Can medical support ease electrosensitivity symptoms?
NCT ID NCT01854801
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether 14 months of specialized medical care and monitoring of electromagnetic exposures could help people who report severe sensitivity to electromagnetic fields. Seventy-nine participants wore a dosimeter for a week and tracked their symptoms. The goal was to see if this approach reduces symptom severity and frequency and improves quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- individual medical care and electromagnetic exposure monitoring
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a supportive care approach for people with electrosensitivity.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with no blinding or placebo control, so results may be influenced by patient expectations. It does not test a cure or treatment for the underlying condition.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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79 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2012
- Finished
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Apr 2016
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects who declare themselves to be intolerant to electromagnetic fields * Subjects over 18 years old * Subjects affiliated to a social security scheme * Subjects who signed the consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Subject with a disorder of the understanding of the French language at the discretion of the investigator * Pregnant women, * Persons deprived of their liberty, persons under guardianship, and persons in emergency situations.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service de Pathologie Professionnelle, Hôpital Cochin, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre
Paris, 75014, France