Status:
COMPLETED
Establishing Evidence-based Indoor Temperature Thresholds to Protect Health
Lead Sponsor:
University of Ottawa
Conditions:
Aging
Heat Stress
Eligibility:
All Genders
65-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
An individual's ability to adequately cope with short- or long-term increases in ambient temperature is critical for maintaining health and wellbeing. Prolonged increases in temperature (heatwaves) po...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES The objective of this project is to evaluate the effect of a range of environments experienced during heatwaves on body temperature and autonomic cardiovascular function in older adults. T...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male or female (non-pregnant) adults aged 18-80 with or without a) chronic hypertension (elevated resting blood pressure; as defined by Heart and Stroke Canada and Hypertension Canada), b) type 2 diabetes as defined by Diabetes Canada, with at least 5 years having elapsed since time of diagnosis and or c) obesity as defined by the World Health Organization (Body Mass Index \[BMI\] greater than or equal to 30)
- non-smoking.
Exclusion
- \- Episode(s) of severe hypoglycemia (requiring the assistance of another person) within the previous year, or inability to sense hypoglycemia (hypoglycemia unawareness).
- Serious complications related to your diabetes (gastroparesis, renal disease, uncontrolled hypertension, severe autonomic neuropathy).
- Uncontrolled hypertension - BP \>150 mmHg systolic or \>95 mmHg diastolic in a sitting position.
- Restrictions in physical activity due to disease (e.g. intermittent claudication, renal impairment, active proliferative retinopathy, unstable cardiac or pulmonary disease, disabling stroke, severe arthritis, etc.).
- Use of or changes in medication judged by the patient or investigators to make participation in this study inadvisable.
- Cardiac abnormalities identified in your physical health screening form (adults \<65 years of age and older; adults \<60 years of age and older with diabetes and or hypertension) or during exercise stress testing as assessed by 12-lead (all adults ≥65 years of age and older).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 11 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
16 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04348630
Start Date
June 1 2019
End Date
November 11 2021
Last Update
March 30 2023
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University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N6N5