa