Clinical trials: sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital
Colon Polyps, Colonoscopy
Imaging the Colon Using a Colonoscope Compatible Imaging Probe
The goal of this study is to use a colonoscope compatible device capable of taking images of the lower gastrointestinal tract. The main question it aims to answer is: Is the colonoscope compatible optical coherence tomography…
- Trial name
- NCT07365436
- Testing
- Feasibility of using a CC-OCT probe to image the GI tract
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Respiratory Insufficiency
Thoracoabdominal Asynchrony and Respiratory Distress
The investigators hypothesize that a simple 3-point tracking device that uses motion sensors attached to the abdomen and chest of a child will provide information regarding thoracoabdominal asynchrony (TAA), a major component of…
- Trial name
- NCT04626154
- Testing
- Objectively monitoring thoracoabdominal asynchrony
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
High Risk Pregnancy, Cesarean Section
Education of Pregnant Women With a Prenatal Indication for Cesarean Section Through Periodic Short Message Service (SMS) and Interactive Voice Response System (IVR) in Uganda
Women with antenatally identified indications for planned pre-labor cesarean delivery in low-resource settings frequently present in labor before their scheduled delivery, resulting in emergency cesarean delivery and increased…
- Trial name
- NCT07696325
- Testing
- SMS and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Educational Intervention
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Suicide Attempt, Suicide Ideation
A One-Arm Open Trial of a Smartphone Delivered Treatment for Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior
This study aims to evaluate the acceptability, safety, and preliminary efficacy of a smartphone-delivered intervention called Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning for Suicide (TEC-S) in reducing suicidal thoughts and behaviors…
- Trial name
- NCT06967545
- Testing
- Smartphone-delivered Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning for Suicide (TEC-S)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Delivery Optimization for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (DO PrEP) Study
The overall goal is to determine whether an end-to-end decentralized delivery service for PrEP is more effective, safe, acceptable, and cost-effective than facility-based PrEP delivery.
- Conditions
- HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, ART
- Trial name
- NCT06176859
- Testing
- HIV PrEP Delivery
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Pediatric Psychiatric Disorder
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
In this study, the investigators aim to understand the role of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in modulating aberrant neurocognitive processes implicated in pediatric patients with obsessive compulsive disorder…
- Trial name
- NCT04548609
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
Pomalidomide for the Treatment of Bleeding in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Longitudinal Assessment Study
This is a multicenter U.S. longitudinal study evaluating patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia who participated in the PATH-HHT clinical trial of pomalidomide for the treatment of HHT.
- Trial name
- PATH-HHT ATLAS (NCT07018401)
- Testing
- Pomalidomide
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Cognitive Symptoms
Cognitive Rehabilitation for Victims of War and Related Traumas With Traumatic Brain Injury and Cognitive Impairment
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are looking to see if a program created to help improve thinking and memory can work for people affected by trauma, including asylum seekers and refugees, survivors of intimate…
- Trial name
- NCT06839079
- Testing
- A Trauma-informed, Paraprofessional Delivered Virtual Cognitive Rehabilitation Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Myelofibrosis
Ruxolitinib Pre-, During- and Post-HSCT for Patients With Primary or Secondary Myelofibrosis.
This research study is studying a drug called Ruxolitinib as a possible treatment for Myelofibrosis.
- Trial name
- NCT03427866
- Testing
- Ruxolitinib
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
EXercise and Activin Inhibition to Modulate InflammatioN Effects on Heart Failure and Cognition (EXAMINE-HFC)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if therapy with activin ligand-trap biological therapy (an investigational drug) combined with exercise training can improve exercise capacity and cognitive function in heart failure…
- Trial name
- EXAMINE-HFC (NCT07202000)
- Testing
- Activin ligand-trap biological therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
Comparative Effectiveness Research Trial for Antidepressant Incomplete and Non-responders With TRD
This is a multi-site, randomized, open-label, effectiveness trial comparing three treatment arms for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) patients with TRD who are currently on ongoing, stable and adequate antidepressant therapy…
- Trial name
- ASCERTAINTRD (NCT02977299)
- Testing
- Aripiprazole, Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), Venlafaxine XR
- Where
- 13 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 278 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cesarean Section Rates
Cesarean Delivery in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study
Recent data indicate that 1 in 5 women worldwide undergo Caesarean sections (CS) and in most regions CS rates are increasing. Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest CS rate at 3.5%, compared to a global average of 19.1%.
- Trial name
- CRADLING (NCT06090695)
- Where
- 14 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 11,760 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Genetic Predisposition, Metabolic Diseases
GLUCOSE-MGH: Genetic Links Understood Through Challenge With Oral Semaglutide Exposure at MGH
The goal of this research study is to evaluate the pathophysiologic mechanisms by which genetic variation impacts response to an FDA-approved medication commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes called oral semaglutide (Rybelsus)…
- Conditions
- Genetic Predisposition, Metabolic Diseases, Type 2 Diabetes
- Trial name
- GLUCOSE-MGH (NCT06003153)
- Testing
- oral semaglutide, Mixed Meal Tolerance Test (MMTT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Surgery
Permissive Hypotension After Cardiac Surgery
The objective of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a pragmatic clinical trial randomizing patients to permissive hypotension versus usual care and to determine the impact of…
- Trial name
- PHACS (NCT06476613)
- Testing
- Permissive Hypotension
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Vaping, Vaping Teens
Behavioral Intervention for Youth to Promote Vaping Cessation
This study will test the hypothesis that the QuitVaping (QV) intervention and additional texting support will improve nicotine abstinence rates in adolescents as compared to Enhanced Usual Care (EUC: education about nicotine…
- Conditions
- Vaping, Vaping Teens, Nicotine Dependence
- Trial name
- VIA (NCT06765291)
- Testing
- QuitVaping, This is Quitting (TIQ)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Chronic Pain, Physical Activity
Healthy Aging as Black Adults, In It Together: a Comparative Effectiveness Study of Chronic Pain and Cognitive Decline
The investigators aim to conduct a randomized controlled trial to compare two symptom-management programs for Black older adults with early cognitive decline (self-reported confirmed by testing) and chronic pain.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Physical Activity, Older Adults, Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- HABIT (NCT06246929)
- Testing
- MBCT+w, ALED
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Chronic Pain
Effect of Guanfacine on the Reversal of Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia (OIH)
Combination of guanfacine with opioid medication as a standard treatment for chronic pain.
- Trial name
- NCT02192398
- Testing
- Guanfacine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Healthy Adult
Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Interoception Modulation
Explore the effects of variable ingested volumes and auricular transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) on brain and stomach outcomes in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT03603730
- Testing
- taVNS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cognitive Impairment, Dementia With Behavioral Disturbance
The Care for America's Aging Study
Care for America's Aging is a randomized pilot study investigating whether a home health aide training intervention consisting of enhanced dementia-specific curriculum content will improve: 1) behavioral symptoms of older adult…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Impairment, Dementia With Behavioral Disturbance, Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- CfAA (NCT06021704)
- Testing
- Enhanced home health aide training in dementia and dementia-related behaviors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Family History of Lung Cancer
LEGACY: Lung Cancer Screening in Individuals With a Lung Cancer Family History-Protocol A
This research is being done to determine if an image-based deep learning model (Sybil) can accurately predict the likelihood of future lung cancer based on chest computed tomography (CT) imaging from individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT07685028
- Testing
- CT scan, Sybil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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