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CompletedNCT02226614Updated Jun 15, 2016

Development of a Head Cooling Device

An interventional study of University of Edinburgh head cooling device in Body Temperature Changes, sponsored by University of Edinburgh. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-06-15.

Sponsored by University of Edinburgh · Not applicable and Interventional

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is testing a head-cooling device on volunteers to assess temperature reduction.

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Conditions studied

  • Body Temperature Changes
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In context

Body Temperature Changes

93 studies on the registry are indexed under Body Temperature Changes; 20 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is close to the median of 38 across 64 interventional studies indexed under Body Temperature Changes.

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Lead sponsor

University of Edinburgh is the lead sponsor of 393 studies on the registry; 64 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • healthy humans

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pregnant
  • refusal of consent for registration with The Over-volunteering Protection Scheme
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    head cooling

    head cooling

    Device: University of Edinburgh head cooling device

Interventions

  • DeviceUniversity of Edinburgh head cooling device

    head cooling

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Temperature change

    Time frame: 6 hours

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Study locations

1 site
  • Western General Hospital
    Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, United Kingdom
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 15, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02226614
Lead sponsor
University of Edinburgh
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 27, 2014
Start date
Aug 2014
Primary completion
Feb 2016
Completion
Feb 2016
Last update
Jun 15, 2016

Study contacts

Peter Andrews, MD
principal investigator · University of Edinburgh

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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