There are currently 2672 clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts looking for participants to engage in research studies. Trials are conducted at various facilities, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Whether you're a healthy volunteer looking to participate in paid medical research or seeking trials related to a specific condition, the city provides a diverse range of opportunities near you.
An FMRI Investigation of the Effects of IV Lidocaine on Tinnitus
Recruiting
This is an exploratory pilot open-label study to identify the signal changes on fMRI of patients with tinnitus and with temporary suppression of the tinnitus with IV lidocaine. Patients will include those with hearing loss (both unilateral and bilateral) and tinnitus, subjects with normal hearing and tinnitus, and control subjects with normal hearing and no tinnitus. Eligible subjects will have functional and subjective data collected at baseline, receive an IV lidocaine infusion, and have funct... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/18/2025
Locations: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Tinnitus
Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy for Epilepsy Post-Approval Study (EPAS)
Recruiting
The purpose of this post-approval study is to further evaluate the long-term safety and effectiveness of Medtronic DBS therapy for epilepsy on seizure reduction in newly implanted participants through 3 years of follow-up.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/17/2025
Locations: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Epilepsy
CIML NK Cells With Venetoclax for AML
Recruiting
The purpose of this research study is to test the safety and to explore the effectiveness of infusing cytokine- induced memory-like (CIML) natural killer (NK) cells in combination with Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and standard-of-care venetoclax as a treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Names of the study therapies involved in this study are: * Lymphodepleting therapy with Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide prior to CIML NK cell infusion * CIML NK (a cellular therapy) * IL-2 (a recombinant, human... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/17/2025
Locations: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts +1 locations
Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Recurrent, Leukemia, Leukemia, Myeloid
Reversible Effect of Falling Ventilatory Drive in Drive-dependent OSA
Recruiting
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder that has major consequences for cardiovascular health, neurocognitive function, risk of traffic accidents, daytime sleepiness, and quality of life. For years, a "classic" model of OSA has been used to describe the disorder, which fails to capture it's complexity. Recently, a model for OSA called drive-dependent OSA was discovered be more prevalent in the OSA population. The drive-dependent subgroup benefits exclusively from increased v... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 21 years and 80 years
Trial Updated:
03/17/2025
Locations: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: OSA
STRIVE Post-Market Registry Study
Recruiting
This is a single-arm, prospective, multi-center, Registry study to evaluate the long-term safety and effectiveness of the Spiration Valve System (SVS) for the treatment of severe emphysema in a post-market setting.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/17/2025
Locations: Beth Israel Decaconess, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Emphysema
Pembrolizumab and Brentuximab Vedotin in Subjects with Relapsed/Refractory T-cell Lymphoma
Recruiting
This is a single arm, open label, multicenter study phase 2 study of pembrolizumab and brentuximab in subjects with relapsed/refractory CD30 positive T-cell lymphoma (including peripheral T-cell lymphoma and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) who have received at least one prior therapy. We hypothesize that this combination is effective and will produce an overall response rate of \~55%. Pembrolizumab and brentuximab will be administered for 16 cycles in subjects with responsive disease. Pembrolizumab w... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/17/2025
Locations: Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: T-Cell Lymphoma
A Study to Evaluate Safety, Drug Levels and Effectiveness of CC-92480 (BMS-986348) in Combination With Other Treatments in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Recruiting
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability and preliminary effectiveness of CC-92480 (BMS-986348) in novel therapeutic combinations for the treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM).
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/17/2025
Locations: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Multiple Myeloma
Assessment of Biomarker-Guided CNI Substitution In Kidney Transplantation
Recruiting
800 adult first time kidney transplant recipients will be enrolled in the Observational Study and followed to evaluate their Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-DR/DQ molecular mismatch (mMM) score as a risk-stratifying prognostic biomarker. Six months after transplant the study will identify those who meet the eligibility criteria for the Nested Randomized Control Trial (RCT). 300 eligible subjects will be randomized 2:1 to abatacept or Standard of care (SOC) in the randomization and followed for 18... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 70 years
Trial Updated:
03/17/2025
Locations: Massachusetts General Hospital: Transplantation, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Kidney Transplant
A Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Leriglitazone in Adult Male Subjects With Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy
Recruiting
A Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Leriglitazone in Adults Male Subjects with Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy.
Gender:
MALE
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/17/2025
Locations: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy (cALD)
Safety and Efficacy of NMD670 in Adult Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Recruiting
This Phase 2a study aims to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of NMD670 vs placebo administered twice a day (BID) for 21 days in ambulatory adult patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 and type.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 70 years
Trial Updated:
03/14/2025
Locations: Mass General Neurology, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Exercise Training in Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis
Recruiting
Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis causes debilitating heart failure in older adults. The proposed research will develop a personalized exercise training program to improve functional capacity in patients on optimal treatment for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. This is a vital next step to improve functional capacity and quality of life of people suffering from transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 60 years and 90 years
Trial Updated:
03/14/2025
Locations: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Amyloid Cardiomyopathy, Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis
The Safety and Efficacy of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) for the Prevention of Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD) in Patients Receiving Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
Recruiting
This study is a phase 2 / 3 prospective, double-blind, randomized, multicenter, placebo-controlled study for prevention of acute GVHD (aGVHD) in participants undergoing an unrelated (matched or single allele mismatched) or matched related allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
12 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/14/2025
Locations: Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Acute-graft-versus-host Disease