Water spray tested to protect seniors with lung disease from heat waves
NCT ID NCT06295523
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study aimed to see if spraying water on the body could help older adults with COPD stay cool during heat waves. Researchers planned to measure body temperature and lung function in a climate chamber. However, only one person took part before the study was stopped, so no meaningful conclusions can be drawn.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Water spray
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward simple cooling methods to protect elderly COPD patients during heat waves.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated after enrolling only 1 person, so results are not reliable. It was a small, early study with no phase, so findings may not apply broadly.
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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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1 person
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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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65 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: * 65 years old or older * Diagnosis of COPD Exclusion Criteria: * Known heart disease * Other chronic medical conditions requiring regular medical therapy including cancer, diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, and uncontrolled hypercholesterolemia etc * Abnormality detected on routine screening suggestive of provokable ischemia or previously undetected cardiac disease or resting left bundle branch block on screening electrocardiogram * Current smokers * Participant with a body mass index ≥31 kg/m2
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
Dallas, Texas, 75231, United States
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