There are currently 2699 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, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. 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.
A Multicenter Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation Registry
Recruiting
There is limited data on outcomes for children who have undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders, and individual centers performing this surgery often lack sufficient cases to power research studies adequately. This study aims to develop a multicenter pediatric DBS registry that allows multiple sites to share clinical pediatric DBS data. The primary goals are to enable large-scale, well-powered analyses of the safety and efficacy of DBS in the pediatric population and to fur... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 0 years and 18 years
Trial Updated:
10/10/2024
Locations: Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Dystonia, Epilepsy in Children, Cerebral Palsy, Tourette Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Neurologic Disorder, Movement Disorders in Children, Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation
Mono vs. Dual Therapy for Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Recruiting
The investigators' central hypothesis is that early combination therapy with two PAH-specific oral therapies that have been shown to be well tolerated in the pediatric population, sildenafil and bosentan, will result in better World Health Organization (WHO) functional class at 12 months after initiation of PAH treatment than therapy with sildenafil alone.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 3 months and 18 years
Trial Updated:
10/09/2024
Locations: Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
Impella RP Flex with Smart Assist
Recruiting
To capture observational data of the Abiomed Impella RP Flex in a real-world setting.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
All
Trial Updated:
10/09/2024
Locations: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Right Ventricular (RV) Dysfunction
Safety, Tolerability, and Exploratory Efficacy Study of Intrathecally Administered Gene Therapy AMT-162 in Adult Participants with SOD1 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (SOD1-ALS)
Recruiting
This is the study of AMT-162 in Participants with SOD1-ALS and is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and exploratory efficacy of intrathecally administered gene therapy AMT-162. AMT-162-001 is a Phase 1/2, multi-center, single ascending dose study.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/08/2024
Locations: Massachusetts General Hospital, Sean M. Healey and AMG Center for ALS Research, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Longitudinal Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging Study
Recruiting
Scleroderma (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis (or collagen deposition) of the skin and internal organs. The extent of skin fibrosis is an important predictor of internal organ complications and increased mortality. Currently imprecise and subjective methods that varies amongst different doctors for the same patient are available to quantify skin fibrosis in patients, by "pinching" their skin and assessing how thick it is; this is the method used to determine the modified R... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/08/2024
Locations: Shapiro Outpatient Rheumatology Clinic at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Systemic Scleroderma
Purinergic Signaling and the Postmenopausal Heart
Recruiting
There is an increased risk of diastolic heart failure in post menopausal women. Estrogen plays a positive role in regulating molecular pathways in heart remodeling. Such pathways may work through purinergic signaling and its downstream effects on the heart's mitochondrial metabolism and angiogenic response to stress. Loss of estrogen functionality in post menopausal women may account for the increased risk of diastolic heart failure. The investigators will explore said pathways using cardiac tis... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 30 years and 88 years
Trial Updated:
10/08/2024
Locations: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Diastolic Heart Failure, Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Low-Dose Radiotherapy in Treating Painful Bone Metastases in Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Recruiting
This phase II trial studies how well low-dose radiotherapy works in treating bone pain in patients with multiple myeloma that has spread to the bone. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, protons, or other sources to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Low-dose radiotherapy may be more convenient for patients and their families, may not interfere as much with the timing of chemotherapy, and may have less chance for short term or long-term side effects from the radiatio... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/08/2024
Locations: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Bone Pain, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone, Plasma Cell Myeloma
Registry and Natural History Study for Early Onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Recruiting
The Registry and Natural History Study for Early Onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) is focused on gathering longitudinal clinical data as well as biological samples (skin and/or blood and/or saliva) from male and female patients, under the age of 30, who exhibited early onset symptoms of HSP with (1) a clinical diagnosis of hereditary spastic paraplegia and (2) the presence of variants in HSP related genes and/or be a relative of a person with such a diagnosis. Currently, the treatment fo... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
30 years and below
Trial Updated:
10/08/2024
Locations: Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, SPG47, SPG50, SPG51, SPG52, AP4-related Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Early Onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, SPG4, SPG3A, SPG15, SPG11
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for Early Treatment of Oligometastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: the SOLAR Trial
Recruiting
The aim of this study is to learn whether the early initiation of a specialized and focused type of radiation called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) will impact the progression of advanced adenoid cystic carcinoma, quality of life, and overall survival. The name(s) of the study intervention involved in this study is: * Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/07/2024
Locations: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts +1 locations
Conditions: Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
A Pilot of a Microdevice For In Situ Candidate Drug Screening in Cutaneous Lesions of T-Cell Lymphoma
Recruiting
This research is being done to study the safety of implanting and retrieving a microdevice that releases up to 19 drugs directly within a cancerous lesion as a possible tool to evaluate the effectiveness of several approved cancer drugs against cutaneous T cell lymphoma and peripheral T cell lymphoma
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/07/2024
Locations: Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Conditions: Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma, Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma
Aspiration in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors 2
Recruiting
The purpose of this study is to learn more about problems with swallowing that could develop in patients who are very sick and need a machine to help them breathe.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/07/2024
Locations: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts +1 locations
Conditions: Dysphagia, Aspiration
The Neonatal Hemorrhagic Risk Assessment in Thrombocytopenia
Recruiting
This is a prospective observational study designed to evaluate Immature Platelet Fraction or Immature Platelet Count and Platelet Function Analyzer-100/200 Closure Time-ADP (in vitro bleeding time) as markers of bleeding risk in thrombocytopenic preterm neonates admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
1 day and above
Trial Updated:
10/07/2024
Locations: Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts +1 locations
Conditions: Neonatal Thrombocytopenia, Bleeding