Clinical trials: sponsored by Boston University
Serious Mental Illness, Older Adults
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the Hopeful and Healthy Living Program
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a novel psychosocial intervention is effective in helping adults over 50 with serious mental illness (SMI) increase their social connections and participate in more healthy lifestyle…
- Trial name
- (HHL) (NCT06940843)
- Testing
- Hopeful and Healthy Living (HHL)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Substance-Related Disorders
Growing Together: Women in Opioid Treatment and Their Infants
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the home-based therapeutic parenting intervention BRIGHT with pregnant women and postpartum mothers with opioid use disorders (OUDs) and their infants.
- Trial name
- NCT03866694
- Testing
- BRIGHT, STAR/TAU+
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Eating Disorders
Focused Versus Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treating Women With Bulimia Nervosa
This study will compare the effectiveness of two types of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating adult women with the dysregulated subtype of bulimia nervosa.
- Trial name
- NCT00494858
- Testing
- Cognitive behavioral therapy - focused (CBT-EF), Cognitive behavioral therapy - broad (EB)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Parkinson Disease
A Multifactorial Exercise Program to Reduce Falls in People With Parkinson Disease
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effects of a theoretically driven, highly challenging exercise program (balance and strengthening exercises) in reducing fall rate, improving balance and reducing fear of…
- Trial name
- NCT02302144
- Testing
- Balance & Strengthening Exercises
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Training Early Social Language in Autism
The aim of the study is to determine whether a targeted behavioral intervention can lead to both changes in early communication skills and in neural responses in toddlers and preschoolers with autism.
- Trial name
- TESLA (NCT03427138)
- Testing
- Jasper, Parent Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Reducing Psychological Barriers to PrEP Persistence Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Cape Town, South Africa
Pregnant women in South Africa (SA) are at high risk of HIV acquisition. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use during pregnancy is both safe and effective in preventing HIV.
- Conditions
- Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Pregnancy Related, Medication Adherence
- Trial name
- NCT05624931
- Testing
- Brief CBT-Based Intervention, Enhanced Treatment as Usual
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, South Africa
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Depression
Cognitive Control Training for Depression
Depression is frequently characterized by patterns of inflexible, maladaptive, and ruminative thinking styles; these patterns themselves are thought to result from a combination of decreased attentional control, decreased…
- Trial name
- NCT01454141
- Testing
- Cognitive Control Training, Peripheral Vision Task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Depression
Systems of Support Study for Childhood Depression
This study is designed to compare two treatments for depression in pre-adolescent (7-13 year old) children. A family-focused treatment will be compared to an individual child-focused treatment in this 14-week intervention.
- Trial name
- SOS (NCT01159041)
- Testing
- Family Focused Treatment (FFT), Individual Treatment (IP)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Aging, Visual Perception
Restructuring the Alpha-Gamma Code in Aging Vision
Tests whether age-related visual deficits arise from disrupted alpha-gamma coupling in visual cortex (V1) and MT. Uses fMRI, source-resolved HD-EEG, and personalized complex-waveform HD-tACS to (1) quantify aging effects on…
- Conditions
- Aging, Visual Perception, Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT07208318
- Testing
- High definition transcranial electrical current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
HIV
Pediatric HIV Disclosure Benefits Study (PhD-BS) - Sankofa 2
The purpose of this study is to conduct a pragmatic, stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in 12 HIV pediatric clinics in Ghana to determine effectiveness, health benefits, cost and implementation to inform scale-up and…
- Trial name
- NCT04791865
- Testing
- Disclosure intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 748 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Efficacy and Tolerability of Bedaquiline, Delamanid, Levofloxacin, Linezolid, and Clofazimine to Treat MDR-TB
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is tuberculosis (TB) that is resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most important anti-TB drugs.
- Trial name
- DRAMATIC (NCT03828201)
- Testing
- Delamanid, Levofloxacin, Bedaquiline
- Where
- 2 sites in Philippines, Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 271 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
HIV Infections, Adherence, Medication
Supporting Sustained HIV Treatment Adherence After Initiation
The investigators will implement a 24-month fractional factorial design study (Aim 1). The investigators will recruit 510 patients initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) at three City of Cape Town ART clinics.
- Trial name
- SUSTAIN (NCT05040841)
- Testing
- M1/OTR: Immediate outreach to subject due to unsuppressed viral load test result, M2/PRM: Immediate outreach to subject after a missed pharmacy refill, M3/EAM: Immediate outreach to subject after EAM-identified missed doses
- Where
- 3 sites in South Africa
- Volunteers
- 534 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Substance Use Disorders, Alcohol Use Disorder
Impact of Federal and State Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Policy Changes During the Pandemic
"Gold-standard" medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment combines FDA-approved medications, primarily methadone and buprenorphine, with behavioral therapies to provide "whole-patient" treatment.
- Conditions
- Substance Use Disorders, Alcohol Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT07232641)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 185,810 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
HIV Infections
Texting to Reduce Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk
This is a 3-year study to test the efficacy of a text message-based intervention program. Dental patients at 4 community health centers (n= 266) will be randomized to receive either text messages (TMs) regarding HIV prevention or…
- Trial name
- NCT06088277
- Testing
- TM HIV, TM HL
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 266 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Acrophobia
Virtual Reality Intervention for Fear of Heights
Exposure-based cognitive behavior therapy is an efficacious treatment for acrophobia (fear of heights) and has been delivered effectively in a virtual reality (VR) environment.
- Trial name
- NCT06468878
- Testing
- Exposure Intervention Plus Music Induction, Exposure Intervention With No Music Induction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Intimate Partner Violence
Evaluating Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Use in Washington State
Intimate partner violence (IPV), specifically physical and psychological aggression toward an intimate partner, represents a public health crisis that affects millions of Americans each year.
- Trial name
- NCT06526247
- Testing
- Strength at Home (SAH), Treatment as usual for IPV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Hiv, Substance Use Disorders
Mitigating the Impact of Stigma and Shame Among People Living With HIV and Substance Use Disorders
People living with HIV and substance use disorders (SUDs) are less likely to be virally suppressed, which can lead to HIV transmission and negative health outcomes.
- Trial name
- MATTER (NCT05934305)
- Testing
- Matter Intervention, Control Condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 256 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
HEARTS R34 Feasibility Study, Autistic Participants
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test whether the 6 sessions HEARTS Healthy Relationships classes increases the satisfaction that autistic adults feel about their friendships and dating relationships compared to a…
- Trial name
- HEARTS-R34 (NCT05608083)
- Testing
- HEARTS classes, Online discussion group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Pharmacokinetic Study, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Pharmacokinetic Study for IV Allopregnanolone
About 6.4% of the U.S. population suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Trauma-focused psychotherapies are generally effective in PTSD, but responses vary greatly across individuals and PTSD subpopulations.
- Trial name
- NCT04468360
- Testing
- PK-1 Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) allopregnanolone (Allo) with Dexolve in 0.9% saline for infusion manufactured by the University of California, Davis, PK-2 GMP allopregnanolone (Allo) with Dexolve in 0.9% saline for infusion manufactured by the University of California, Davis.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Alzheimer Disease
The DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project-II
Each year, millions of people are exposed to repetitive head impacts (RHI) through contact sports. RHI can result in concussions and asymptomatic non-concussions to confer risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias…
- Conditions
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD), Brain Injuries, Traumatic
- Trial name
- NCT06860828
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University