Tests repeated infrared sauna sessions for adults with obesity
Tests far infrared sauna sessions in adults with obesity to study heart and metabolism.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Oregon
- Where
- Eugene, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Repeated Far Infrared Sauna Bathing in Adults With Obesity
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 20 people, planned
- Started
- 7 Mar 2022
- Planned end
- 31 Jul 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Heat therapy
- Record updated
- 4 March 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with obesity to see if 30 sessions of far infrared sauna bathing can improve heart, blood vessel and metabolic function.
- Age
- 18 to 59 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Obesity, with a BMI between 30-45 kg/m2.
- Earlier treatment
- People cannot join if they take medications other than hormone contraceptives, or are not willing to stop them for 24 hours before testing days.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Diagnosed diabetes
- Higher than stage 2 hypertension
- Smoker
- Pregnant, wanting to become pregnant soon, or breastfeeding
- Exercising more than 120 min/week
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- BMI between 30-45 kg/m2
Who cannot take part
- Medications affecting blood pressure
- Taking medications (other than hormone contraceptives)
- Not willing to stop taking medications (other than hormone contraceptives) for 24 hours before testing days
- Diagnosed diabetes
- Greater than stage 2 hypertension
- Allergies to lidocaine
- Coagulopathies
- Blood clotting, and blood sugars
- Smoker
- Pregnant
- Desiring to become pregnant in the near future
- Breastfeeding
- BMI less than 30
- BMI greater than 45 kg/m2
- Exercising > 120 min/week
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 59 years old?
Where in United States
- University of OregonEugene, United StatesContact: Christopher T Minson, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This is a clinical trial to determine if 30 sessions of far infrared sauna bathing can improve cardiovascular and metabolic function in adults with obesity.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Heat therapyTreatment being tested
Group will undergo 30 sessions of heat therapy over approximately 10 weeks. Sessions will require participants to sit in a far infrared sauna for up to 45 min for 3 to 4 times per week.
- Time control groupNo study treatment, for comparison
No participation in sauna bathing. Maintain lifestyle habits for approximately 10 weeks.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Targeting Hypertension and Insulin Resistance With Heat Therapy
- Plain-language title
- Tests repeated infrared sauna sessions for adults with obesityGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07158047, who can take part
- Record updated
- 4 March 2026