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Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease in Qatar: an Interventional Study to Reduce Blood Pressure

NCT05903950 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2025-07-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main objective is to determine if in-home portable air cleaners provide persistent reductions in PM2.5 exposures and improvements in systolic blood pressure and biochemical parameters over 4-weeks in patients with metabolic syndrome residing in Qatar.

Conditions

  • Hypertension, Systolic
  • Metabolic Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

Air cleaners with HEPA filter

PM 2.5 exposure reduction using in home portable air cleaners fitted with HEPA filters

DEVICE

Air cleaners without HEPA filter

Simulation of PM 2.5 exposure reduction using in home portable air cleaners without HEPA filters.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamad Medical Corporation

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Case Western Reserve University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charbel Abi Khalil, MD · Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-03
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-04-30

Countries

  • Qatar

Study Locations

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