Clinical trials: sponsored by Boston University
Childhood Obesity
A Cluster Randomized Trial of the H2GO! Program
This proposal involves a collaboration with the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs. The goal is to evaluate the efficacy of youth empowerment intervention targeting sugar-sweetened beverage consumption on childhood…
- Trial name
- NCT04265794
- Testing
- H2GO!
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 820 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Deafness
Word Learning in Deaf Children Using Eye-tracking and Behavioral Measures
Mutual exclusivity is a word learning constraint in which the learner assumes that a given word refers to only one category of objects.
- Trial name
- NCT05993832
- Testing
- input cue
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Breastfeeding, SUID
Social Media and Risk Reduction Teaching-Enhanced Reach
This study aims to improve adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep (SS) recommendations and improve rates of initiation and duration of partial and exclusive breastfeeding (BF) through direct education of mothers…
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, SUID, SIDS
- Trial name
- SMARTER (NCT04387552)
- Testing
- Prenatal Safe Sleep Mobile Health (mHealth) Messaging, Prenatal Breastfeeding Mobile Health (mHealth) Messaging, Postnatal Safe Sleep Mobile Health (mHealth) Messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,093 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Family Relations
Development of a Family-Based Transition Planning Program for Culturally-Diverse Youth on the Autism Spectrum
The goal of this clinical study is to develop a community-based program to support family members of transition-aged youth on the autism spectrum to help them plan for the future. The main aims of the study are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT05965648
- Testing
- Families FORWARD (Focusing on Relationships, Well-being, and Responsibility aheaD)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Atopic Dermatitis
Improvement In Scratch Behavior And Sleep In Patients With Atopic Dermatitis
This single blind study is to primarily evaluate wearable devices and Observer Reported Itch Assessment in children to assess reduction of itch and night-time scratch in response to Crisaborole treatment vs.
- Trial name
- PAD (NCT05200403)
- Testing
- Crisaborole 2%, Vehicle treatment, Accelerometry device for children
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Siblings, Childhood Cancer
SibACCESS: Developing a Telehealth Intervention to Address Unmet Psychosocial Needs of Siblings of Children With Cancer
This study aims to address barriers to psychosocial care for siblings of children with cancer by piloting a group-based telehealth program for adolescent siblings of youth with cancer.
- Conditions
- Siblings, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Trial name
- R03 CA259898 (NCT04889755)
- Testing
- SibACCESS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Caries, Dental, Health Behavior
Interactive Parent-Targeted Text Messaging in Pediatric Clinics to Reduce Caries Among Urban Children
This is a randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy of a parent-targeted text message-based intervention program on caries incidence and oral health behaviors (child and parent).
- Trial name
- iSmile (NCT03294590)
- Testing
- OHT Parent targeted text messages, CWT Parent targeted text messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 754 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Sexual Behavior
Young Men and Media Study
Adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM) continue to account for a disproportionate number of HIV infections in the United States. Racial and ethnic minority populations are particularly affected.
- Trial name
- NCT04109443
- Testing
- Young Men & Media Program, Available websites on safe sex and preventing STIs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Tobacco Smoking
Cognitive and Emotional Skills to Aid Smoking Prevention
The purpose of the current proposal is to investigate the extent to which interventions designed to improve cognitive (working memory) and emotional (distress tolerance) regulatory processes enhance the effectiveness of standard…
- Trial name
- DOAN (NCT03058991)
- Testing
- Distress Tolerance Intervention, Working Memory Intervention, Control Informational Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Sepsis
Zambia Chlorhexidine Application Trial
This will be a cluster-randomized controlled trial to assess whether washing the umbilical cord with a disinfectant (4% chlorhexidine) helps to reduce neonatal deaths in Zambia when compared to the current standard of care, dry…
- Trial name
- ZamCAT (NCT01241318)
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine gluconate (4%), Dry cord care
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 77,535 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Transition-age Youth, Developmental Disabilities
Evaluation of Project TEAM (Teens Making Environmental and Activity Modifications)
The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which Project TEAM (Teens making Environment and Activity Modifications) is an effective, socially valid, and feasible intervention that prepares youth with developmental…
- Conditions
- Transition-age Youth, Developmental Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Autism
- Trial name
- ProjectTEAM (NCT02714868)
- Testing
- Project TEAM, Matched Comparison
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Diabetes Mellitus
Integration of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Into a BiHormonal Closed-Loop Artificial Pancreas
The investigators hypothesize that our closed-loop glucose-control system can provide BG control in subjects with type 1 diabetes using the estimated BG signal from a CGM as the input signal to the controller.
- Trial name
- CL2 (NCT01161862)
- Testing
- Bi-hormonal (insulin and glucagon) artificial pancreas
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Papilloma
New Therapy of Laryngeal Papilloma In Children
This study will determine efficacy of a new and combined treatment of laryngeal recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), by using a 585 nm pulsed dye laser (PDL) and a dietary supplement, diindolylmethane (DIM).
- Trial name
- NCT00591305
- Testing
- diindolylmethane (DIM), 585 nm pulsed dye laser
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Pneumonia, Malaria
Zambia Integrated Management of Malaria and Pneumonia Study
The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of community-based management of pneumonia and malaria by community health workers (CHWs) in a rural district of Zambia.
- Trial name
- ZIMMAPS (NCT00513500)
- Testing
- Coartem and amoxicillin, Coartem
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 3,125 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University