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Sauna for Offline Connections and Interactive, Authentic Living

University of California, San Francisco · with Tiny Blue Dot Foundation · NCT07223099

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 19–25 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
15
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 20, 2026
Record last updated
August 13, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

This pilot trial will test an intervention (sauna visits) targeting reductions in loneliness in adults aged 19-25 years.

Participants will

  • Visit a sauna in San Francisco once per week for 2 hours by themselves or with a friend, for 8 weeks total
  • Complete online surveys throughout their participation

The main question this pilot trial aims to answer are:

  • To what extent do participants find the study design acceptable?
  • To what extent do participants complete the weekly sauna visits?
  • To what extent do participants complete the weekly online surveys?

Being studied: Sauna Visits

Conditions: Loneliness

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Aged 19-25
  • English-speaking
  • Able to provide written informed consent
  • Graduated from high school or high school equivalent
  • Elevated level of loneliness
  • Able and willing to receive study text messages
  • Able to attend weekly in-person sauna visits in San Francisco, CA

Exclusion Criteria

  • Self-reported heat intolerance
  • Pregnancy, active lactation, or intention to become pregnant during the study period
  • Regular use of any nicotine products, including cigarettes, vapes, chewing tobacco, or other forms of nicotine (if use is not regular, must be willing to refrain for 24 hours before and 24 hours after sauna visits)
  • Current social heat practices 2 or more times per month (e.g., visiting sauna or hot tub facilities with others present)
  • Unwilling to refrain from using marijuana products and alcohol for the 24 hours before and 24 hours after sauna visits
  • Unwilling to refrain from heavy exercise on the day of sauna visits
  • Any medical condition that, in the opinion of investigators, may increase the risk of sauna use or introduce excessive variance into physiological or behavioral responses to sauna visits
  • Use of any medication that might impact thermoregulatory capacity or that, in the opinion of investigators, would increase risk of study participation or introduce excessive variance into physiological or behavioral responses to sauna visits

Recruiting US locations

  • Osher Center for Integrative Health

    San Francisco, CA 94115

    Site contact: Sarah M Fisher, MS · 415-476-1218 · socialstudy@ucsf.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • SOCIAL Study Team · 415-514-8445 · socialstudy@ucsf.edu
  • Sarah M Fisher, MS · 415-476-1218 · sarah.fisher4@ucsf.edu
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