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Harness-based Mobility Intervention for Infants With Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome

The emergence of crawling and walking is significantly delayed in infants with Down syndrome (DS), but the development of independent mobility provides infants with new opportunities for exploring the environment and interacting with objects and people that are important foundations for early learning. Increasing infant mobility early in development with body weight supported harness systems may support infant exploration, communication, and social interaction. This project will set the stage for the first clinical trial of a mobility-related intervention specifically tailored for infants with DS by testing the feasibility of harness systems with infants and families and identifying measures that will serve as primary outcome variables. Upon completion of this pilot project, necessary preliminary data and experience required for an in-home, high-impact clinical trial for infants with DS will have been obtained.

Boston, MAUp to 2 yrsAll genders
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Supporting Treatment Access and Recovery in COD

Opioid Use Disorder · Mental Health Disorder

This 4-year study will randomize 1,000 people with co-occurring opioid use and mental health disorders (COD) at medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) clinics to evaluate the effectiveness of MISSION, a multi-component team approach, or its components with MOUD versus MOUD alone, as well as the incremental benefits of MISSION or its components for improving outcomes. We expect that individuals receiving MISSION or its parts + MOUD will show greater improvement over MOUD alone on: engagement, substance use, and mental health.

Holyoke, Orange +more, MA18+ yrsAll genders
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Pre-emptive Prevention for Patients at High Risk for Hospital-onset Clostridioides Difficile

C. Difficile

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is the most common healthcare-associated pathogen, causing \>500,000 infections and \>29,000 deaths per year in the US. Traditional approaches to reduce hospital-onset CDI focus on identifying, isolating, and treating symptomatic patients to prevent transmission to other patients. Recent genomic epidemiology studies, however, suggest that most hospital-onset CDI cases are attributable to asymptomatic carriers who either progress from colonization to active infection themselves or transmit C. difficile to other patients while asymptomatic. This trial will evaluate an intervention to pre-emptively identify asymptomatic C. difficile carriers and then implement a patient-tailored prevention package to protect the carrier from progression to active infection and to prevent transmission from the carrier to other patients.

Boston, MA18+ yrsAll genders
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Therapy Dog Visits for Patients Hospitalized With Traumatic Injuries

Trauma Injury · Depression · Anxiety

Animal assisted therapy (AAT) with dogs has been shown to be beneficial for a wide range of patients with both acute and chronic illnesses, including spinal cord injuries, heart failure, myocardial infarctions, strokes, cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression. Studies have also demonstrated that even in healthy adults, the presence of dogs is associated with physiologic changes such as increased pain threshold, decreased blood pressure, and decreased heart rate. However, few studies have investigated the role of AAT in the post-operative course in adults. This study will investigate the impact of therapy dog visits on pain and anxiety scores for trauma patients at Boston Medical Center (BMC).

Boston, MA18+ yrsAll genders
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Phase 2 Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of ANG003

Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI) · Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

In this study, ANG003, a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT; commonly called "enzymes"), is being investigated as a potential treatment for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). People with EPI due to Cystic Fibrosis (CF) may be eligible to participate in this study. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of ANG003 and see if it works as well compared to Creon, an approved PERT.

Boston, MA12+ yrsAll genders
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An Observational Retrospective Cohort Study Being Conducted in Women With Atopic Dermatitis (AD)

Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes · Atopic Dermatitis

The objective of this study is to describe and compare the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes (spontaneous abortion/miscarriage, stillbirth) and prevalence of adverse infant outcomes (major congenital malformations \[MCMs\], small for gestational age \[SGA\]) in women with AD who are treated with dupilumab during pregnancy relative to women with AD who are not treated with dupilumab during pregnancy.

Boston, MA18–49 yrsWomen
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Improving Hypertension Control in Safety-Net Settings: The Boston Hypertension Equity Alliance in Treatment

Hypertension · Hypertension Complicated

High blood pressure (BP) or hypertension (HTN) affects over 100 million individuals in the US, increasing the risk of adverse outcomes, including stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Effective therapies include non-pharmacologic approaches and multiple medication classes. Successful HTN management requires ongoing patient engagement for BP monitoring and treatment intensification. Reaching this goal is challenging, and many patients with HTN do not have controlled BP. Using a collaborative partnership between patients, clinicians, health system and public health stakeholders, and the research team the investigators plan to overcome barriers to widespread implementation of evidence-based health system strategies to improve BP control in a large, urban, primary care-based safety-net setting for diverse populations experiencing disparities in HTN-related outcomes.

Boston, Quincy +more, MA18+ yrsAll genders
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Oral Surgery Virtual Reality Glasses Study

Procedural Anxiety · Procedural Pain

The goal of this randomized trial is to investigate if using virtual reality (VR) glasses for patients who require non-emergent oral surgery procedures under intravenous (IV) sedation improves their overall experience compared to using standard of care safety glasses. This study has two primary objectives. 1. To evaluate if VR glasses can improve patient tolerance during IV access, sedation induction, and the surgical procedure. 2. To investigate whether the use of VR glasses reduces the amount of sedation required for induction and throughout the oral surgery procedure. 80 subjects will be randomly assigned 1:1 to either wear VR glasses playing a relaxing video and audio or VR glasses that will only serve as eye protection (control group).

Boston, MA16–65 yrsAll genders
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PPMI Clinical - Establishing a Deeply Phenotyped PD Cohort

Parkinson Disease

The Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI) is a longitudinal, observational, multi-center natural history study to assess progression of clinical features, digital outcomes, and imaging, biologic and genetic markers of Parkinson's disease (PD) progression in study participants with manifest PD, prodromal PD, and healthy controls. The overall goal of PPMI is to identify markers of disease progression for use in clinical trials of therapies to reduce progression of PD disability.

Boston, MA30+ yrsAll genders
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Deceased Uterine Transplant in Absolute Uterine Infertility (AUIF)

Infertility of Uterine Origin

Our study will explore the feasibility of initiating a deceased donor uterine transplant program in addition to the existing living donor IRB at BWH. Using the template established by teams around the world, we will identify emotionally and socially stable females of reproductive age with intact ovaries who are unable to gestate a child due to congenital or acquired uterine factor infertility. After careful screening, participants will undergo egg harvest, in vitro fertilization, and embryo cryopreservation using standard methods. Women who successfully complete the fertilization of at least six euploid embryos will be eligible to be placed on the waitlist for a deceased donor uterus transplant. After a successful transplant and a period of observation to ensure normal menstrual cycle and graft viability (anticipate six months), embryo implantation will be undertaken. Following an embryo transfer, gestation will be carefully monitored by our high-risk pregnancy specialists. Medical research interventions include the surgical implantation of a uterus utilizing techniques by teams that have applied this approach successfully, close post-transplant follow up including immunosuppression therapy tailored to established standards during pregnancy minimizing fetal risks, and careful management of pregnancy. After childbearing is complete (at most two gestations), the donor uterus will be removed either during Cesarean or during an elective procedure. In addition, open ended interviews and surveys will be conducted to elicit ethical and psychosocial concerns arising from the experience of subjects and their families, health care providers, and the wider community. The investigator's intent is to monitor outcomes for transplant recipients as well as the live born infants for 30 days after removal of the transplanted uterus. It is estimated that the time from screening to a potential live birth will be a minimum of 22 months, but likely between 24 - 36 months depending on organ availability.

Boston, MA18–40 yrsWomen
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Combined Zephyr Valve System With Inter-lobar Fissure Completion for Lung Volume Reduction in Emphysema

Emphysema or COPD

The purpose of this protocol is to perform a pilot prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the potential role of lung fissure completion strategy (experimental intervention) in addition to endobronchial valve (EBV) placement (representing "standard-of-care") in select patients with severe COPD/emphysema and with evidence for \<95% fissure completion between adjacent lung lobes. In select patients, lung fissure completion strategy will be performed by either video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATS)-guided or robotic-guided stapling along the lung fissures in an attempt to reduce collateral ventilation and determine whether or not this experimental strategy will improve outcome following subsequent EBV placement. EBV placement will follow successful VATS-guided or robotic-guided fissure stapling. The study will enroll approximately 20 patients at BIDMC, and outcomes will focus on procedure-related complications, physiological measurements (ex., FEV1 by pulmonary function testing) and clinical symptoms (i.e., questionnaires). Patient will be followed for 3-month period, receiving usual standard of care during the 3 months of follow-up. The goal of this protocol is to determine if elimination of significant collateral lung ventilation between lung lobes is possible, and whether such strategy to eliminate collateral lung ventilation between lobes improves outcomes following subsequent EBV placement (i.e. promotes atelectasis of diseased lung segments) in the management of severe COPD/emphysema in appropriate candidates. For subjects in the medical management control group, upon completion of the 3-month F/U period, they will be eligible for EBV if they choose.

Boston, MA40–75 yrsAll genders
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A Study of JNJ-90301900 in Combination With Chemoradiation Followed by Consolidation Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

The purpose of this study is to determine whether JNJ-90301900 added to concurrent platinum-based doublet chemotherapy with radiation therapy (cCRT) followed by consolidation immunotherapy (cIT) can improve objective response rate (ORR; that is percentage of participants whose best response is complete response or partial response during the study) in participants with locally advanced and unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

Boston, MA18+ yrsAll genders
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Sacituzumab Govitecan Plus EV in Metastatic UC

Urothelial Cancer · Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma · Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter

Phase I of this research study will assess what doses of Sacituzumab Govitecan and Enfortumab Vedotin can be safely combined in the treatment of metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). In Phase II of the study, patients in one of the two cohorts will receive Sacituzumab Govitecan, Enfortumab Vedotin, and Pembrolizumab to assess the efficacy of this drug combination. The names of the study drugs in these investigational combinations are: * Enfortumab Vedotin * Sacituzumab Govitecan * Pembrolizumab

Boston, MA18+ yrsAll genders
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Testing Shorter Duration Radiation Therapy Versus the Usual Radiation Therapy in Patients With High Risk Prostate Cancer

Prostate Adenocarcinoma · Stage III Prostate Cancer AJCC v8 · Stage IVA Prostate Cancer AJCC v8

This phase III trial compares stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), (five treatments over two weeks using a higher dose per treatment) to usual radiation therapy (20 to 45 treatments over 4 to 9 weeks) for the treatment of high-risk prostate cancer. SBRT uses special equipment to position a patient and deliver radiation to tumors with high precision. This method may kill tumor cells with fewer doses over a shorter period of time. This trial is evaluating if shorter duration radiation prevents cancer from coming back as well as the usual radiation treatment.

Boston, Milford +more, MA18+ yrsMen
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Oral Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate for the Treatment of Patients With PNPO Deficiency

Pyridox(am)Ine 5'-Phosphate Oxidase Deficiency

The proposed clinical study is intended to evaluate oral P5P for the treatment of patients confirmed to have Pyridox(am)ine 5'-Phosphate Oxidase (PNPO) deficiency via genetic analysis. There is an unmet clinical need for pharmaceutical grade P5P, as to date none has been made commercially available. Patients will receive pharmaceutical grade P5P according to their normal oral P5P dosing regimen, as previously established by their physicians.

Boston, MAAll agesAll genders
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