Clinical trials: sponsored by Boston Medical Center
Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain
Treating Comorbid Depression During Care Transitions Using Relational Agents
Depression is common among individuals with chronic illness such as chronic heart failure (CHF) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is a strong predictor of poor clinical outcomes and high rates of avoidable…
- Conditions
- Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Depression, Comorbid Depression
- Trial name
- RA-CBT (NCT02845102)
- Testing
- Pre-Post Feasibility
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Pharmacokinetics
The Pharmacokinetics of 12 Week Continuous Patch Use
Investigators propose a descriptive pharmacokinetic study of the serum hormone levels of estrogen and progesterone with extended use (12 weeks) of the contraceptive patch.
- Trial name
- NCT02585999
- Testing
- Xulane Contraceptive Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Cervical Cancer
An Intervention Study To Improve Human PapillomaVirus ( HPV) Immunization in Haitian and African American Girls
In the United States, Black women are more likely to die of cervical cancer than White women. In developing countries and globally, Haitian immigrant women are more likely to die of cervical cancer than any other women in the…
- Trial name
- HPV (NCT01254669)
- Testing
- BNI-brief Negotiated Interview
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Femoral Fractures
A Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing IM Nails and Plate Fixation in Distal Femur Fractures
This study looks at two (2) types of surgical treatments and hopes to answer the question, "which is the best way to surgically treat a distal femur fracture?" Both procedures being studied are standard of care (used routinely)…
- Trial name
- NCT00429663
- Testing
- reamed, interlocking intramedullary nail, locking periarticular plate
- Where
- 22 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Breast Cancer
Positron Emission Mammography and Standard Mammography in Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Screening tests may help doctors find cancer cells early and plan better treatment for breast cancer. It is not yet known whether positron emission mammography is more effective than standard mammography in finding…
- Trial name
- NCT00896649
- Testing
- questionnaire administration, digital mammography, positron emission mammography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Early Pregnancy Bleeding, Abdominal Pain
Pelvic Examination in Pregnancy
This study is designed to determine whether the pelvic examination (including bimanual and speculum examination) is necessary in patients with first trimester vaginal bleeding/ lower abdominal pain when an intra-uterine pregnancy…
- Trial name
- PEP (NCT01570413)
- Testing
- No Pelvic Exam, Pelvic Examination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Multiple Myeloma
HD Melphalan and SCT in Patients With IGDD or LCDD
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a stem cell transplant stops the growth of cancer cells by stopping them from dividing or killing them.
- Trial name
- NCT00681044
- Testing
- filgrastim, melphalan, Stem Cell Infusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis
Host Immune Response to Clostridium Difficile Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are chronic conditions affecting approximately 1.4 million Americans.
- Conditions
- Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Clostridium Difficile, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01813500
- Testing
- Blood and stool sample
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Contraception
Bedsider.Org in Post-abortion Contraceptive Counseling: A Mixed Methods Study
This is a mixed methods study, incorporating a randomized controlled trial and a qualitative provider focus group, to evaluate contraceptive counseling aided by www.Bedsider.org in patients seeking first-trimester abortion.
- Trial name
- Bedsider (NCT02532946)
- Testing
- Bedsider.org counseling
- Volunteers
- 346 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Ankle Injuries
A Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing Antiglide and Lateral Plate Fixation in Ankle Fractures
The role of operative fixation of unstable, displaced lateral malleolus fractures is well-established (Mayer, Mak, and Yablon). However, the optimal type of fixation remains the subject of debate.
- Trial name
- NCT00718302
- Testing
- Antiglide Plate, Lateral Plate
- Where
- 10 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 249 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Colorectal Cancer
Risk Stratification to Promote Effective Shared Decision-Making for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Shared decision-making (SDM) has been advocated as a strategy for increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates. Our studies to date suggest that while the use of a novel computer-based decision aid facilitates several…
- Trial name
- NCT01596582
- Testing
- Risk Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 352 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis
Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis Registry
Little is known about the factors that predispose patients to complications after an ileal pouch-anal anastomosis procedure (IPAA).
- Trial name
- IPAA (NCT01026480)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 936 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Stress, Emotional
Engaging Women With the Gabby System to Deliver Multiple Health-Related Behavioral Changes: A Feasibility Study
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the feasibility of introducing an innovative eHealth technology, the Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA), to diverse women from an urban outpatient setting.
- Trial name
- NCT02965651
- Testing
- ECA System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Nasopharyngeal Carriage of S. Pneumoniae
Streptococcus Pneumonia: Effects of PCV13 on Pneumococcal Carriage
The specific aim is to evaluate the impact of PCV13 as administered in the pediatric primary care clinic at Boston medical center on the serotype specific carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children < 5.
- Trial name
- NCT01109108
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Sarcopenia, Hypogonadism
TOM: Testosterone in Older Men With Sarcopenia
The purpose of this study is to determine whether testosterone replacement in older men with low testosterone levels will increase muscle strength, improve physical performance and overall sense of well being, and reduce fatigue.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Hypogonadism, Muscular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT00240981
- Testing
- Topical testosterone gel 1% (active formulation)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Multiple Myeloma
Melphalan, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone in Treating Patients With Primary Systemic Amyloidosis
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as melphalan and dexamethasone, work in different ways to stop the growth of abnormal plasma cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- MRD (NCT00679367)
- Testing
- dexamethasone, lenalidomide, melphalan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Multiple Myeloma
A Open-label Study of Ultra-High Dose Dexamethasone for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma
This is a phase II, open label, single-center study of ultra-high dose dexamethasone administered intravenously and orally as monotherapy for the treatment of relapsed multiple myeloma.
- Trial name
- UltraDex (NCT02402725)
- Testing
- Dexamethasone
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Hypertension
Telehealth & Remote Measurement Technologies to Improve Medication Adherence in Hypertension
This study focuses on an important patient behavior, medication-taking, and important physician behaviors: promoting medication regimen adherence in patients and appropriately modifying therapy when existing therapy results in…
- Trial name
- HTNMedTrack (NCT01439256)
- Testing
- Computer Controlled Telephone Counseling, Physician information and management recommendations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Multiple Myeloma
Melphalan, Bortezomib, and Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Primary Systemic Amyloidosis
RATIONALE: Giving melphalan and bortezomib before and after a stem cell transplant stops the growth of abnormal cells by stopping them from dividing or killing them.
- Trial name
- NCT00790647
- Testing
- filgrastim, bortezomib, melphalan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Multiple Myeloma, Plasma Cell Neoplasm
2nd Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Patients With Persistent/Recurrent (AL) Amyloidosis
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of plasma cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00075608
- Testing
- filgrastim, melphalan, autologous stem cell transplantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center