Clinical trials: Water-Related Diseases
Assault by Handgun Discharge, Violence
Lithium Water in Gun Violence Prevention
The word lithium frequently conjures images of catatonic psychiatric patients and side effects so severe that premature death is commonplace. But naturally occurring lithium is a far cry from pharmaceutical grades.
- Conditions
- Assault by Handgun Discharge, Violence, Homicide, Sexual Assault by Bodily Force
- Trial name
- LWGVP (NCT02213614)
- Testing
- Lithium Water, natural spring water
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- American Society Of Thermalism And Climatology Inc
Dehydration, Dehydration Related to Exercise
The Impact of a Caffeinated Sports Drink on Performance
Caffeine is known to enhance physical and mental performance, but few beverages combine caffeine with electrolytes and carbohydrates to enhance exercise performance.
- Trial name
- NRG (NCT06721793)
- Testing
- carbohydrate electrolyte drink, no-sugar electrolyte drink, Caffeinated Carbohydrate and electrolyte drink
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health in Colima, Mexico
Ambient air temperatures in Mexico have broken record highs in 2024. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt to increasing heat from climate change.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT06834893)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Death, Death, Infant
Coupons for Safe Water Project
Guaranteeing access to safe drinking water is still a challenge in rural households in developing countries, and unsafe water sources are responsible for millions of deaths each year around the world.
- Conditions
- Death, Death, Infant, Diarrhea, Diarrhea, Infantile
- Trial name
- Coupons (NCT05766826)
- Testing
- Coupons for safe water program: Treatment, Coupons for safe water program: Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 3,468 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases, Baroreflex Failure
Effects of Water and Glucose Drinks on Cardiovascular Function in Subjects With and Without Postprandial Hypotension
To determine whether the changes in blood pressure (BP) which occur following meals in normal people and patients who have substantial falls in BP after a meal postprandial hypotension (PPH)) are associated with changes in…
- Conditions
- Autonomic Nervous System Diseases, Baroreflex Failure, Blood Pressure, Hypotension
- Trial name
- NCT02713412
- Testing
- Glucose, Water
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health
Ambient air temperatures in Asian, Latin American, African, and Pacific climate hotspots have broken record highs in 2024, driven by man-made climate change. Solutions are needed to reduce heat exposure in communities.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT06579950)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- 5 sites in Burkina Faso, Fiji and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 3,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Obesity, Water; Lack of
Preventing Early Childhood Obesity, Part 1: Family Spirit Nurture, 3-9 Months
This study aims to assess the impact of a brief home-visiting module, called "Family Spirit Nurture" (FSN), on American Indian (AI) parent feeding practices associated with increased risk for early childhood obesity, with a…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Water; Lack of, Breast Feeding, Tooth Erosion
- Trial name
- NCT03101943
- Testing
- Family Spirit Nurture (FSN), Control Program, Water Delivery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Postpartum Hemorrhage, Pregnancy Related
Pharmacokinetic Equivalence of Calcium Gluconate and Calcium Chloride in Parturients
Calcium is a life saving medicine in the care of parturients. It has many important uses including treatment of hypocalcemia, treatment of magnesium toxicity, prevention of hypocalcemia during blood transfusion (of citrate…
- Conditions
- Postpartum Hemorrhage, Pregnancy Related, Hypocalcemia, Parturition Complication
- Trial name
- NCT05973747
- Testing
- Calcium Gluconate, Calcium chloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Water-Related Diseases
A Study of Acequias Contamination & Association of Infectious Diseases in Peru
A major water supply utilized in the Lambayeque region are acequias. Acequias are irrigation canals that are utilized by the agriculture industry for the cultivation of consumables.
- Trial name
- NCT03074760
- Testing
- Adenovirus, Rotavirus, H. pylori
- Where
- 5 sites in Peru
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BioRed LLC
Dehydration Related to Exercise
Rehydration Following Exercise-Induced Dehydration
Athletes participating in multiple training sessions a day can be at increased risk of suboptimal hydration and heat illness during their second training session, especially when the environment is hot and humid.
- Trial name
- NCT01974986
- Testing
- Water with flavoring and non-nutritive sweetener., High-Na low-CHO beverage, Low-Na high-CHO beverage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Tobacco Use, Tobacco Smoking
Evaluation of a Brief Tobacco Intervention in the US Military
While the military has taken steps to reduce tobacco use over the past two decades, over a quarter of new military recruits report regular tobacco use prior to enlistment.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use, Tobacco Smoking, Smoking, Cigar, Smoking, Pipe
- Trial name
- NCT03196102
- Testing
- BTI, Cigarette smoking military tailored pamphlet, Standard smoking cessation intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,999 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health in Niue
Ambient air temperatures in the Pacific have broken record highs in 2024. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt to increasing heat from climate change.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT06570993)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Niue
- Volunteers
- 288 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Water-Related Diseases
SAFEWATER Health & Behaviour Impact Field Trials; Mexico
At least 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that is faecally contaminated and thus likely to lead to diarrheal illness: nearly 1,000 children die each day due to water and sanitation-related diarrhoeal…
- Trial name
- NCT04736615
- Testing
- SAFEWATER systems for drinking water disinfection, Behavior change interventions
- Where
- 3 sites in Colombia, Mexico
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Water-Related Diseases
SAFEWATER Health & Behaviour Impact Field Trials; Colombia
At least 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that is faecally contaminated and thus likely to lead to diarrheal illness: nearly 1,000 children die each day due to water and sanitation-related diarrhoeal…
- Trial name
- SAFEWATER (NCT04829981)
- Testing
- SAFEWATER systems for drinking water disinfection, Behaviour change interventions
- Where
- 3 sites in Colombia, Mexico
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health in Tavua, Fiji
Ambient air temperatures in Fiji are increasing due to climate change. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT07592117
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Fiji
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Chronic Pain
The Effects of Water Temperature on the Cold Pressor Test
This current study is intended to be completed under the umbrella of the current GHUCCTS IRB- approved study "Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia In Prescription Opioid Abusers: Effects of Pregabalin" (Lyrica study) (PRO00000669).
- Trial name
- NCT03083626
- Testing
- Cold pressor test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Water-Related Diseases, Gastrointestinal Diseases
Canadian Beach Cohort Study
Swimming and other water activities at public beaches are increasingly popular leisure activities among Canadians. However, these activities can lead to increased risks of acquiring acute gastrointestinal illness and respiratory…
- Trial name
- NCT06413485
- Testing
- Level of recreational water contact activities
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Dehydration, Advanced Cancers
Physician Perceptions About Parenteral Hydration in Latin America and Spain
The purpose of this study is to assess palliative care physicians' attitudes, beliefs and practice patterns related to parenteral hydration at the end of life in Latin America and Spain. Objectives: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT01011140
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 516 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Aging
Aquatic Exercises Combined With Cognitive Tasks for Older Adults
The aquatic environment has characteristics that favor the adherence of older adults to exercise programs, and studies have shown that programs in this setting are effective in enhancing various aspects of physical fitness as…
- Trial name
- WaterCog (NCT07156708)
- Testing
- Aquatic aerobic exercise program, Cognitive tasks
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Pelotas
Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19), Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety Profile of Understudied Drugs Administered to Children Per Standard of Care (POPS)
The study investigators are interested in learning more about how drugs, that are given to children by their health care provider, act in the bodies of children and young adults in hopes to find the most safe and effective dose…
- Conditions
- Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19), Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Urinary Tract Infections in Children, Hypertension
- Trial name
- POPS or POP02 (NCT04278404)
- Testing
- The POP02 study is collecting bodily fluid samples (i.e., whole blood, effluent samples) of children prescribed the following drugs of interest per standard of care:
- Where
- 52 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University