Clinical trials: sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital
Cognitive Decline
Modulation Effects of Baduanjin Exercise on Subjective Cognitive Decline
The aim of this study is to investigate the modulation effects of Baduanjin (BDJ), a simple and innovative mind-body exercise, on cognitive function, resting state functional connectivity, and brain morphometry in individuals…
- Trial name
- BDJ (NCT04009382)
- Testing
- Baduanjin Exercise, Cognitive Fitness Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pregnant Women, Psychotropic Drugs
National Pregnancy Registry for Psychiatric Medications
The National Pregnancy Registry for Psychiatric Medications is dedicated to evaluating the safety of psychiatric medications such as antidepressants, ADHD medications, sedative hypnotics, and atypical antipsychotics that many…
- Trial name
- NCT01246765
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Substance Use (Drugs, Alcohol), Health Risk Behaviors
Pilot of a Drug Education Curriculum for Middle and High School Students
The goal of this pilot study is to measure the feasibility, sustainability, and acceptability of a drug education curriculum (IDECIDE) in middle and high students who have endorsed past-month substance use.The main question it…
- Conditions
- Substance Use (Drugs, Alcohol), Health Risk Behaviors, Youth, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- iDECIDE (NCT07918963)
- Testing
- iDECIDE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
Metabolomic Biomarkers of Myotonic Dystrophy
Current methods of measuring the response to new treatments for muscular dystrophies involve the examination of small pieces of muscle tissue called biopsies.
- Trial name
- NCT07912983
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Myotonic Dystrophy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Biomarker Development for Muscular Dystrophies
Current methods of measuring the response to new treatments for muscular dystrophies involve the examination of small pieces of muscle tissue called biopsies.
- Conditions
- Myotonic Dystrophy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT05019625
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 465 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Myotonic Dystrophy
Extracellular RNA Biomarkers of Myotonic Dystrophy
Current methods of measuring the response to new treatments for muscular dystrophies involve the examination of small pieces of muscle tissue called biopsies.
- Trial name
- NCT05020002
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 215 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Epilepsy
PET/MRI/EEG Imaging Study in Epilepsy
This study aims to better understand how epilepsy alters brain function through neuroimaging of healthy people and people with epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT06974305
- Testing
- FDG-PET/fMRI/EEG imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Healthy Subjects (HS), Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)
Multi-organ Imaging of Microvascular and Metabolic Function
What if heart disease starts outside the heart? This research will study how to simultaneously assess brain and body physiology, how they are jointly related to heart function, and how their response to physical and mental stress…
- Trial name
- NCT07604207
- Testing
- 18F-FDG, Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Healthy Adult
Nicotinamide Riboside, Vit B3 Analogue, and Brain Energy Metabolism
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3, affects brain energy metabolism in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07649161
- Testing
- Niagen®
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Neurocognitive Disorders, Postoperative Delirium
Creatine and Perioperative Brain Health
The overall goal of this study is to explore the effects of perioperative oral creatine supplementation on cognitive function and physiological responses to surgery in older adults.
- Conditions
- Neurocognitive Disorders, Postoperative Delirium, Postoperative Outcomes
- Trial name
- CREATE (NCT07310043)
- Testing
- Creatine monohydrate
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Bipolar Disorder
Neuromodulation for Enhancement of Emotion Regulation in Bipolar Mood Disorders
The investigators are conducting this research study to better understand how individuals with bipolar disorder regulate their emotions, and if transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can help improve emotion regulation for…
- Trial name
- NCT04284267
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Electronic Cigarette Use
Switching Individuals in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Who Smoke Cigarettes to the SREC
The goal of this study is to conduct a pilot randomized waitlist-controlled trial to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of substituting the NIDA standardized research e-cigarette (SREC) for combusted…
- Trial name
- SWITCHED (NCT05881304)
- Testing
- Standardized research e-cigarette (SREC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Schizophrenia
The Effects of Auditory Stimulation During Sleep on Brain Networks in Schizophrenia
In this research study the investigators will use sleep headbands to measure brain rhythms and to improve their coordination across brain regions. The headbands will be worn at home for multiple nights.
- Trial name
- NCT06386588
- Testing
- Closed loop auditory stimulation during sleep
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pregnancy Related, Burnout, Professional
The 4th Trimester Initiative: The Impact of Parental Support on Pregnant Trainee Wellbeing
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the impact of a parental support package for new trainee mothers which focuses on mentorship, lactation, and sleep, and access to perinatal care.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Burnout, Professional, Wellness, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT06014892
- Testing
- Snoo smart bassinet, Willow wearable breast pump, Maven Clinic on-demand perinatal consultation
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cornea, Skin Diseases
OCT Vibrography for Biomechanical Properties of Tissues
The overall goal of this study is to develop OCT Vibrography (aka OCT elastography) as a novel tool for measuring biomechanical properties of human tissues in vivo.
- Conditions
- Cornea, Skin Diseases, Gingival Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT05759780
- Testing
- Optical imaging of the tissues
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Major Depressive Disorder
Targeting Specific Brain Networks to Treat Specific Symptoms in Depression
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a way of non-invasively stimulating specific brain networks and is an established treatment for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
- Trial name
- NCT05523817
- Testing
- Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Food Insecurity, Implementation Science
Behavioral Economics to Implement a Traffic Light Nutrition Ranking System: Study 2
This is a cluster randomized controlled trial of 30 food pantries affiliated with the Greater Boston Food Bank to test the use of behavioral economics (BE) tools to encourage food pantries to implement the Supporting Wellness at…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Implementation Science, Diet, Healthy, Behavioral Economics
- Trial name
- BeWell (NCT06298253)
- Testing
- Behavioral economics-enhanced SWAP implementation, Basic SWAP implementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Middle Aged
A Text- and Audio-based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Midlife
This is a randomized, controlled pilot trial (N=30) to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the Move with Meaning program, an 8- week, text message- and audio-based intervention to promote physical…
- Trial name
- NCT06172933
- Testing
- Move with Meaning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Osteoporosis
Combined Anabolic Therapy
In this research study the study investigators want to learn more about the effect of two different FDA-approved medication regimens in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
- Trial name
- CAT (NCT06558188)
- Testing
- Romosozumab, Teriparatide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Keratoconus, Ectasia
A Study to Test the Diagnostic Potential of Brillouin Microscopy for Corneal Ectasia
We have developed novel Brillouin microscopy and we are testing its potential for keratoconus and ectasia diagnostics. We plan to perform axial scans of the cornea in human volunteers in order to compare biomechanical properties…
- Conditions
- Keratoconus, Ectasia, Crosslinking, Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT02118922
- Testing
- Brillouin imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital