Clinical trials: Exposure, Environmental
Prematurity
Developmental Impact of NICU Exposures (DINE)
The DINE study will test the hypothesis that potentially avoidable NICU-based exposures contribute to the neuro-cognitive and somatic impairments prevalent among NICU graduates.
- Trial name
- DINE (NCT03061890)
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Poisoning
Community Based Prevention/Control Project
This project is aimed at better understanding how children living in agricultural environments are exposed to pesticides, and how such exposures can be prevented or reduced.
- Trial name
- NCT00013767
- Testing
- Individual and Community education
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Obesity, Obesity, Abdominal
Environmental Temperature and Human White Adipose Tissue
Obesity is characterized by excessive white adipose tissue (WAT) that increases risk for disease. About 700 million adults are obese worldwide, designating the need of reducing excessive WAT in humans and subsequently the risk…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Abdominal, Obese
- Trial name
- NCT04037371
- Testing
- Cold exposure
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Petros Dinas
Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior
The Barts Charity Children's Environmental Health Clinic
The study will be based from a newly formed NHS service, the children's environmental health service. Participants will be children with a known chronic respiratory condition.
- Conditions
- Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior, Asthma in Children, Environmental Illness
- Trial name
- BCCEHC (NCT06447974)
- Testing
- Exposure mitigations
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Physical Inactivity, Environmental Exposure
Reconstructing Schoolyards With Greenery to Increase Schoolchildren's Physical Activity and Mitigate Climate Changes
By reconstructing schoolyards with greenery, physical activity levels among children can be increased at the population level and also mitigate health and environmental risks resulting from rising climate changes in urban areas.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Environmental Exposure, Mental Health Wellness 1
- Trial name
- NCT05865782
- Testing
- Schoolyard reconstruction
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 3,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Myopia
Assessing the Impact of Streetscape Exposure on Children's Perception
The primary objective is to determine how streetscape exposure influences children's visual perception and psychological perception.
- Trial name
- NCT07761949
- Testing
- Virtual simulation of street visual environment exposure
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Infection Control
Risk Assessment of Indirect Exposure to the Environment in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center
Study objective: To clarify the risk of exposure to indirect contact and transmission of environmental objects during digestive endoscopy diagnosis and treatment for patients and medical staff, simulating by using Vitamin B2…
- Trial name
- NCT05321043
- Testing
- Vitamin B2 labeling
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Second Hand Smoke, Exposure to Environmental Pollution
The Effect of a Zero Tolerance Program (SToP) on Child's Urine Cotinine Level According to Exposure Feedback
Although the ban on indoor smoking has greatly reduced secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in public spaces, the home environment is still the primary source of exposure to SHS, particularly in children under the age of five.
- Conditions
- Second Hand Smoke, Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Child, Urine
- Trial name
- SToP (NCT05545748)
- Testing
- Zero (0) Tolerance Program (SToP), Exposure Feedback Group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Occupational Health, Sick Leave
Effects of Regulatory Tools on Work Environment and Employee Health
This study evaluates the effects of the Labour Inspection Authority's regulatory tools on workplace exposures to prevent employee ill health.
- Conditions
- Occupational Health, Sick Leave, Occupational Exposure
- Trial name
- NCT03855163
- Testing
- Inspection visits, Guidance workshops, Online risk assessment tool
- Where
- 130 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 2,555 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Occupational Health, Norway
Metabolic Disease, Neurological and Mental Health Conditions
Singapore PREconception Study of Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes
We aim to test the following primary hypothesis that nutrition, lifestyle, and maternal emotional health prior to pregnancy and/or during the first trimester alter the expression of metabolic or neurodevelopmental endophenotypes…
- Conditions
- Metabolic Disease, Neurological and Mental Health Conditions, Genetics Predisposition, Skin Condition
- Trial name
- S-PRESTO (NCT03531658)
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,054 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Gynecomastia, Endocrine System Diseases
Skincare Products and Environmental Health
The purpose of this study is to explore the potential for an association between the development of prepubertal gynecomastia and history exposure to lavender essential oil, tea tree essential oil, and other essential oils.
- Trial name
- NCT04836364
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Nutraceuticals Research Institute
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Neonatal Infants
Motivational Incentives to Reduce Secondhand Smoke in NICU Infants' Homes
A randomized, controlled, parallel group design will be used to test whether a Secondhand Smoke Exposure program initiated in the hospital and completed in the home using motivational interviewing plus motivational incentives…
- Trial name
- NCT01726062
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing plus Incentives, Conventional Care (CC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Development
Childhood Measures of NICU-based Chemical Exposure
This study aims to identify early life exposures to metals and chemicals by measuring the concentration of metals and organic compounds in shed primary teeth.
- Trial name
- NCT02292680
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation
Climate Anxiety in a Young Population at Risk of Suicide
Climate change has become a major source of concern, particularly among younger generations who are facing the progressive degradation of ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, and alarming environmental information disseminated…
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation, Mental Health Issue, Environmental Exposure
- Trial name
- Anx-RS (NCT07305688)
- Testing
- Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Climate Change Anxiety Scale - French version, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, French version
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Esquirol
Surgery, Noise Exposure
The Effect of a Reduced Noise Environment on Induction and Emergence Behavior in Children Undergoing General Anesthesia
This project will investigate whether reduction in ambient light and elimination of noise on induction of anesthesia alters anxiety (modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale or mYPAS) or compliance (induction compliance checklist…
- Trial name
- NCT03504553
- Testing
- Noise reduction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Joshua Uffman
Smoking, Passive Smoking
Prevent Exposure to Tobacco Smoke at Home [Gesunde Atemluft zu Hause]
Background: Infants are at risk for tobacco-attributable diseases by being exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). International literature has shown that a home smoking ban can reduce ETS.
- Conditions
- Smoking, Passive Smoking, Exposure to Environmental Smoke
- Trial name
- GESA (NCT00647413)
- Testing
- bio-chemical feedback and expert system intervention ETS
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
TEDDY - The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young
The long-term goal of the TEDDY study is the identification of infectious agents, dietary factors, or other environmental agents, including psychosocial factors which trigger T1DM in genetically susceptible individuals or which…
- Trial name
- NCT00279318
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Finland and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 8,667 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Myopia
Multicenter Evaluation of Near Vision and Outdoor Time in Kids Study
Currently, optical and pharmacological interventions have been developed to prevent the progression of childhood myopia. However, no myopia control strategy has been shown to have complete efficacy in controlling myopia…
- Trial name
- MENOK (NCT06119243)
- Testing
- Vivior
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- The University of New South Wales
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Air Pollution, Pesticides
Environmental Exposures and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
This project is a descriptive study designed to identify the exposure of infants who died of MIN to ambient air pollutants, and to measure pesticide concentrations in biological matrices (hair, serum, LCS) within a sample from…
- Trial name
- ExpoMIN (NCT06708793)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Asthma, Lung Diseases
Exposure of Children With Asthma to Household Environmental Tobacco Smoke
To examine whether or not primary school-aged children with asthma from low-income households have lower household environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure than matched control children.
- Trial name
- NCT00035685
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)