Clinical trials: sponsored by Boston University
Suicide, Attempted, Suicide Threat
Written Exposure Therapy for Suicide Prevention
Military service members admitted to inpatient psychiatry for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) represent an at-risk group for continued SITBs and rehospitalizations in the post-discharge period.
- Trial name
- NCT05878795
- Testing
- WET-SP, TAU
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
SARS CoV 2 Infection, SARS CoV 2 Vaccination
COVID-19 Transmission and Morbidity in Malawi
SARS-CoV-2 transmission was expected to have a devastating impact in sub-Saharan African countries. Instead, morbidity and mortality rates in nearly the whole region are an order of magnitude lower than in Europe and the…
- Trial name
- COVID-TMM (NCT05973084)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Multi-Center Development of a Novel Diagnostic Test for Alzheimer's Disease
In this multi-center study, the investigators plan to develop a simple blood-based test for early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Trial name
- DTAD (NCT03560960)
- Testing
- Pramlintide challenge test
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
PTSD
Treatment for Antepartum Posttraumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD Study
The majority of women with perinatal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) do not receive mental health treatment despite the documented associations between PTSD and adverse pregnancy outcomes; this is likely due to workforce…
- Trial name
- TAPS (NCT05486793)
- Testing
- Written Exposure Therapy (WET), Emotion Focused Supportive Therapy (EFST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Advanced HIV Disease
Advanced HIV Disease During the First Six Months on Antiretroviral Therapy in Zambia
In Zambia, an estimated 20% of HIV-positive clients continue to present for first-time antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation or re-initiation with advanced HIV disease (AHD).
- Trial name
- AHD-Zambia (NCT06904456)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 11,800 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression
Self-Help Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)/Women Veterans Network (WoVeN) Study
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can have significant impairment on aspects of mental well-being (MWB) including functioning, loneliness, physical health, and quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT07250061
- Testing
- Self-Help Cognitive Processing Therapy, Women Veterans Network (WoVeN), Treatment as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Smoking Cessation
VR Smoking Cessation During a Dental Hygiene Visit
The goal of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to test whether a smoking cessation induction intervention delivered during a dental cleaning appointment increases the utilization of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for…
- Trial name
- NCT04524533
- Testing
- Experimental smoking cessation video, Control video, Brochure of smoking cessation EBTs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
PTSD, Pain, Chronic
Feasibility of Remote Tai Chi
In the proposed trial, the investigators plan to refine interventions, then conduct a small randomized trial to provide critical information to inform a future large-scale randomized efficacy trial of Tai Chi for Post Traumatic…
- Trial name
- NCT05693805
- Testing
- Tai Chi, Wellness program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Bilingualism, Vocabulary Acquisition
Word Learning in Bilingual Typical and Late Talking Children: The Role of Meaning and Input
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand how different types of word categories, along with the language children hear from their parents, support bilingual toddlers' word learning.
- Conditions
- Bilingualism, Vocabulary Acquisition, Late Talkers, Network Science
- Trial name
- NCT07600242
- Testing
- Large Semantic Category Condition, Small Semantic Category Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Smoking, Cigar
Cigarillo Warnings Image Sorting Study
The goal of this study is to examine the impact of repeated exposure to cigarillo warnings on cigarillo users' intentions and behaviors for cigarillo smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT05838378
- Testing
- Package image sorting with pictorial warnings, Package image sorting with Surgeon General text-only warnings, Package image sorting with FDA text-only warnings
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 764 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
HIV
Behavioral Risk Identification and Decision Guidance for HIV Engagement
Despite much progress towards reaching UNAIDS goals for HIV treatment, disengagement from care remains one of the biggest obstacles to HIV elimination.
- Trial name
- BRIDGE (NCT07439003)
- Testing
- Retention toolkit to improve HIV treatment outcomes during the early treatment period
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 15,270 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Lynch Syndrome
Scalable Communication Modalities for Returning Genetic Research Results
Efforts to examine the utility of alternate modalities for genetic results disclosure has widespread implications for how precision medicine research might yield direct health benefits for study participants.
- Trial name
- BWHS RoR (NCT04407611)
- Testing
- Online modality, Genetic counselor follow-up
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 926 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Pulmonary Disease
DECAMP-2: Screening of Patients With Early Stage Lung Cancer or at High Risk for Developing Lung Cancer
The goal of this project is to improve lung cancer screening in high-risk individuals by identifying biomarkers of preclinical disease and disease risk that are measured in minimally invasive and non-invasive biospecimens.
- Trial name
- DECAMP-2 (NCT02504697)
- Testing
- Biosamples from airway and blood
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 665 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease, Thoracic Aortic Disease in Patients With a Bicuspid Aortic Valve
International Bicuspid Aortic Valve Consortium (BAVCon)
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is the most frequent congenital cardiac malformation, occurring in 0.5-1.2% of the US population.
- Trial name
- BAVCon (NCT01980797)
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, Canada and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 6,464 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
PTSD
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Memory Support (MS) Study
The efficacy of psychological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is likely limited by the difficulty participants have learning and remembering important therapy content.
- Trial name
- NCT05310097
- Testing
- CPT, MS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Identification of Genetic Causes of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
BAVgenetics is a partnership between Investigators at Boston University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital dedicated to discovering the genetic causes of bicuspid aortic valve disease and associated…
- Trial name
- BAV Genetics (NCT01026571)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Pulmonary Disease
DECAMP 1 PLUS: Prediction of Lung Cancer Using Noninvasive Biomarkers
DECAMP 1 PLUS aims to improve the efficiency of the diagnostic evaluation of patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules (8-25 mm).
- Trial name
- NCT04165564
- Testing
- Institutional standard of care, Biosamples of airway and blood
- Where
- 19 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Enhancing PTSD Treatment Outcomes by Improving Patient-Provider Communication
The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn whether existing treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be improved.
- Trial name
- AWARE (NCT06088303)
- Testing
- Adjunctive writing to amplify response and engagement (AWARE), Cognitive processing therapy (CPT), Prolonged exposure (PE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Advanced HIV Disease
Tracking and Continuity of Care in Advanced HIV Disease
Despite the scale-up of HIV testing and the implementation of the universal test-and-treat policy, a substantial proportion of people living with HIV (PLHIV) continue to present with advanced HIV disease (AHD), defined by a CD4…
- Trial name
- TRACK-AHD (NCT07428577)
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Parkinson's Disease (PD), Essential Tremor
Investigating Subcortical Contributions to Speech Sequencing in Deep Brain Stimulator Recipients
This study will examine how two important brain circuits - one involving the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and one involving the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (VIM) - contribute to learning and producing speech…
- Trial name
- NCT07455760
- Testing
- Phoneme sequence learning, Cessation and re-enabling of stimulation of the STN, Cessation and re-enabling of stimulation of the VIM thalamic nucleus
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus