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Clinical trials and research at Boston University (Charles River Campus)
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 25 clinical trials run by Boston University (Charles River Campus) that are recruiting, at sites in 3 countries (most in United States (24), South Africa (1), Ghana (1)). 1 was first registered in the last 30 days. By phase: Early Phase 1 (1). There are also 291 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $145.4 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 25Clinical trials
- 291NIH research projects
- 1New in 30 days
- 3Countries
Newest trials
All recruiting trials (25)
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See how language and general thinking networks help aphasia recovery
This study tests whether language and general cognitive networks contribute to language recovery after stroke in people with aphasia.
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Cough Skill Training to Help Head and Neck Cancer Patients Recover Voluntary Cough
Researchers will test whether a handheld cough device-based training can help people with head and neck cancer improve their voluntary cough function.
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Enhancing cognitive self-management to improve work and school outcomes in first-episode psychosis
This pilot study tests whether adding a cognitive self-management program to standard employment and education services helps young adults with first-episode psychosis find and stay in work or school.
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Personalized music-guided walking for Parkinson’s disease
A 3-month, self-directed walking program using a digital, music-based device is tested to see if it improves walking quality, everyday walking, and walking automaticity for people with Parkinson’s disease.
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Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation to Improve Gait and Brain Function in Alzheimer's Disease
A rhythm-based metronome approach is being tested to see if it helps people with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment walk more smoothly and think more clearly.
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Word Learning in Bilingual Toddlers: How Meaning and Parent Input Help Describe Early Vocabulary
This study tests how two word-learning categories (animals and clothing) and parent language input influence how bilingual toddlers pick up new words.
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Memory boost in aging with tailored brain stimulation
This study tests whether personalized high-resolution tACS can improve memory in healthy older adults by adjusting stimulation patterns and schedules.
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Testing how people control their speech in different feedback situations
This study tests how adults with and without speech or reading differences use auditory and somatosensory feedback to control their speech.
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How deep brain stimulation affects learning and producing speech in Parkinson's disease and essential tremor
This research will see if turning deep brain stimulation on and off changes how adults with Parkinson's disease or essential tremor learn and produce new speech sound sequences.
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Test if aging changes how brain rhythms coordinate vision, and try a tailored brain stimulation to help with vision in older adults
This study tests whether age-related visual problems come from disrupted alpha-gamma brain rhythms in the visual cortex and uses personalized high-definition tACS to try to improve vision in older adults.
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Project EMPOWER-OCD: a one-time online program for OCD caregiver families
We’re testing a single, self-guided online session to help caregivers reduce accommodating behaviors for a child with OCD.
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7-Day vs 1-Day Packaging for SQ-LNS in Ghana
This study tests whether packaging SQ-LNS in a 7-day pouch works as well as the 1-day sachet for caregiver adherence in Ghanaian children ages 6–24 months.
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A program to help older adults with serious mental illness improve social connections and healthy living.
This study is testing a new program to see if it can help older adults with serious mental illness build better social connections and live healthier lives.
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Transcranial Stimulation Plus Auditory Training for Difficulties with Speech in Noise
Researchers will test whether non-invasive brain stimulation can boost gains from at-home auditory training for people who have trouble understanding speech when many people talk at once.
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Youth leadership and mindfulness program for adolescents
This study is testing a new program that teaches leadership and mindfulness skills to young people of color to see if it helps improve their mental and emotional well-being compared to a different program focused on college and career readiness.
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Examining brain and parenting factors in youth depression treatment
This study is trying to see how brain activity and parenting styles affect how well children aged 7-12 with depression respond to a specific treatment program.
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Harness-based mobility intervention for infants with Down syndrome
This study is testing a special harness to see if it can help infants with Down syndrome move better and interact more during playtime.
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Improving memory in Alzheimer's disease using noninvasive brain stimulation
This study is testing if a gentle brain stimulation can help improve memory and thinking skills in people with mild Alzheimer's disease.
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Non-invasive treatment for OCD using neuromodulation
This study is testing a new non-invasive brain treatment to see if it can help people with OCD who haven't found relief from other therapies.
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Examining how alcohol affects sexual decision-making and testing an intervention
This study tests how drinking alcohol affects sexual choices and tries a new method to help men who have sex with men make safer decisions about sex.
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Predicting treatment outcomes in social anxiety disorder
This study is trying to see if brain scans can help predict which adults with social anxiety disorder will benefit from group therapy.
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Reducing psychological barriers to PrEP use during pregnancy and postpartum in Cape Town
This project will test a brief cognitive-behavioral program to see if treating depression and posttraumatic stress helps pregnant and postpartum women in Cape Town stay on PrEP.
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Using machine learning to improve digital mental health interventions
This study is testing if using machine learning can help find the best digital mental health program for people with anxiety and depression to improve their care and results.
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Understanding how the brain processes spatial information in epilepsy patients
This study is testing how the brains of epilepsy patients process spatial information to better understand navigation problems they might face.
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Improving hearing in noisy environments for hearing aid users
This study is testing different ways to help hearing aid users understand speech better in noisy places and see how different hearing aid styles affect their ability to hear sounds around them.
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 291)
Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.
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How Arousal Changes How We See the World
This grant studies how moments of alertness or mood changes alter how the brain processes what we see.
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NGF Metabolism as a biomarker for cognitive decline in familial Alzheimer's disease
Researchers are studying whether patterns in nerve growth factor pathways in blood and CSF can signal early, preclinical stages of Alzheimer's in people with genetic risk.
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NGF metabolism as an early biomarker for cognitive decline in familial Alzheimer's disease
This project tests whether NGF pathway proteins in blood and CSF can signal early, preclinical changes in people with familial Alzheimer’s disease.
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Ultra-High Density wearable brain monitoring in real life
Aims to make advanced wearable brain sensors that work in daily life to track brain activity alongside movement, perception, and communication.
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A new method to image brain activity noninvasively using speckle contrast spectroscopy
A new, noninvasive imaging technique called speckle contrast optical spectroscopy (SCOS) could help measure brain blood flow in people, including those with brain injuries or neurodegenerative conditions.
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NGF Metabolic Dysfunction as a Marker of Cognitive Decline in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease
This project looks at nerve growth factor pathways in people with a genetic form of Alzheimer's to see if blood and spinal fluid markers can identify early brain changes before symptoms appear.
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Biomarker to guide treatment in head and neck cancer
A biomarker test using tumor samples is being developed to predict recurrence risk in oral cancers and help tailor treatment.
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Functional reorganization of language and general brain networks in aphasia
This project studies how language areas and general brain networks work together to help people recover language after a stroke, by looking at brain activity and responses to language tasks.
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Hollow Microneedles to Read Biochemical Things in Interstitial Fluid
A small grant tests tiny hollow needles that can sample interstitial fluid from the skin to sense biochemical markers for wearables.
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Prosody and Speech: How Prosody and Speaking Sounds Come Together in the Brain
This project asks how the brain plans and coordinates the rhythm and tone of speech, especially in people who stutter, using brain scans and speech experiments.
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Decoding regulatory variants linked to heart disease
A scientist team will study how non-coding genetic changes in heart cells influence cardiovascular disease risk.
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Mobility-powered home play to boost development in infants with Down syndrome
A home-based program uses a lightweight mobility aid to help infants with Down syndrome move, play, and learn at home.
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Integrated digital health approach to help rural adults reduce hazardous drinking and chronic pain
A digital health program designed for adults in rural areas to reduce risky alcohol use while also addressing chronic pain through a streamlined, at-home approach.
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Long-Term Living Sensors for Continuous Biochemical Monitoring
A new living sensor system uses tiny, self-renewing cells inside a diffusion chamber to continuously measure biochemical markers in bodily fluids without pumps or power.
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New antiviral drugs called aglai ns to fight mosquito-borne viruses
A lab program is developing new host-targeted antiviral compounds called aglains to help prevent and treat infections from dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses.
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Arousal and Visual Processing in Humans
This grant tests how our momentary or ongoing arousal changes the way we see and interpret visual information in healthy adults.
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New antiviral agents called aglains to fight mosquito-borne viruses like dengue
A team at Boston University is developing new host-targeted antiviral compounds called aglains to help protect people from dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses.
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Rescuing Visual Perception in Aging by Tuning Brain Oscillations
A study exploring how changes in brain rhythms might improve vision in older adults, including those with or at risk for Alzheimer's disease.
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Alcohol, arousal, and safer sex for men who have sex with men (MSM)
A study with adult MSM tests a brief intervention to help reduce condomless sex when alcohol and arousal are high.
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Telehealth Mindful Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis (TEMPO)
A 10-week, at-home telehealth program blends mindfulness with exercise to help adults with knee osteoarthritis manage pain and improve function.
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CRISPR-style tools to map how protein states affect human biology
A new CRISPR-inspired approach will systematically perturb protein conformations in human cells to reveal how different protein states influence cellular and disease-related outcomes.
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Measuring how gene activity changes over time in single cells
A funded project at Boston University will study how RNA production and breakdown change in individual human cells using new computational and experimental methods.
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Compression-sensitive cadherin junction: how cells stick under pressure
A study at Boston University will identify and describe a newly found cell-adhesion junction that forms when cells experience compressive forces, and explain its role in human biology.
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Plasmon-Enhanced Chiroptical Spectroscopy to Study Membrane-Binding Proteins
A research project aims to make advanced light-based methods more sensitive so scientists can learn how membrane-binding proteins behave in their natural environment.
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Cuffless blood pressure monitoring using fast wearable optical sensing
A new wearable device using high-speed optical sensing aims to measure blood pressure without a cuff, making BP tracking easier and more comfortable for adults.
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Bio-orthogonal mid-infrared imaging to map cancer metabolism
Aim to use a new imaging method to visualize how cancer cells change their metabolism in real time, helping doctors understand and treat cancer better.
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Computational modeling of language in bilingual adults after stroke and with neurodegenerative conditions
A computer-based study will model how bilingual Spanish-English speakers experience language changes after stroke and with neurodegenerative disorders, to inform better care for affected patients.
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Arthroscopic Raman Monitoring of Cartilage Content for PTOA Diagnosis and Regenerative Treatment Response
A new imaging approach during arthroscopy uses Raman spectroscopy to measure cartilage composition and track how well PTOA treatments are working after injury.
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Subcortical Circuits and Speech Sequencing in Deep Brain Stimulator Recipients
This project looks at how deep brain stimulation in people with certain brain disorders affects how they learn and produce sequences of speech.
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LEAP: a youth leadership and mindfulness program to support well-being
A two-arm study will test whether a 7-week LEAP program that combines leadership training with mindfulness can improve mental, emotional, and behavioral well-being for adolescents aged 12–20.
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Understanding how moment-to-moment parenting affects treatment outcomes for teens with co‑occurring disorders and alcohol use
Teens with alcohol problems and other mental health issues may improve most when parents are involved, and this study looks at real-time parenting to see what helps.
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Neurophotonic Advances to understand capillary dysfunction in stroke recovery
A study using advanced brain-imaging and light-based techniques to understand how tiny blood vessels affect recovery after a stroke.
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Predicting language recovery after stroke using AI
A new AI-based project uses brain scans and personal data to forecast how aphasia may progress after a stroke, with the goal of guiding personalized treatment.
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Innate and hormone-driven differences in how tissues remodel their scaffolding
This project looks at why men and women may repair and regenerate tissues differently, focusing on how hormones influence the extracellular matrix in conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Multi-scale look at how coronavirus envelope protein E works and could be targeted
A small grant to study the envelope protein E in SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses to learn how it helps viruses assemble and cause disease, with the goal of guiding future drugs.
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LysoGen: a targeted liver therapy to boost lysosome health in MASLD
A new medicine idea aims to restore normal lysosome acidity in the liver to help people with MASLD.
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Soft robotic bronchoscope to reach and gently biopsy peripheral lung nodules
A new, tiny, air-powered robot helps doctors reach hard-to-access lung nodules and collect tissue samples more accurately.
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Synthetic vascularization and regeneration in engineered liver tissue
Aiming to create engineered liver tissue grafts whose blood vessel growth and enlargement can be controlled inside the body.
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Handheld imaging to map skin changes in autoimmune disease
A small, non-invasive handheld device uses light to map skin changes in autoimmune diseases like systemic sclerosis to help catch the disease early.
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Understanding how genes switch on and off in human cells
Aims to map how gene transcription and RNA processing work together in human cells to control which messages get made.
Quick answers
How many clinical trials run by Boston University (Charles River Campus) are recruiting right now?
25, as of November 12, 2026. 1 of them was first registered in the last 30 days. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.
Where are these trials running?
In 3 countries. The most sites are in United States (24 trials), South Africa (1 trial), Ghana (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.
What phases are they in?
Early Phase 1: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.
How do I join one?
Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.
Find the studies that fit you
A list is a starting point. Tell us your situation in your own words and we'll rank the studies that match and explain why. It's free and needs no account.