Clinical trials: sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar I Depression
Lithium Effects on the Brain's Functional and Structural Connectome in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Lithium is highly effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder. This study aims to investigate, for the first time, the impact of lithium monotherapy on the structural and functional connectivity of the brain using MRI imaging.
- Conditions
- Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar I Depression, Bipolar II Depression, Bipolar Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03336918
- Testing
- Lithium
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sepsis, Sepsis Bacterial
A Validation Study of the Lab Clasp Device: A Point of Care Sepsis Risk Monitor
The overall purpose of this study is to demonstrate the usability of a clinical-grade device in the form of a finger clasp similar to a pulse oximeter for monitoring lactate values, by comparing its performance in reading…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Sepsis Bacterial, Lactate Blood Increase, Infectious Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04796285
- Testing
- Lab Clasp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Infections (Not HIV or Hepatitis)
Developing an HIV Disclosure Intervention for Men in Uganda
The goal of this clinical trial is to test an HIV disclosure intervention that the investigators are developing focused on men living with HIV in Uganda.
- Trial name
- DASH (NCT05771519)
- Testing
- HIV disclosure intervention
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Indication for Care or Intervention Related to Labor or Delivery With Baby Delivered
Incidence of Difficult Airway and Difficult Neuraxial Placement in Obstetric Patients
Anesthesiologists commonly administer pain relief during labor or providing anesthesia for cesarean delivery. Two main methods are used to achieve these goal: "Regional anesthesia" where the mother is given medication through a…
- Trial name
- DADB (NCT02193542)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Labor Pain
ED90 of Bupivacaine After Lidocaine Test Dose With DPE and EPL
The primary objective of our study is to use a biased coin up-down allocation methodology to estimate the dose of bupivacaine required after the lidocaine test dose to achieve initial effective comfort in 90% of patients (post…
- Trial name
- NCT06146842
- Testing
- Bupivacaine Hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Labor Pain, Analgesia
ED90 of Epidural Bupivacaine With Lidocaine for the Initiation of Labor Analgesia
To estimate the dose of bupivacaine required to achieve initial effective comfort in 90% of patients (ED90) via the epidural (DPE or EPL) technique in women undergoing labor after receiving a lidocaine "test dose"
- Trial name
- NCT05543694
- Testing
- Bupivacaine Hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Obstetric Anesthesia, Cardiac Monitoring
Cardiac Output Changes With Uterine Displacement
There is currently little information regarding the hemodynamic differences in uterine displacement techniques. Previous studies examining the hemodynamic effects of uterine displacement maneuvers have focused on incidence of…
- Trial name
- LUDCO (NCT02283931)
- Testing
- TTE / NICOM
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer
COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study
The purpose of this study is to determine whether taking daily, dietary supplements of cocoa extract (containing cocoa flavanols and theobromine from the cocoa bean) and/or a standard multivitamin reduces the risk of developing…
- Trial name
- COSMOS (NCT02422745)
- Testing
- Cocoa extract, Multivitamin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21,442 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Mild
The Brain Health Champion Study
6-month, randomized, controlled investigation measuring the effect of increased clinical contact and personalization compared to standard physician counseling on adherence to consensus-based, brain health recommendations for…
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Mild, Subjective Cognitive Decline, At Risk for Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- BHC (NCT03772977)
- Testing
- Brain Health Champion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Amputation
A Novel Approach to Upper Extremity Amputation to Augment Volitional Control and Restore Proprioception
The hypothesis of this research protocol is that the investigators will be able to redesign the manner in which upper limb amputations are performed so as to enable volitional control of next generation prosthetic devices and…
- Trial name
- NCT03882073
- Testing
- Modified amputation procedure, Standard amputation procedure
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Multiple Myeloma, Light Chain Nephropathy
Novel Treatments in Improving Renal Outcomes in Light Chain Cast Nephropathy
Objective 1: To test whether treatment with plasma exchange improves renal recovery in patients with light chain cast nephropathy Objective 2: To compare renal outcomes among patients treated with plasma exchange versus…
- Conditions
- Multiple Myeloma, Light Chain Nephropathy, Acute Kidney Injury
- Trial name
- NCT06483139
- Testing
- Plasma exchange, Daratumumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 549 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Amputation
AMI Construction in Lower Extremity Residual Limbs
This study will involve the development of a novel approach to lower extremity residual limb surgical revision that offers the promise of augmenting volitional motor control, restore proprioception and reverse atrophy
- Trial name
- NCT04063592
- Testing
- Residual limb revision
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Heart Failure, Congestive Heart Failure
Care Transitions App for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions
The objective of this study is to widely implement and evaluate the Care Transitions App in a randomized controlled trial. The app the investigators designed for patients with multiple chronic conditions has four envisioned…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Congestive Heart Failure, Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- NCT06051058
- Testing
- Care Transitions App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 798 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Falls, Fall Injury
Electronic Strategies for Tailored Exercise to Prevent FallS
The objectives of this proposal are to evaluate the eSTEPS CDS (eSTEPS) in a cluster randomized controlled trial. The intervention includes the following: 1) A machine learning-based fall injury risk screening algorithm to…
- Conditions
- Falls, Fall Injury, Exercise Self-Efficacy, Falls Self-Efficacy
- Trial name
- eSTEPS (NCT04993781)
- Testing
- eSTEPS CDS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11,945 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Cardiac Amyloidosis
Molecular Imaging of Myocardial Fibrosis in Cardiac Amyloidosis
The primary aim of our pilot study is to determine whether fibrosis in the heart can be measured with [68Ga]CBP8, a positron emission tomography (PET) probe, using PET/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging, in 30 individuals…
- Trial name
- NCT05619302
- Testing
- [68Ga]CBP8 PET/MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sleep Deprivation
Menstrual-phase-dependent Differences in Response to Sleep Loss
This study is designed to assess how healthy premenopausal women respond to different patterns of sleep loss at different times in the menstrual cycle.
- Trial name
- NCT05381532
- Testing
- Controlled sleep
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Blood Pressure
Effect of Magnesium Supplementation on Elevated Systolic Blood Pressure
The purpose of this study is to assess whether 480 mg/day magnesium glycinate supplementation for 12 weeks lowers blood pressure.
- Trial name
- NCT05690464
- Testing
- magnesium glycinate supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Cardiac Arrest
fMRI in CardiaC arrEst With Uncertain Prognosis
The goal of this observational study is to determine whether specific advanced MRI measures are associated with functional outcomes in patients who are comatose after cardiac arrest.
- Trial name
- FACE-UP (NCT06423768)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Wound of Skin, Wound Heal
Efficacy and Safety of 0.25% Timolol Gel in Enhancing Full Thickness Skin Grafts Healing and Cosmetic Outcomes
The use of topical beta-blockers, such as 0.25% timolol, in promoting wound healing is currently emerging in the academic literature.
- Conditions
- Wound of Skin, Wound Heal, Surgical Wound, Full Thickness Skin Graft Healing
- Trial name
- FTSG (NCT03579160)
- Testing
- 0.25% timolol gel with full-thickness skin grafts, Vaseline dressing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Breast Cancer, Early Detection of Cancer
Strategies to Decentralize Breast Ultrasound in Rwanda
Diagnosing breast cancer early is critical to reduce preventable breast cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. This can be done in part through increasing patients' access to breast ultrasound, which is essential for evaluating…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Early Detection of Cancer, Ultrasonography
- Trial name
- NCT06812208
- Testing
- Teleultrasound with Philips Lumify ultrasound probes and Reacts software, Asynchronous virtual feedback
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 1,792 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital