Clinical trials: completed, sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
Cutting Balloon Study
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter Cutting Balloon therapy for branch pulmonary artery stenosis resistant to low pressure dilation.
- Trial name
- CB (NCT01205568)
- Testing
- Transcatheter Cutting Balloon therapy, High Pressure Balloon Angioplasty
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
First CRUSH: Piloting the Preliminary Feasibility and Acceptability of the Competence in Romance and Understanding Sexual Health (CRUSH) Curriculum
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the feasibility and acceptability of a behavioral intervention in designed to provide sexual education and improve the behavioral skills of autistic adults for intimate…
- Trial name
- NCT05910658
- Testing
- Competence in Romance and Understanding Sexual Health (CRUSH)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Pain, Postoperative, Numbness
Lidocaine Versus Bupivacaine in Orthognathic Surgery
In this research study, we want to learn more about the impact of two different local anesthetics (bupivacaine and lidocaine) on patient experience following orthognathic (jaw) surgery.
- Conditions
- Pain, Postoperative, Numbness, Temperature Sensation, Perception of Touch
- Trial name
- NCT06450028
- Testing
- 10 cc of 0.25% bupivacaine hydrochloride with 1:200,000 epinephrine, 6.8 cc of 2% lidocaine hydrochloride with 1:100,000 epinephrine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Pediatric Heart Transplantation, Immunosuppression
Tacrolimus/Everolimus vs. Tacrolimus/MMF in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Using the MATE Score
The TEAMMATE Trial will enroll 210 pediatric heart transplant patients from 25 centers at 6 months post-transplant and follow each patient for 2.5 years.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Heart Transplantation, Immunosuppression, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
- Trial name
- TEAMMATE (NCT03386539)
- Testing
- Everolimus, Tacrolimus, Mycophenolate Mofetil
- Where
- 25 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 211 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Blood Pressure
Validation of a Novel Non-invasive Continuous Blood Pressure Monitor in Children Ages 2- 17 Years-old
This is a prospective observational study to investigate if a non-invasive blood pressure monitoring device, the CareTaker Pulse Decomposition Analysis (PDA), can accurately measure blood pressure in children when compared to an…
- Trial name
- NCT04817137
- Testing
- CareTaker PDA Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Dislodged Catheter, Catheter Related Complication
An Innovative Taping Technique for Improved Intravenous (IV) Catheter Securement
This is a prospective, single-blinded, randomized study to assess the ability of taping methods used to secure intravenous (IV) catheters to resist the IV from being pulled away from the skin.
- Trial name
- NCT05948878
- Testing
- Novel Taping Method, BCH Emergency Department Taping Method, Chevron Taping Method
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Obesity, Diabetes
Framingham State Food Study
This study will evaluate the effects of dietary composition on energy expenditure and chronic disease risk factors, while also exploring physiological mechanisms underlying these effects.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- (FS)2 (NCT02068885)
- Testing
- Feeding study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 234 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Anesthesia, Pain
Near Infrared Spectroscopy Cortical Response to Noxious and Auditory Stimuli in Subjects Under General Anesthesia
The primary aim is to utilize near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in patients under general anesthesia to measure changes in brain blood flow in the bilateral somatosensory cortices and the prefrontal cortices in response to…
- Trial name
- NCT02703090
- Testing
- Remifentanil, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Graft vs Host Disease, Malignancy
Abatacept as GVHD Prophylaxis Phase 2
This is a phase II multi-center, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial. The investigators are doing this study to see if a new drug, abatacept, can be used together with a calcineurin inhibitor (cyclosporine or…
- Trial name
- NCT01743131
- Testing
- Abatacept
- Where
- 14 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 186 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Anesthesia, Anesthesia Emergence Delirium
A Single Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Efficacy of a Pediatric Interactive Relational Agent vs. Standard Preoperative Education
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of enhanced preoperative education using a Pediatric Interactive Relational Agent (PIRA), designed for children aged 4 through 10 years and their families, compared to the…
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Anesthesia Emergence Delirium, Procedural Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT04586569
- Testing
- Pediatric Interactive Relational Agent (PIRA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorders
Intervening in Food Insecurity to Reduce and Mitigate (InFoRM) Childhood Obesity
The goals of this study are to 1) pilot the feasibility of a novel meal kit delivery intervention in families and children with food insecurity and obesity and 2) evaluate the implementation of the pilot intervention.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorders, Overnutrition, Child, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05586269
- Testing
- Meal Kit Delivery, Newsletter + Food Pantry Referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Family Reported Errors and Adverse Events
Family Activation and Communication About Errors and Safety (FACES)
Miscommunications are a leading cause of serious medical errors in hospitals, contributing to more than 60% of sentinel events, the most serious adverse events reported to the Joint Commission.
