Clinical trials: Climate Change
Heat Strain
Mitigation of Health Effects in Outdoor Workers by Reducing Exposure to Heat and Air Pollution
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effectiveness of an intervention (combination of behavioural recommendations and technical measures) in reducing personal exposure to heat and air pollution and related health…
- Trial name
- ISMED-CLIM OW (NCT07634952)
- Testing
- Heat intervention, Heat and air pollution mitigation intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Greece, Spain
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cyprus
Eco-anxiety
School-based Intervention to Address Climate Change Emotions
The goal of this study was to qualitatively document the social validity of an intervention combining creative arts and philosophy inquiry and to examine its acceptability, the perceived goals, and perceived benefits for…
- Trial name
- NCT06781788
- Testing
- Making room for climate emotions in the classroom
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec a Montréal
Skin Cancer, Heat Tolerance
Title: ICARUS - Psycho-physiological Profiling of Low and High Heat-resilient Individuals
The escalating environmental heat-stress associated with global warming is a societal challenge with large and potential harmful consequences for humans.
- Conditions
- Skin Cancer, Heat Tolerance, Heat-related Illness, Hyperthermia
- Trial name
- ICARUS (NCT07510061)
- Testing
- Controlled Heat and Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure Protocol
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark, Greece
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Climate Change
Awareness of Climate Change Impacts Among University Students
This study evaluates college students' awareness of climate change and its effects on the environment through a questionnaire.
- Trial name
- NCT06792006
- Volunteers
- 273 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Women Health, Climate Change
Women's Health & Climate Change: An SDG-Based Peer Education Module
In the study, it was aimed to examine the effect of sustainable development goals-based peer education on the effect of climate change on women's health on climate change anxiety levels of students studying in the nursing…
- Conditions
- Women Health, Climate Change, Nursing Education, Sustainable Development
- Trial name
- NCT07080112
- Testing
- Peer education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Podcast, Nursing Students
Podcast-supported Education on Climate Change Awareness, Anxiety, and Health Literacy Levels in Nursing Students
The study was designed with a parallel-group randomized controlled experimental design to determine the effects of podcast-based education on climate change awareness and climate change health literacy levels of nursing students.
- Conditions
- Podcast, Nursing Students, Climate Change Awareness, Climate Change Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07889713
- Testing
- Podcast-Based Educational Intervention
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Climate Change Awareness, Climate Change Anxiety
Effect of Peer Education on Climate Change Awareness and Anxiety in Nursing Students
This study aims to evaluate the effect of peer education on climate change awareness and climate change anxiety levels among nursing students at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Aydin University.
- Trial name
- PEER-CLIMATE (NCT07528976)
- Testing
- Peer Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Koç University
Women's Health
Impact of Climate Changes on Women's Health in Al Dakahlya Governorate, Egypt
the current study is to assess the impact of climate changes on Women's health.
- Trial name
- Women (NCT06563180)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Delta University for Science and Technology
Environment, Waste Output
USE LESS, a Comparative Cohort Study of Climate Change Impact From Orthopedic Surgery
A prospective comparative cohort study with the objective to quantify and compare carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) emissions from orthopedic surgeries performed in two different operating room (OR) settings using different sets…
- Trial name
- USELESS (NCT07657039)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Climate Change, Maternal Health
Artificial Intelligence Education and Climate Awareness in Pregnancy
This quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study aimed to evaluate the effect of artificial intelligence-assisted climate change education on pregnant women's climate change concerns and awareness.
- Conditions
- Climate Change, Maternal Health, Fetal Health, Midwifery
- Trial name
- NCT07541885
- Testing
- Intervention 1, Control
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Derya Kaya Senol
Psychological Distress, Malnutrition, Child
Transforming Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments: Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, and Climate-Smart Farming in Nakivale
The study aims to evaluate if enhancing the mental health of refugee mothers can make them better able to implement new farming methods that are meant to improve food security in the face of climate change.
- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, Malnutrition, Child, Dietary Deficiency, Mental Health
- Trial name
- THRIVE (NCT06425523)
- Testing
- Home Gardening Intervention (HGI), Self-Help Plus (SH+), Enhanced Usual Care (EUC)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 904 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Asthma
Letters in Addition to Emailed Audit and Feedback in Refining Asthma Treatment in Primary Care
Public Health England have estimated that 36,000 excess deaths occur each year due to UK air pollution. Respiratory inhalers produce 3% of NHS greenhouse gas production.
- Trial name
- CLEARAIR (NCT05761873)
- Testing
- Provision of audit and feedback via email and paper, Provision of audit and feedback via paper only
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 273 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leeds
Perinatal Death, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Pregnancy in the Context of Urbanicity and Climate Change. The Overall Aim of the Project is to Co-create, Implement, and Test New Clinical Guidelines in Order to Improve the Quality of Care in Antenatal Clinics in the Context of Urbanisation and Climate Change in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Tanzania's population is growing quickly, and Dar es Salaam is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. At the same time, the city is increasingly affected by very hot weather, flooding, and air pollution.
- Conditions
- Perinatal Death, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced, Abortion, Spontaneous, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT07751432
- Testing
- CC-ANC intervention group.
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 1,060 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Respiratory and Allergic Symptoms
Fighting Climate Change: Urban Greennes, Active Mobility and Health Co-benefits.
This is a prospective, non-randomized, controlled, interventional study aiming to assess, in a primary school in the city of Palermo, the health effects of a maintenance and care intervention of the school's green areas.
- Trial name
- CLIMACTIONS (NCT04742179)
- Testing
- Manteinance and care intervention on the green areas.
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Climate Change, Food Preferences
Reshaping Food Choice at University of Michigan
Nearly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions originate from agriculture. Consumer demand for food, especially carbon-intensive red meats, largely underlies these emissions.
- Trial name
- NCT05131529
- Testing
- Taste-focused labels, Carbon impact labels, Changing default menu options
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,003 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Asthma in Children, Atrial Fibrillation
Mitigating the Health Effects of Desert Dust Storms Using Exposure-Reduction Approaches
The MEDEA project is envisioned to provide the field-based evidence for the adoption of a strategic plan for mitigating the health effects of desert dust storm (DDS) events in South-Eastern Europe.
- Trial name
- MEDEA (NCT03503812)
- Testing
- Intervention (1) for outdoor exposure reduction - Asthma in Children, Intervention (2) for outdoor and indoor exposure reduction - Asthma in Children, Intervention (1) for outdoor exposure reduction - Atrial Fibrillation
- Where
- 3 sites in Cyprus, Greece and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 310 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cyprus
Healthy Adult Female Participants, Health Behavior
The Effect of Water Conservation Education on Women's Water Use Behaviours
This research will be conducted to evaluate the effects of the Health Belief Model based water saving training prepared for women on the size of the water footprint, water consumption habits and water consumption amount.
- Conditions
- Healthy Adult Female Participants, Health Behavior, Climate Change, Water Use
- Trial name
- NCT06824246
- Testing
- Water conservation education, Monitoring water bill
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Climate Change, Health Behavior
Promoting Environmental Responsibility Toward Climate Change
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a climate change environmental responsibility development program for middle school students on their environmental responsibility, environmental attitudes, and…
- Conditions
- Climate Change, Health Behavior, Environmental Awareness and Sensitivity
- Trial name
- NCT07429513
- Testing
- Environmental Responsibility Program, Brochure and standard curriculum
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suleyman Demirel University
Subjective Discomfort, General Mucosal Irritation
Controlled Human Exposure to Indoor Air, Dust and Ozone
The aim of the study is to provide information which may help to improve the quality of the life of persons exposed to indoor environments in Danish dwellings.
- Conditions
- Subjective Discomfort, General Mucosal Irritation, Acute Changes in Respiratory Outcomes, Acute Changes in Cardiovascular Outcomes
- Trial name
- XDOZ (NCT02017782)
- Testing
- Dust, Ozone, Dust and Ozone
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Elsner's Asthma
Nursing Interventions to Mitigate Climate Change-related Effects on Asthma
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of targeted nursing interventions in reducing asthma symptom severity and improving physical capacity among older adults during periods of heightened environmental stress caused by…
- Trial name
- NCT07106047
- Testing
- Nurse-Led Climate-Responsive Asthma Management Program
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norther Private Collage of Nursing