Clinical trials: Weather
Hot Weather; Adverse Effect, Healthy
Characterization of Myocardial Blood Flow During Heat Exposure
The purpose of this study is to determine the increase in myocardial blood flow during heat exposure and how this response is affected by age and coronary artery disease.
- Conditions
- Hot Weather; Adverse Effect, Healthy, Coronary Artery Disease, Aging
- Trial name
- PET-Heat (NCT04549974)
- Testing
- Heat exposure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montreal Heart Institute
Pulmonary Edema Cardiac Cause
Cosmic Weather and Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
Retrospective clinical study to evaluate whether there is any correlation between the pre-hospital incidence of cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (CPE) in the selected region and the space weather parameters.
- Trial name
- NCT04483843
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Emergency Medical Service of the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Hot Weather; Adverse Effect, Heat Effect
Beat the Heat Boston
The goal of this stepped wedge trial is to assess the practical effects of air conditioners on hot weather impacts among older adults.
- Conditions
- Hot Weather; Adverse Effect, Heat Effect, Heat Stress, Heat Stroke, Heat Exhaustion
- Trial name
- NCT06982339
- Testing
- Air Conditioner, Electricity subsidy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Hot Weather; Adverse Effect, Kidney Dysfunction
Renal Considerations in the Heat Stress Recommendations (Aim2)
An epidemic of chronic kidney disease is occurring in laborers who undertake physical work outdoors in hot conditions. The reason for this is largely unknown, but may be related to kidney dysfunction caused by increases in body…
- Conditions
- Hot Weather; Adverse Effect, Kidney Dysfunction, Kidney Injury, Hyperthermia
- Trial name
- NCT05458843
- Testing
- Fluid replacement, No fluid replacement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Chronic Disease, Mental Health
Alaska Alliance for Community Engagement Phase II: Partnership for Action Toward Health
The AK ACE-PATH Phase II study aims to pilot and implement a novel intervention, Tools for Arctic Health Promotion (TAHP), to address Alaska Native (AN) community priorities related to local health and community-level resilience.
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease, Mental Health, Caridovascular Disease, Stress
- Trial name
- AK ACE-PATH (NCT07801989)
- Testing
- Tools for Arctic Health Promotion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
Heat Stress, Heat Exposure
Validity of Humidity Ramp Protocols for Identifying Limits of Survivability in Heat-exposed Persons
The global populace is at growing risk of heat-related illness due to climate change and accompanying increases in the intensity and regularity of extremely hot temperatures.
- Conditions
- Heat Stress, Heat Exposure, Temperature Change, Body, Temperature; Extreme, Exposure
- Trial name
- NCT05963529
- Testing
- Humidity-ramp protocol, Above-inflection fixed-condition exposure, Below-inflection fixed-condition exposure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Asthma
Testing the Effects of Temperature & Humidity on Children With and Without Asthma in an Environmental Climatic Chamber
The goal of this clinical study is to learn how different temperature and humidity conditions affect breathing, lung function, exercise capacity, symptoms, and other physical responses in children and youth aged 11 to 18 years…
- Trial name
- NCT07864506
- Testing
- Controlled Temperature and Humidity Exposure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology