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Effect of Vegetation in Kindergartens on the Immune Response of Children

NCT02733926 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2019-07-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of vegetation cover on certain Interleukin-10 and immunoglobulinE (IgE) among children (3-5 y old). Children will either be in a kindergarten that does not have forest floor and agricultural land in the backyards, or alternatively they will be in a kindergarten that does have forest floor and agricultural land in the backyards.

Conditions

  • Ige Responsiveness, Atopic

Interventions

OTHER

Adding of vegetation into the backyards of kindergarten

Living plants are transferred into the backyards of kindergartens. This is assumed to affect the measured variables of children.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tampere University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tampere University of Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Helsinki

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aki Sinkkonen, Docent · University of Helsinki

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-30
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

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