- Trial name
- FACES (NCT02877017)
- Testing
- Family safety reporting intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 985 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
PTEN Gene Mutation, PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome
RAD001 and Neurocognition in PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome
Phosphatase and TENsin homolog (PTEN) gene germline mutations are associated with a spectrum of clinical manifestations characterized by neurocognitive deficits, intellectual disability, autism symptomatology, skin lesions…
- Trial name
- NCT02991807
- Testing
- RAD001
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Asthma
School Inner-City Asthma Intervention Study (SICAS-2)
The investigators goal is to determine the efficacy of school/classroom based environmental intervention in reducing asthma morbidity in urban schoolchildren.
- Trial name
- SICAS-2 (NCT02291302)
- Testing
- integrated pest management, air purifier, No intervention (control)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Anesthesia
Effect of Dexmedetomidine of Gastrointestinal Motility
Anorectal manometry requires that the patient be able to respond to command and not receive any medications which could alter muscle tone or motility.
- Trial name
- NCT04798482
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Transfusion-dependent Hemachromatosis, Thalassemia Major
Pilot Study for Patients With Poor Response to Deferasirox
This purpose of this study is to understand the differences between people who have a good response to deferasirox (exjade) compared to people who have a poor response to this medication when used for transfusion-dependent iron…
- Conditions
- Transfusion-dependent Hemachromatosis, Thalassemia Major, Sickle Cell Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00749515
- Testing
- Deferoxamine, Deferasirox, HIDA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Postoperative Pain
Bilateral Continuous Erector Spinae Blocks for Post-Sternotomy Pain Management
To evaluate the efficacy of bilateral continuous erector spinae blocks (BESB) for postoperative analgesia in children and adolescents undergoing cardiac surgical procedures via sternotomy in the Early Recovery After Surgery…
- Trial name
- NCT04567407
- Testing
- Bilateral erector spinae blocks using ropivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Peanut Allergy, Food Allergy
Peanut Reactivity Reduced by Oral Tolerance in an Anti-IgE Clinical Trial
The investigators will perform a double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial with Xolair (omalizumab) at four centers to safely and rapidly desensitize patients with severe peanut allergy.
- Trial name
- PRROTECT (NCT01781637)
- Testing
- Omalizumab
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Concussion, Mild, Concussion, Brain
The Effects of a Sub-maximal Exercise Program on Adolescents Who Sustained a Concussion
Patients who sustain a concussion will undergo a sub-maximal exercise protocol throughout their recovery. Cerebrovascular function, heart rate, and symptom severity, and exercise volume will be monitored throughout.
- Conditions
- Concussion, Mild, Concussion, Brain, Concussion, Severe, Exertion; Excess
- Trial name
- NCT03170856
- Testing
- Sub-maximal exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Fanconi Anemia
Pilot Study of Metformin for Patients With Fanconi Anemia
This is a single institution, open-label, single arm pilot study of Metformin in patients with Fanconi Anemia (FA) and cytopenias with the primary endpoint of hematologic response.
- Trial name
- NCT03398824
- Testing
- metformin HCl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital