New study tests whether community workshops can lower lead levels in city dwellers
NCT ID NCT07632937
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test if intensive public health campaigns—including workshops, home visits, and cleaning kits—can reduce lead exposure in adults living in urban areas with known lead hazards. Researchers will compare these efforts to standard information pamphlets. The trial aims to enroll 400 participants and track changes in blood lead levels over 12 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Intensive Public Health Campaign (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that community-based campaigns effectively reduce lead exposure and promote safer practices in at-risk urban areas.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study with no drug or device; results depend on participant engagement and may not generalize to other communities. It is not yet recruiting.
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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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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 75 years
- 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: * Resident of selected urban neighborhoods with documented environmental lead risk * Household includes at least one adult aged 18-75 years willing to participate * Willing to provide informed consent * Willing to allow home visits and blood sampling * Able to understand study procedures and interventions Exclusion Criteria: * Planning to relocate from the area within the next 12 months * Household member with a known diagnosis of severe anemia or bleeding disorder * Participation in another intervention study targeting lead exposure in the past 12 months * Inability or unwillingness to comply with study procedures * Household with known ongoing lead remediation efforts during the study period * Pregnant women (due to additional ethical considerations for blood sampling)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Philadelphia City Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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