Clinical trials: sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital
Bipolar Disorder, Mania
Lamotrigine for the Treatment of Mania in Youth Ages 6-17 With Bipolar Disorder
The main objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of lamotrigine in the treatment of youth with bipolar and bipolar spectrum disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00181844
- Testing
- lamotrigine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Adjunctive to Open-Label Aripiprazole for the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents
This will be a 12 week, double blind study of omega-3 fatty acids vs. placebo adjunctive to open-label aripiprazole treatment in children and adolescents (ages 6-17) who meet DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder (BPD) (currently…
- Trial name
- NCT00592683
- Testing
- Aripiprazole, fish oil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Burns
Evaluation of Hand Assessments in Children With Severe Hand Burns
This study is designed to see if some tests of hand movement, strength, and function are valid for children with burns.
- Trial name
- NCT00363675
- Testing
- Functional hand tests
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Coronary Artery Disease
Comparison of DSCT With IB-IVUS and Angiography in the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease
The purpose of this study is to compare different methods of looking at atherosclerotic plaques in heart arteries. Identifying the characteristics of these plaques noninvasively would be very valuable.
- Trial name
- NCT00622167
- Testing
- Integrated Backscatter IVUS, Dual Source Computed Tomography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Chronic Kidney Disease
Low Phosphate Diets in Patients With Early Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how the kidneys control the blood levels of phosphorus in patients with early chronic kidney disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00438932
- Testing
- Lanthanum Carbonate, Low Phosphorus Diet, Unrestricted Phosphorus Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Healthy Volunteers
Effect of Short Term Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone in Healthy Men
The purpose of this trial is to examine the short-term effects of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH, tesamorelin) administration in healthy men.
- Trial name
- NCT00850564
- Testing
- Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (Tesamorelin)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Lithium in Volunteers With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of lithium combined with riluzole to riluzole combined with placebo in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Trial name
- NCT00818389
- Testing
- Lithium Carbonate, Riluzole
- Where
- 37 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Metabolic Syndrome
Study of TNF-Antagonism in the Metabolic Syndrome (II)
This study will investigate whether etanercept will result in improved inflammatory indices, glucose tolerance and endothelial function in patients with the metabolic syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT00413400
- Testing
- Etanercept
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
AIDS, HIV Infections
Physiologic Growth Hormone Effects in HIV Lipodystrophy
This study will investigate long-term, low-dose growth hormone administration in HIV-infected patients with reduced growth hormone (GH) secretion and increased visceral adiposity.
- Trial name
- NCT00100698
- Testing
- recombinant human growth hormone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
HIV Infection
Androgen Effects in HIV-infected Women
Androgen deficiency in HIV-infected women is associated with sarcopenia and may cause critical reductions in physical functioning and reduced bone density.
- Trial name
- NCT00095212
- Testing
- 1 Transdermal Testosterone (Patch)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
HIV Infections
Metabolic Effects of Switching Kaletra to Boosted Reyataz
To study the effects of switching from Kaletra to Boosted Reyataz on glucose, lipids and fat in HIV-infected patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00413153
- Testing
- atazanavir/ritonavir, lopinavir/ritonavir
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Sedation, Respiration, Artificial
Dexmedetomidine for Postoperative Sedation in Patients Undergoing Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms
The primary objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that time on the ventilator and ICU length of stay will be shorter in TAA patients given postoperative sedation with dexmedetomidine compared to those given standard…
- Conditions
- Sedation, Respiration, Artificial, Length of Stay
- Trial name
- NCT00409344
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Normal Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Disaster Medicine, Difficult Intravenous Access
EASI Access II --- Follow-up Study to the EASI Access Trial
Test whether Basic Life Support (BLS) providers can successfully place Enzymatically Augmented Subcutaneous Infusion (EASI) Access lines for subcutaneous infusion, and characterize intravascular absorption of EASI-administered…
- Conditions
- Disaster Medicine, Difficult Intravenous Access, Dehydration
- Trial name
- NCT00740727
- Testing
- Human recombinant hyaluronidase (HRH), Enzymatically Augmented Subcutaneous Infusion (EASI) line placement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital