Health, Environment and Action in Louisville (HEAL) Green Heart Louisville Project

NCT ID: NCT03670524

Last Updated: 2025-01-10

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

835 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-05-03

Study Completion Date

2026-10-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to examine how the environment and neighborhood characteristics affects the health of the area residents. The study will help determine how changing neighborhood characteristics, such as green space, affect heart health, risk factors for other diseases, sense of well- being or neighborhood cohesion.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cardiovascular Diseases Metabolic Health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A unique pragmatic interventional trial with longitudinal follow up to assess the cardiovascular effects of increasing residential greenery.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Targeted neighborhoods for Greenness

Using greenness as a therapeutic intervention, we will plant shrubs, grasses, young and mature trees (40-50 ft in height), so that we can evaluate changes in health and pollution, 2 years after planting.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Greenness as a therapeutic intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Greenness to be used as a therapeutic intervention

Control Group

No intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Greenness as a therapeutic intervention

Greenness to be used as a therapeutic intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 30-70 years of age.
* Live within the targeted study location

Exclusion Criteria

* Unwilling or unable to provide consent.
* HIV/AIDS, active treatment for cancer, active bleeding including wounds.
* Body weight less than 100 pounds or BMI\>40.
* Prisoners and other vulnerable populations.
* Anyone that PI thinks is unsafe to participate in study.
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Nature Conservancy

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Louisville

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Rachel Keith

Asst Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Aruni Bhatnagar, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Louisville

Rachel Keith, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Louisville

Locations

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University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Jackie Research Coordinator, MS

Role: CONTACT

502-852-6167

Facility Contacts

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Jackie Gallagher, MS

Role: primary

502-852-6167

Rachel Keith, PhD

Role: backup

References

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McLeish AC, Smith T, Riggs DW, Hart JL, Walker KL, Keith RJ, Anderson L, Sithu I, Pinilla-Baquero J, Srivastava S, Bhatnagar A. Community-Based Evaluation of the Associations Between Well-Being and Cardiovascular Disease Risk. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Nov 15;11(22):e027095. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.027095. Epub 2022 Nov 12.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36370026 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01ES029846-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

15.1260

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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