School air check: study ties pollutants to Kids' asthma
NCT ID NCT05997784
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study monitors indoor air quality in 500 French schoolchildren's classrooms, measuring pollutants like chemicals, allergens, and microbes. Researchers will track asthma and allergy symptoms using questionnaires and lung function tests. The goal is to understand how combinations of pollutants affect children's health and to develop better monitoring and cleaning methods.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better guidelines for reducing indoor air pollution in schools to protect children's respiratory health.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may find associations but cannot prove cause and effect, and results may not apply to all regions or climates.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
A maximum of 500 schoolchildren at CM1 level (French education system), equally distributed between males and females, will derive from a maximum of eight primary schools and 2-3 classes of CM1 in each school, when available. Therefore, two-three classrooms per schools, in no more than 8 schools, each year, over 2 consecutive school years will be monitored, and children will be followed-up during 10 months. The selection of schools will be based on socioeconomic and air pollution criteria (differences between different regions of the participating centres) and whenever possible on annual reports on air quality (if available) from the respectively Directorate of Climate Change and Atmospheric Quality of the Ministry of Environment.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Child attending CM1 level at the beginning of the school year * Child in a classroom selected for the project * Child and caregiver(s) willing to follow the study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: Child or child's parents/guardian's who: * Refuse to participate to the project / to give informed consent * Do not want to use the application to fill the questionnaire and follow the protocol procedures. * Do not read or/and write in French * Plan a long stay outside the region that does not allow them to follow the visit plan
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital of Montpellier
Montpellier, Occitanie, 34295, France
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