Clinical trials: Volatile Organic Chemicals
Lung Diseases
Breath Analysis by Ion Mobility Spectrometry
Recognition of disease specific clusters of volatile organic compounds in patients with different lung diseases, using breath analysis with ion mobility spectrometry.
- Trial name
- NCT00632307
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lung Clinic Hemer
Tuberculosis, Gastric Cancer
Volatiles in Breath and Headspace Analysis - Diagnostic Markers
Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) directly from tissue by headspace analysis (skin, surgery material, other tissue) and exhaled breath is feasible using affordable user-friendly novel nano-chemo sensors that can…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Gastric Cancer, Peptic Ulcer, Atrophic Gastritis
- Trial name
- Volatolome (NCT03228095)
- Testing
- VOC detection in breath and in skin headspace, Breath sampling, Upper endoscopy with biopsies
- Where
- Latvia
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Latvia
Tuberculosis
Siemens VOC TB Pilot Study
Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection causing 1.1 million deaths annually worldwide. Diagnosis of the disease is often time consuming or challenging.
- Trial name
- NCT01748357
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Research Center Borstel
Psoriasis
INulin-type Fructans-induced Gut Microbiota Modulation Impact on GUT-SKIN Axis Parameters in Psoriasis
There is increasing evidence of a strong, bidirectional correlation between the gut and the skin, that associates gastrointestinal health with skin homeostasis and allostasis.
- Trial name
- INGUTSKIN (NCT05971992)
- Testing
- Chicory-derived inulin-type β-fructans, Maltodextrin
- Where
- 2 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Polish Academy of Sciences
Asthma
The Asthma Bronchial Challenge Study
This is a randomised, controlled, cross-over study to determine the effect of indirect bronchial challenge testing upon volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the exhaled breath of adults with well-controlled, mild-to-moderate…
- Trial name
- ABC (NCT03575663)
- Testing
- Indirect bronchial challenge
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of East Anglia
Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis
Breath Analysis in Children by New Point-of-care Instruments
In this study new hand-held devices for measuring exhaled breath will be tested in children with asthma, CF, and healthy controls. Main objectives will be feasibility and discriminative value of these techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT03377686
- Testing
- inflammation markers in exhaled breath
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Circulating Tumor Cell, Volatile Organic Chemicals
Diagnostic Power Comparison Between VOCs and CTCs
Early diagnosis of malignant tumors is pivotal for improving their prognoses. Circulating tumor cells (CTC) in peripheral blood and Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath are newly developed diagnosis method.
- Conditions
- Circulating Tumor Cell, Volatile Organic Chemicals, Breast Cancer, Gastric Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03958812
- Testing
- Circulating tumor cells, Volatile organic compounds
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anhui Medical University
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Microbiome and Volatile Organic Compounds in Patients With CDH
Despite improved prenatal diagnostics and therapeutic possibilities, congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) represents a cross-disciplinary challenge.
- Trial name
- CDHVOCS (NCT03787160)
- Testing
- initial VOC, initial fecal microbiome, initial pulmonary microbiome
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Adenoma
Volatile Markers in Digestive Cancer
The study is aimed to determine the potential of volatile marker testing for identification of gastrointestinal cancers (in particular - colorectal and gastric cancers), the related precancerous lesions in the stomach and colon.
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Adenoma, Gastric Cancer, Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Trial name
- VOLGACORE (NCT02332213)
- Testing
- Breath sampling for volatile marker detection, Upper endoscopy with biopsies, Colonoscopy with biopsies or lesion removal when required
- Where
- 2 sites in Latvia, Lithuania
- Volunteers
- 2,022 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Latvia
Lung Cancer
Diagnosis of Lung Cancer From Exhaled Breath With Silicon Biophotonic Device
The overall objective of this proposal is to develop a non-invasive, inexpensive and accurate device that detects VOCs in exhaled breath for lung cancer screening.
- Trial name
- NCT01660087
- Testing
- Biophotonic platform for VOC detection
- Where
- 2 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Acute Aortic Syndrome
VOCs in Patients With Acute Cardiogenic Chest Pain
The goal of this observation study is to compare VOCs in cardiogenic chest pain population/health conditions, to answer：Establishment and promotion of the application system of emergency rapid detection of expiratory Volatile…
- Trial name
- NCT06277895
- Testing
- VOCs
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
Healthy, Simple Steatosis (SS)
New Non-invasive Biomarkers of Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
The goal of this observational study is to learn if some components of blood or exhaled breath can diagnose people having more fat in their livers than is normal, because of their poorer metabolic health (for example, because of…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Simple Steatosis (SS), Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatohepatitis (MASH)
- Trial name
- NCT06647095
- Testing
- D-Limonene Gelcaps, Fish Oil Concentrate, 1000 Mg Oral Capsule
- Where
- 2 sites in Czechia
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- General University Hospital, Prague
Lung Inflammation
The Effects of Heated Tobacco Products Use on Lung Function and Volatile Organic Compounds in Exhaled Air
This is a human randomized controlled cross-over study where we investigate the effects of heated tobacco products (HTP) on lung function and on assessing volatile organic compounds in exhaled air.
- Trial name
- NCT05260827
- Testing
- Heated tobacco product
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
COPD
Breath Analysis in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD)
To answer the question whether a disease specific profile of breath in patients with COPD can be detected by an untargeted metabolomic study using exhaled breath analysis by mass spectrometry.
- Trial name
- NCT02186639
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Breath Analysis in Early Stage Lung Cancer Using Infrared Spectroscopy
The aim of this study is to sample and analyze volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from lung cancer patients and individuals without lung cancer ("healthy" controls).
- Trial name
- NCT04556435
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Breathe BioMedical Inc
Breast Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer
B-GLUCANCER2 : A Pilot Study Evaluating a New Method for Cancer Detection by Measuring the Activity of Different Glycosidase Enzymes in the Plasma of Patients With a Localized Cancer.
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop a new cancer diagnostic and prognostic tool based on the dynamic and non-invasive detection of an exogenous volatile molecule, i.e., ethanol, from patients' samples.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Pulmonary Cancer, Volatile Organic Compound
- Trial name
- B-GLUCANCER2 (NCT07236177)
- Testing
- blood plasma sample, blood sampling
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poitiers University Hospital
Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer
Distinction Between Lung Cancer and Gynecological Cancers by Canine Scent Detection
Previous studies have shown that specially trained sniffer dogs are capable to discriminate breath samples of patients with lung cancer and healthy individuals.
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT01383408
- Testing
- exhalation analysis of breath sample
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 752 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Schillerhoehe Hospital
Diabetes Mellitus
The Daytime Circadian Rhythm in Exhaled Volatile Organic Compounds in People Living Without and Diabetes
Exhaled volatile organic compounds will be measured during daytime with the goal to identifying circadian variability. The study incudes three subgroups: people without diabetes, people with type 1 diabetes, and people with type…
- Trial name
- VOCircle (NCT05984979)
- Testing
- Standardized meal
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Volatile Organic Compounds
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) of Exhaled Breath in Patients With GI Bleeding
Cross sectional case-control study investigating the difference of volatile organic compound in the exhaled breath of the patients with GI bleeding and normal population.
- Trial name
- NCT04226079
- Testing
- Collection of exhaled breath
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Volatile Organic Compounds, Cancer
Cancer Diagnoses From Exhaled Breath With Na-nose
Early diagnoses of malignant tumors are pivotal for improving their prognoses. The Exhaled Breath is made up of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, water, inert gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
- Conditions
- Volatile Organic Compounds, Cancer, Diagnoses Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03967652
- Testing
- Nanomaterial-based sensors
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anhui Medical University