Mass General - Division of Clinical Research

Many people living with metastatic breast cancer face challenging symptoms and frequent medical visits. At the same time, conversations about personal goals, values, and preferences for care may not always happen as early or as often as patients and families would like. This multi-site study will test the effectiveness of a five-session palliative care program, designed specifically for people with metastatic breast cancer and their caregivers, to strengthen communication with clinicians about what matters most in their care. The study aims to inform how palliative care services can be delivered in a more timely, personalized, and scalable way for people living with advanced cancers who have long disease trajectories, such as metastatic breast cancer.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2025

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This is a Phase 2 dose-finding study in adult participants with symptomatic HFpEF.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Feb 2025

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This is a multi-center, hospital based, cross-sectional study based on data from patient medical records, including laboratory results. The study will include adult patients with chronic (> 1 year duration) primary Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) only. Patients will be identified based on a laboratory confirmed diagnosis of ITP in the medical records, where there is also a physician-confirmed diagnosis of primary ITP. If patients consent to take part in the study, a routine clinical visit will also serve as the study visit. Patients who do not have a routine visit scheduled during the study period but who would otherwise be eligible may be contacted by the site. In such cases, clinicians may use their discretion to schedule a visit specifically for study purposes. All study participants will have a routine blood test as part of their standard clinical care at the study visit, and this same procedure will be used to collect supplementary blood samples to assess a variety of biomarkers. Data will be collected using a combination of chart review, clinical outcome assessment administration, and laboratory results through blood tests.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Jan 2025

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The main purpose of the study is to assess whether the study drug, LY4066434, is safe and tolerable when administered to participants with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors with certain KRAS mutations. LY4066434 will be given alone or in combination with other treatments. The study will have 2 parts: monotherapy dose escalation and dose optimization. The study is expected to last up to approximately 5 years.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2024

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The goal of this study is to disentangle relationships between acute cannabis use and withdrawal on proximal depression and suicide risk and recovery in adolescents ages 12-18 years by incorporating time-varying patterns of substance use, mood, and SI. This project aims to guide the development of scalable, individualized, accessible, and affordable interventions aimed to reduce depression and suicide risk among adolescents.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Feb 2025

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The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of a prehabilitation program for participants diagnosed with rectal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation, followed by surgical resection. The names of the groups in this research study are: - Group A: Prehabilitation program - Group B: Usual Care

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2024

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The (ADVENT LTO) is an observational, non-significant risk study to assess the progression of atrial fibrillation in subjects who received ablation treatment with either the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System or thermal ablation in the ADVENT Trial.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Oct 2024

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This research study is evaluating to examine the efficacy of a novel a self-administered digital application (DREAMLAND) for improving patients' long-term quality of life and psychological outcomes for patients with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing intensive chemotherapy.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2024

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The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to test efgartigimod alfa against placebo in adults with first-time optic neuritis (optic nerve inflammation). The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is it feasible to use efgartigimod alfa for optic neuritis? - Is it feasible to run a larger trial testing efgartigimod alfa in optic neuritis? - Does efgartigimod alfa work better than placebo in improving how quickly and how much vision returns? Participants will: - have their vision and blood tested - be asked questions about their vision - will receive standard of care treatment with steroids regardless of whether they are receiving efgartigimod alfa or not - will have periodic visits over 6 months

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2025

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The goal of this project is to conduct a randomized, hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial (N=200) to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a 10-week mind-body and walking program (GetActive+) vs treatment as usual (TAU). The investigators will test for improvements in self-reported, performance-based (i.e., six-minute walk test), and objective (i.e., step-count) physical function, emotional function, as well as feasibility, acceptability and implementation markers. Participants will complete measures at baseline (0 weeks), post-intervention (1 week after intervention completion), and 6-month follow-up. This study will receive support from and inclusion in the HEAL Initiative (https://heal.nih.gov/).

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2024

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The National Liver Cancer Screening Trial is an adaptive randomized phase IV Trial comparing ultrasound-based versus biomarker-based screening in 5500 patients with cirrhosis from any etiology or patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. Eligible patients will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to Arm A using semi-annual ultrasound and AFP-based screening or Arm B using semi-annual screening using GALAD alone. Randomization will be stratified by sex, enrolling site, Child Pugh class (A vs. B), and HCC etiology (viral vs. non-viral). Patients will be recruited from 15 sites (mix of tertiary care and large community health systems) over a 3-year period, and the primary endpoint of the phase IV trial, reduction in late-stage HCC, will be assessed after 5.5 years.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2023

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The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of the combination of lasofoxifene and abemaciclib compared to fulvestrant and abemaciclib for the treatment of pre- and postmenopausal women and men who have previously received ribociclib or palbociclib-based treatment and have locally advanced or metastatic estrogen receptor positive (ER+)/human epidermal growth factor 2 negative (HER2-) breast cancer with an estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) mutation. The main question the study aims to answer is: • To compare the efficacy of the combination of lasofoxifene and abemaciclib with that of fulvestrant and abemaciclib Participants will receive either receive 5 mg/d of oral lasofoxifene plus oral abemaciclib 150 mg twice a day or the combination of fulvestrant 500 mg intramuscular (IM) on Days 1, 15, and 29 and then once monthly thereafter plus oral abemaciclib 150 mg twice a day.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2023

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The goal of this research study is to determine the best dose of CARv3-TEAM-E T Cells for treating participants with glioblastoma. The name of the treatment intervention used in this research study is: -CARv3-TEAM-E T Cells (or Autologous T lymphocytes).

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Mar 2023

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We are doing this research to identify biomarkers in individuals who are at-risk for familial prion disease. We hope to use these biomarkers to predict timing of disease onset in pre-symptomatic individuals and to guide the direction of future clinical trials.

Type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Start Date: Dec 2017

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This research study involves the study of TriPRIL CAR T Cells for treating people with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma and to understand the side effects when treated with TriPRIL CAR T Cells. This research study involves the study drugs:. - TriPRIL CAR T Cells - Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide: Standardly used chemotherapy drugs as part of lymphodepleting process

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2021

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This research study is studying how well newly diagnosed breast cancer that has tested positive for a protein called HER2 responds using one of two different combination of HER2-directed therapies as a treatment after surgery. The name of the study drugs involved are: - Trastuzumab-emtansine (T-DM1, Kadcyla) - Trastuzumab SC (Herceptin Hylecta) - Paclitaxel

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jun 2021

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This research is being done to assess the therapeutic activity of a promising combination (azacitidine and venetoclax) versus conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy in induction-eligible patients with acute myeloid leukemia. This study involves the following: - Venetoclax and azacitidine (investigational combination) - Cytarabine and idarubicin or daunorubicin (per standard of care) or Liposomal daunorubicin and cytarabine (per standard of care)

Type: Interventional

Start Date: May 2021

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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

Type: Interventional

Start Date: May 2021

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This is a clinical trial to evaluate the use of peritumoral injection of near-infrared dye indocyanine green to identify lung lesions and sentinel lymph nodes. The primary purpose is to determine if the use of ICG injected via navigational bronchoscopy, CT-guided or transthoracic allows us to identify the first lymph node that drains from the tumor, and thus would be the most likely site for metastatic disease, and remove it for analysis to improve the ability to detect tumor in this node and to remove this additional site that potentially contains tumor cells. Using this intraoperative imaging technique, we aim to improve the identification of lung nodules for resection and the intraoperative identification of sentinel lymph nodes in the event that a lymphadenectomy is performed.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2015

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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 of Keratoconus vs. Normal corneas and compare biomechanical properties of post-LASIK ectasia vs. normal corneas.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Jun 2013

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The Pompe Registry is a global, multicenter, international, longitudinal, observational, and voluntary program for patients with Pompe disease, designed to track the disease's natural history and outcomes in patients, both treated and not. Data from the Registry are also used to fulfill various global regulatory commitments, to support product development/reimbursement, and for other research and non-research related purposes. The objectives of the Registry are: - To enhance understanding of the variability, progression, identification, and natural history of Pompe disease, with the ultimate goal of better guiding and assessing therapeutic intervention. - To assist the Pompe medical community with the development of recommendations for monitoring patients, and to provide reports on patient outcomes, to optimize patient care. - To characterize the Pompe disease population. - To evaluate the long-term effectiveness of alglucosidase alfa.

Type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Start Date: Sep 2004

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The goal of this observational study is to measure shear wave velocity (SWV) in patients with non-reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) heart failure and left ventricular hypertrophy, with or without transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), and in control subjects without heart failure or cardiomyopathy. The main question it aims to answer is: • Can SWV be used to measure myocardial and liver stiffness in the study's target populations? Researchers will compare patients with ATTR-CM, patients without ATTR-CM, and a control group to determine the distributions of SWV in each population. Participants will: - Have a standard cardiology assessment, including a physical exam, blood work, and an echocardiogram. - Undergo an investigational assessment with the eMyosound LYRA device to measure SWV in their myocardium and liver. - Have the investigational assessment repeated by a second observer to assess measurement reliability.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Sep 2025

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The purpose of this study is to pilot two resilience interventions for cardiac arrest survivors and their informal caregivers, Recovering Together after Cardiac Arrest 1 and Recovering Together after Cardiac Arrest 2 . The data the investigators gather in this study will be used to further refine the interventions.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2025

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This study is researching an experimental drug called ubamatamab, also referred to as "study drug". The study is focused on patients who have advanced ovarian cancer. The aim of the study is to see how safe, tolerable, and effective the study drug is on its own and in combination with other anti-cancer drugs (bevacizumab, cemiplimab, fianlimab and a standard chemotherapy drug, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin [PLD]), referred to as "combination drugs'. The study is looking at several other research questions, including: - What side effects may happen from taking the study drug and its experimental combinations - How much study drug and fianlimab is in the blood at different times - Whether the body makes antibodies against the study drug (which could make the drug less effective or could lead to side effects) and its combinations

Type: Interventional

Start Date: May 2025

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This study is a placebo-controlled Phase I study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of the antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) AMX0114 in adult participants with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Apr 2025

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