Clinical trials: sponsored by Boston Medical Center
Chronic Low Back Pain
Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain
Chronic low back pain is the most common cause of pain in the United States. Common treatments such as medication, physical therapy, and surgery often do not provide adequate relief.
- Trial name
- NCT00865358
- Testing
- Yoga Group
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Ascites, Cirrhosis
Improving Performance of Paracentesis in Medical Residency Training
The investigators hypothesize that there is significant variability in management of patients with ascites despite guidelines provided by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the professional organization…
- Trial name
- NCT01403987
- Testing
- Residency Program Teaching, Lecture, Pocket Card Reference
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Health Education, Sudden Infant Death
Study of the Impact of Parental Note Taking on the Effectiveness of Anticipatory Guidance
The delivery of anticipatory guidance is an essential component of pediatric practice. Given the large amount of information to be shared during each encounter and the limited time available, there is a need for an effective and…
- Trial name
- NCT01014169
- Testing
- Note taking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Colonic Polyps, Colonic Neoplasms
Improving Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy With a Simple Educational Card
The purpose of this study is to determine whether adding a simple educational card to standard pre-procedure instructions improves the quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy.
- Trial name
- NCT00643682
- Testing
- Educational card
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Type 2 Diabetes
Virtual World Health Behavior Counseling for Patients With Diabetes
Comparison of 2 methods of delivery health education for African-American women with Type 2 Diabetes. The two methods are: face to face education in small groups, as compared to delivering the same curriculum in the virtual…
- Trial name
- NCT01340079
- Testing
- virtual world, face to face
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Bowel Preparation
Same-day, Reduced Volume Bowel Preparation
We seek to evaluate whether a same day, reduced liquid volume (2liters) polyethylene glycol (PEG-ELS) bowel preparation can achieve adequate colon cleansing in patients scheduled for afternoon colonoscopies.
- Trial name
- NCT01044394
- Testing
- polyethylene glycol (PEG-ELS) and bisacodyl tablets
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Bowel Preparation
Improving Bowel Preparation With an Educational Video
The investigators goal is to improve bowel preparations with an educational video on the Center for Digestive Disorders (CDD) website that explains the steps required for bowel preparation for those patients undergoing screening…
- Trial name
- NCT01099553
- Testing
- Educational video, Written instructions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Sexually Active
Advanced Provision of Emergency Contraception: Utilizing Technology to Increase Prescription Fill Rates
Eighty-five percent of the 750,000 teenage pregnancies per year in the United States are unintended (Guttmacher Institute). Approximately half of all teenage pregnancies end in the birth of a child; the remaining proportion end…
- Trial name
- NCT01401816
- Testing
- Text Message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Leukemia
Chemotherapy With Cordycepin Plus Pentostatin in Treating Patients With Refractory Acute Lymphocytic or Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00003005
- Testing
- Cordycepin, Deoxycoformycin
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Health Behavior
Nutrition and Physical Activity Counseling for Nontraditional College Students
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two methods of delivering information about nutrition and physical activity to non-traditional college students.
- Trial name
- NCT01412099
- Testing
- peer counseling, Feedback report
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Cancer, Anxiety
Massage Therapy and Port-a-Catheter Insertion
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of massage therapy for reducing pre-operative anxiety and post-operative pain among predominantly low income minority cancer patients undergoing surgical…
- Conditions
- Cancer, Anxiety, Pain, Surgery
- Trial name
- NCT00991770
- Testing
- Massage Therapy, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
HIV Infection
Zambia Exclusive Breastfeeding Study
The study is designed as a randomized, controlled trial with specific observational objectives. All HIV-seropositive pregnant subjects electing to breastfeed their child will be counselled to exclusively breastfeed through 4…
- Trial name
- NCT00310726
- Testing
- abrupt weaning at 4 months, Continued exclusive breastfeeding
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 1,435 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Cancer
The Development and Testing of an Electronic Tool to Measure Physical Activity in Domestic Settings
The purpose of this study is to develop a tool that can more accurately assess the intensity and kind of physical activity that a person performs.
- Trial name
- NCT00207181
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Use of MCT Oil for Enhancement of Weight Loss and Glycemic Control in Obese Diabetic Patients
Phase I, 6 weeks: Intensive weight loss 42 obese subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus or impaired fasting glucose (FBS greater than 100 mg/dl) and a patient at the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at Boston Medical Center…
- Trial name
- NCT00207233
- Testing
- MCT oil hypocaloric liquid diet, LCT hypocaloric liquid diet, Subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue biopsy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Leukemia
Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of CC-1088 in treating patients who have chronic…
- Trial name
- NCT00006097
- Testing
- CC-1088
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Childhood Obesity, Technology Based Obesity Intervention
IT-Supported Early Treatment Of Childhood Overweight
The goal of this exploratory/ developmental study is to develop and evaluate an integrated information system, Healthy Eating and Activity Today (HEAT), for promoting self-care in overweight children.
- Trial name
- HEAT (NCT01188616)
- Testing
- Telephone Linked Care-HEAT (TLC-HEAT)
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Mental Disorders
Automated Assessment of Mental Health in the Workplace
The purpose of this study is to design, refine, and test for the effectiveness of a computer-based telephone system (Telephone-Linked Communications for Detection of Mental Health Disorders in the Workplace; TLC-Detect) that will…
- Trial name
- NCT00134576
- Testing
- Computer Assisted Education for Behavioral Change
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Alcohol Dependence, Alcohol Consumption
ASAP Study - Hospital-Based Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems
The objective of this project was to test whether screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use leads to improved alcohol-related outcomes (such as alcohol consumption and linkage to alcohol assistance) and is…
- Trial name
- NCT00183105
- Testing
- Brief Intervention (adaptation of motivational interviewing)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Dependence
The iHealth Study in College Students
The objective of this project was to test the feasibility of electronic mail recruitment and web screening for hazardous drinking, to compare different approaches to encouraging screening, and to estimate the effects of minimal…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Dependence, Unhealthy Alcohol Use, Risky Alcohol Consumption Amounts
- Trial name
- NCT00183131
- Testing
- Brief Personalized Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,300 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Diabetes Mellitus
Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose With Finger Tip vs. Alternate Site Sampling: Effect on Long Term Glycemic Control
The objective is to assess the effect of using ASBG (alternate site blood glucose) versus FTBG (finger tip blood glucose) testing on long-term glycemic control in diabetics.
- Trial name
- NCT00207207
- Testing
- Alternate site blood glucose testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 174 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center