There are about 173942 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in United States. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Evaluate feasibility, safety, and preliminary estimates of resistance training (RT) efficacy to promote lean body mass accrual in patients with CD aged 14-18. This will be achieved by conducting a parallel 2-arm randomized-controlled pilot trial of RT compared to usual care. At weeks 0 (pre-treatment), 6 (mid-treatment), and 12 (post- treatment), feedback regarding safety, feasibility, and acceptability will be collected from participants through surveys and interviews. Magnitude of the effect size of the intervention on LBM, muscle strength, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) will also be estimated.
This research is a randomized pilot study of an intervention to address food insecurity among intermediate risk Boston Accountable Care Organization (BACO) members receiving primary care at Boston Medical Center (BMC). The investigators propose a parallel group, randomized pilot study among intermediate risk Medicaid ACO patients at BMC who have experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months, with a total enrollment of 120 participants (N=120). Half of the pilot study participants (n=60) will receive usual care: tailored printed paper referral guides to address health-related social needs, including resources for food insecurity (via the Health System's THRIVE Screening & Referral Program) and referrals to Boston Medical Center's Preventative Food Pantry. The other half (n=60) will receive access to a mobile fresh produce market and a monthly stipend to purchase items available on the mobile food trucks. This pilot study will partner with Fresh Truck, a Boston-based 501(c)(3) organization that deploys mobile fresh produce trucks throughout Boston neighborhoods. Fresh Truck recently launched a new system, called 'Fresh Connect,' which addresses affordability as a barrier to healthy eating. 'Fresh Connect' enables healthcare systems to pay for fresh produce purchased by their patients from the Fresh Truck mobile markets. The study protocol comprises three steps: - Risk stratification before consent process to determine if the patient, at baseline, is within the top 3-20% of cost and utilization among BACO members. (This process is part of usual care operations in the Health System for ACO members). - Of BACO patients identified as intermediate risk, patients will be screened for proximity to Fresh Truck mobile markets (zip code is among current Fresh Truck service area), nutritional need (food insecurity identified in the last 12 months), and not documented as housing insecure. - Half the pilot study population will receive access to a mobile fresh food market intervention, Fresh Truck, and a stipend to purchase fresh produce aboard the trucks. The other half will receive usual care. Pilot study participation is 6 months and will include collection and measurement of data from the following sources: baseline interview; final (6-months post-enrollment) interview, electronic medical records (EMR), BMC Clinical Data Warehouse (BMC CDW), and BMC HealthNet Plan (BMCHP) claims.
Participation will be for approximately 21 days (3 study visits,1 week apart with allowance for scheduling conflicts). A topical (or placebo) foam alone or with a splint will be used. Demographic and symptom information will be obtained. At each visit 3 questionnaires (BCT, CTS-6, and DASH) will be completed and an ultrasound of the wrist (median nerve) will be done to document any change in symptoms and/or in the size of the nerve. Random assignment will be to one of 4 groups: foam or placebo with or without a night splint. We will provide instruction on how to apply the foam, whether or not and how to wear the splint, and return visits.
The overall objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the Floreo VR Joint Attention Module in improving social communication skills in children with ASD. An additional objective is ongoing investigation of the tolerability of the product and the extent of potential adverse effects of Floreo VR, if any.
Pembrolizumab will have significant clinical activity in patients with Intermediate and high risk MF, advanced PV who have been resistant, failed or are intolerant to JAK2 inhibitor therapy and the activity may be enhanced in combination with JAK2 inhibition by Ruxolitinib; similarly MDS/MPN and CMML patients for who no standard therapies are available will exhibit responses to PD-1 or dual JAK2 and PD-1 treatment. Adding JAK2 inhibitor Ruxolitinib to Pembrolizumab will have significant activity in patients with advanced, progressive HL who failed single agent PD-1 inhibition.
The primary study objective is to evaluate local response to split-thickness skin grafts from a matched bone marrow donor to chronic GVHD-affected skin in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient.
Skeletal muscle dysfunction is a frequent and clinically relevant systemic manifestation of Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease (COPD), which is still poorly understood. Therefore, the focus of this study is on the role of a deficit in tetrahydrobiopterin and nitric oxide synthase uncoupling induced by chronic oxidative stress on metabolic and vascular abnormalities in skeletal muscle of patients suffering from COPD.
This study will evaluate the effect of treatment of obstructive sleep apnea on insulin sensitivity in pregnant women. Women in their third trimester of pregnancy will be randomized to receive treatment or no treatment for one month.
The School of Dentistry is seeking to determine whether viable microorganisms remain within tooth structure after conventional, mechanical removal of areas of tooth decay, prior to placement or replacement of tooth restorations (fillings). The long-term goal of the work is to decrease the failure rate, and therefore increase the longevity, of tooth restorations (fillings) in human patients and populations.
Primary objectives. The ability of the RC+S to record Local Field Potentials (LFP's) is novel in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) technology. The primary goals of this project are to use this function of the RC+S to characterize: 1. The state- and target-dependency of neuronal oscillations in the subthalamic nucleus (STN), internal globus pallidus (GPi) or external globus pallidus (GPe) of patients with PD, 2. How these oscillations are altered by levodopa, 3. The effects of unilateral standard clinical isochronal (e.g. 140 Hz) GPi-, GPe-, and STN-DBS on oscillatory activity and its relationship to the presence and severity of parkinsonian motor signs. These experiments will leverage the capacity to record LFPs from macroelectrodes implanted in either the GPi/GPe or STN using the Medtronic RC+S DBS system. The long-term goal for this project is to develop closed-loop methods for DBS that are state (resting vs. movement) and movement-phase appropriate. Secondary objectives. In addition to establishing the relationship between neural oscillations in the STN, GPi and GPe to clinical and quantitative measures of akinesia, bradykinesia, tremor and rigidity, this project will also examine the relationship of neural oscillations to: 1. Levodopa-resistant motor features such as postural instability and gait (including freezing of gait), 2. Response inhibition and impulse control.