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Mitigation of Health Effects in Pregnant Women by Reducing Exposure to Heat and Air Pollution (ISMED CLIM PW)

3 juin 2026 mis à jour par: Panayiotis Yiallouros, University of Cyprus

Innovative Solutions Across the MEDiterranean for Mitigation of Climate Change-related heaLth rIsks and Enhancing Health systeM Resilience in Pregnant Women

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 effects in pregnant women.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does the intervention (combination of behavioral recommendations for heat mitigation) reduce personal ambient temperature exposure, measured using a wearable device (iButton)?
  • Does the intervention (combination of behavioral recommendations for air pollution mitigation and use of indoor air cleaners) reduce indoor exposure to air pollution, measured using indoor air quality sensors (Purple Air)?
  • Does the intervention (combination of behavioral recommendations for heat mitigation) reduce sleep difficulties experienced by pregnant women, measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index?

Researchers will compare measurements between pregnant women carrying out their daily activities in the absence of intervention (control group), those carrying out their daily activities with behavioural recommendations (recommendation intervention group) and those carrying out their daily activities with both behavioural recommendations for heat mitigation and continuous use of indoor air cleaners in their house (heat and air pollution mitigation intervention group) to see if changes in temperature exposure and sleep are different between intervention groups.

Participants will:

  • Wear the wearable devise for continuous personal ambient temperature monitoring (ibutton) daily for a period of three months
  • Have their core temperature measured using an eCelsius medical capsule in three repeated assessments
  • Complete the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire in three repeated assessments
  • Provide samples of urine and blood biomarkers in three repeated assessments.

Aperçu de l'étude

Statut

Recrutement

Les conditions

Intervention / Traitement

Type d'étude

Interventionnel

Inscription (Estimé)

102

Phase

  • N'est pas applicable

Contacts et emplacements

Cette section fournit les coordonnées de ceux qui mènent l'étude et des informations sur le lieu où cette étude est menée.

Coordonnées de l'étude

Sauvegarde des contacts de l'étude

Lieux d'étude

  • Chypre
      • Limassol, Chypre
        • Recrutement
        • Medical School, University of Cyprus
        • Contact:
  • Italie
      • Catania, Italie
        • Recrutement
        • Azienda Ospedaliera Di Rilievo Nazionale Garibaldi Catania
        • Contact:

Critères de participation

Les chercheurs recherchent des personnes qui correspondent à une certaine description, appelée critères d'éligibilité. Certains exemples de ces critères sont l'état de santé général d'une personne ou des traitements antérieurs.

Critère d'éligibilité

Âges éligibles pour étudier

  • Adulte

Accepte les volontaires sains

Oui

La description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant Women (PW) aged 20 to 35 years
  • being in the 2nd trimester of a singleton pregnancy (15th-27th week of gestation)
  • Living in Catania (Italy) or Limassol (Cyprus) districts
  • Clinically healthy
  • No Gestational diabetes
  • No pre-eclampsia
  • No severe pregnancy complications

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Currently smoking
  • Presence of any smoking residents in the household
  • Not residing at the household for at least 5 days a week
  • Planning to move from the current home within the next two months
  • No access to Wi-Fi or 4G/5G mobile phone
  • Severe chronic conditions (congestive heart failure, ischemic heart disease, significant valvular heart disease, DM2, inflammatory diseases, renal failure, or active cancer)
  • Drugs abuse
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Severe mental disability that interferes with answering questions or following instructions

Plan d'étude

Cette section fournit des détails sur le plan d'étude, y compris la façon dont l'étude est conçue et ce que l'étude mesure.

Comment l'étude est-elle conçue ?

Détails de conception

  • Objectif principal: La prévention
  • Répartition: Randomisé
  • Modèle interventionnel: Affectation parallèle
  • Masquage: Aucun (étiquette ouverte)

Armes et Interventions

Groupe de participants / Bras
Intervention / Traitement
Expérimental: Heat and air pollution intervention - Group Alerts, Recommendations and Air Cleaners
Subjects in this group will receive alerts and recommendations as in group "Heat intervention" and in addition, continuously use of air cleaners with HEPA filter for removing PM from indoor air in their residences and workplaces to provide evidence for health benefits.
Autre: Heat and air pollution mitigation intervention
The participants in this intervention group will receive alerts and recommendations as in group "Heat intervention" and, in addition, continuously use air cleaners with HEPA filters for removing PM from indoor air in their residences and workplaces.
Autres noms:
  • Behavioral intervention to reduce exposure to heat and air-pollution
Aucune intervention: Control group
Subjects in this arm will receive no alerts forhigh temperatures nor recommendations formitigation of heat-related health effects.
Expérimental: Heat intervention - Personal Alerts and Specific Recommendations
Subjects in this group will receive timelypersonal alerts for high temperatures and specific recommendations to reduce exposure to heat and mitigation of heat-related health effects in written and animated format through mobile phones ,mobile applications and online tools.
Autre: Heat intervention
The participants in this group of intervention will receive timely personal alerts for high temperatures and specific recommendations to reduce exposure to heat by changing patterns of time spent and physical activity performed outdoors, regulating indoor temperature using fans and/or air conditioning devices, as well as recommendations for mitigation of heat-related health effects (hydration, body cooling) in written and animated format, through mobile phones, web application and online tools to be developed by the project research team
Autres noms:
  • Behavioral intervention to reduce exposure to heat

Que mesure l'étude ?

Principaux critères de jugement

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Délai: The PSQI will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a self-report questionnaire that assesses sleep quality over a one-month time interval. The PSQI is commonly used in both clinical and research settings to evaluate various aspects of sleep. It is a valuable tool for assessing sleep quality as it captures multiple dimensions of sleep, including both subjective experiences and objective parameters. Higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality, with a score greater than 5 suggesting significant sleep difficulties.
The PSQI will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).

Mesures de résultats secondaires

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Sleep-wake pattern
Délai: Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months)
Sleep-wake pattern will be estimated based on measurements of movement and heart rate obtained from a wearable device (wristband).
Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months)
Heart Rate
Délai: Heart Rate will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Heart rate will be measured using ECG.
Heart Rate will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
The personal ambient temperature profile of all participants
Délai: Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months)
Personal exposures of participants will be monitored continuously during the two observation months with wearable sensors to be always worn and assess personal exposure to ambient (indoor and outdoor) temperature (iButton).
Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months)
Serum Urea Levels
Délai: Serum levels of urea will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of urea (mg/dL), as a marker of renal function, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of urea will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum Creatinine Levels
Délai: Serum levels of creatinine will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of creatinine (mg/dL), as a marker of renal function, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of creatinine will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum Sodium levels
Délai: Serum levels of sodium will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of sodium (mmol/L), as a marker of hydration, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of sodium will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum Osmolality
Délai: Serum osmolality will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum osmolality (mOsm/kg), as a marker of hydration, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum osmolality will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine Creatinine Levels
Délai: Urine levels of creatinine will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine levels of creatinine (mg/dL), as a marker of renal function, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine levels of creatinine will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine Sodium levels
Délai: Urine levels of sodium will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine levels of sodium (mmol/L), as a marker of hydration, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine levels of sodium will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine Potassium levels
Délai: Urine levels of potassium will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine levels of potassium (mmol/L), as a marker of hydration, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine levels of potassium will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine Osmolality
Délai: Urine osmolality will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine osmolality (mOsm/kg), as a marker of hydration, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Urine osmolality will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Sleep-Wake self-reported evaluation
Délai: The sleep-wake self-reported evaluation will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
The sleep-wake self-reported evaluation will be carried out using a predefined sleep diary which will be completed by the participant on the morning after he/she wakes up. Each assessment of sleep-wake self-reported evaluation will be carried out for a whole week.
The sleep-wake self-reported evaluation will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale
Délai: The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale will be carried out to assess the severity of a person's anxiety. The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale ranges from 0 to 56, where higher scores indicate greater anxiety severity. The scoring is divided into severity tiers: <17 (mild), 18-24 (mild to moderate), and 25-56 (moderate to severe). The scale consists of 14 items, each rated from 0 to 4 points. It evaluates both psychic anxiety (e.g., tension, fears, mood) and somatic anxiety (physical complaints).
The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Daily heart rate
Délai: Daily measu.ments - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months) .
Heart rate measurements taken throughout the day by a wearable device (wristband).
Daily measu.ments - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months) .
Systolic/Diastolic Blood Pressure
Délai: Systolic/Diastolic blood pressure will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Measurements of Systolic/Diastolic Blood Pressure will be recorded.
Systolic/Diastolic blood pressure will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Heart Rate Variability
Délai: The heart rate variability will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Heart rate variability will be measured using ECG.
The heart rate variability will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum C-reactive Protein Levels
Délai: Serum levels of C-reactive protein will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of C-reactive protein (mg/L), as a marker of systemic inflammation, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of C-reactive protein will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum Potassium Levels
Délai: Serum levels of potassium will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of potassium (mmol/L), as a marker of hydration, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Serum levels of potassium will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Wet-bulb globe temperature (WGBT)
Délai: Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Wet-bulb globe temperature, will be assessed as a thermal stress indicator.
Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Humidity
Délai: Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Humidity will be measured using iButton.
Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Indoor concentration levels of Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) at residence
Délai: Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Indoor concentration levels of PM2.5 (micrograms per cubic meter of air) at participants' residences will be measured continuously indoors using commercial lightweight sensors (Alpha sense).
Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Indoor concentration levels of Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) at work
Délai: Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Indoor concentration levels of PM2.5 (micrograms per cubic meter of air) at participants' work place will be measured continuously indoors using commercial lightweight sensors (Alpha sense).
Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Indoor concentration levels of Particulate Matter 10 (PM 10) at residence
Délai: Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Indoor concentration levels of PM10 (micrograms per cubic meter of air) at participants' residences will be measured continuously indoors using commercial lightweight sensors (Alpha sense).
Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Indoor concentration levels of Particulate Matter 10 (PM 10) at work
Délai: Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Indoor concentration levels of PM10 (micrograms per cubic meter of air) at participants' work place will be measured continuously indoors using commercial lightweight sensors (Alpha sense).
Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months).
Number of daily steps
Délai: Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months)
Number of daily steps will be measured throughout the day by a wearable device (wristband).
Daily measurements - for the whole duration of follow-up (2 months)
Hair cortisol levels
Délai: Hair cortisol levels will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months)
Hair cortisol levels (pg/mg), as a marker of stress, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Hair cortisol levels will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months)
Saliva alpha-amylase levels
Délai: Saliva levels of alpha-amylase will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months)
Saliva levels of alpha-amylase (U/mL), as a marker of stress, will be measured from each participant at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months).
Saliva levels of alpha-amylase will be assessed at baseline, middle (after 1 month), and at end of observation period (after 2 months)

Collaborateurs et enquêteurs

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Parrainer

University of Cyprus

Collaborateurs

University of Catania
Azienda ospedaliera Garibaldi Catania

Les enquêteurs

  • Chercheur principal: Panayiotis Yiallouros, Professor, University of Cyprus

Publications et liens utiles

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Publications générales

Dates d'enregistrement des études

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Dates principales de l'étude

Début de l'étude (Réel)

1 mai 2026

Achèvement primaire (Estimé)

31 juillet 2027

Achèvement de l'étude (Estimé)

31 juillet 2027

Dates d'inscription aux études

Première soumission

29 avril 2026

Première soumission répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

19 mai 2026

Première publication (Réel)

27 mai 2026

Mises à jour des dossiers d'étude

Dernière mise à jour publiée (Réel)

5 juin 2026

Dernière mise à jour soumise répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

3 juin 2026

Dernière vérification

1 juin 2026

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Termes liés à cette étude

Mots clés

Termes MeSH pertinents supplémentaires

Autres numéros d'identification d'étude

  • 101156653.LL2.PW
  • 101156653 (Autre subvention/numéro de financement: European Commission)

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