Clinical trials: CAT Scan
Cystic Fibrosis
Effectiveness of Pulmozyme in Infants With Cystic Fibrosis
This is a study to find out whether Pulmozyme is effective for clearing mucus from the airways of children with cystic fibrosis less than 3 ½ years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT00179998
- Testing
- Recombinant Human DNase (Pulmozyme)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Cancer
Adult and Paediatric Patient Radiation Doses From Multidetector Row Computed Tomography Scans: a National Survey
The situation in Italy regarding radiation dose to patients undergoing Multidetector row Computed Tomography (MDCT) scans is unclear despite Italian law require that each centre check the Reference Dose Level (RDL) every two…
- Trial name
- MDCTDOSE (NCT01436006)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 6,700 people
- Sponsor
- University of Palermo
Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHI), Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy (PHHI)
Phase II Safety and Efficacy Study of 18FDOPA PET-CT in Children With Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia
Children with congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) have low blood sugar, and some of these children may require surgery to remove part or all of their pancreas.
- Trial name
- 18FDOPA (NCT01468454)
- Testing
- 18 F-DOPA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Low Bone Mass, Low Bone Mineral Density
A High-resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Study in Postmenopausal Women Previously Treated With Denosumab
To evaluate the combined effect of denosumab treatment and discontinuation on cortical thickness at the distal radius by High Resolution-Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT).
- Conditions
- Low Bone Mass, Low Bone Mineral Density, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
- Trial name
- NCT00890981
- Testing
- high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT), Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), Denosumab
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- Amgen
Ultrasound, CT Scans
Open-Label, Safety Study Evaluating the Use of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Subjects Undergoing Procedure-Type Sedation
The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of dexmedetomidine in a pediatric population requiring non-intubated, spontaneous breathing, moderate to deep sedation (NI-MDS) for elective diagnostic or therapeutic…
- Conditions
- Ultrasound, CT Scans, MRIs
- Trial name
- NCT01519167
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam, Fentanyl
- Where
- 11 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 91 people
- Sponsor
- Hospira, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Osteoarthritis, Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy
Prediction of Development of Scapular Notching Following Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
The hypothesis is that computer simulated bony impingement of the bone surrounding the spherical glenoid implant (the glenosphere) along the scapular neck on three-dimensional (3-D) computed tomography (CT) imaging analysis is…
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy, Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, Scapular Notching
- Trial name
- NCT02052466
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Eric Ricchetti
Ionizing Radiation Exposure, Quality Improvement
CT DOSE Collaboratory
This is a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial to explore variation in doses used for diagnostic CT by pooling radiation dose data across diverse healthcare delivery systems.
- Trial name
- NCT03000751
- Testing
- Simple Audit Report, Multi-Component Intervention, In-Person Meeting
- Volunteers
- 864,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Diagnostic Imaging
A Clinical Study of Xenetix 300 in Multislice Computed Tomography (CT) Pediatric Indications
This is a clinical study of Xenetix 300 in Multislice Computed Tomography (MSCT) in pediatric indications.
- Trial name
- NCT00347022
- Testing
- Xenetix, Visipaque
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 145 people
- Sponsor
- Guerbet
Atherosclerosis
ELITE: Early Versus Late Intervention Trial With Estradiol
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of oral 17B-estradiol (estrogen) on the progression of early (subclinical) atherosclerosis and cognitive decline in healthy postmenopausal women.
- Trial name
- NCT00114517
- Testing
- 17B-estradiol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 643 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Appendicitis
Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis: Low-dose Computed Tomography (CT) Versus Standard-dose CT
The purpose of this study is to determine whether low-dose CT is not inferior to standard-dose CT in the rate of unnecessary appendectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT00913380
- Testing
- Diagnostic CT
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 891 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Patellar (or Kneecap) Instability and Mal-alignment
CT Analysis of the Patellofemoral Joint in Patients Having Knee Surgery
The primary hypothesis is that measures of patellofemoral alignment obtained from the investigational cone beam CT scanner will be reduced, but still correlated to those obtained from the conventional CT scan.
- Trial name
- PF (NCT02257099)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Split Dose CT
Patient- and Task-specific Radiation Dose Optimization for Pediatric Abdominopelvic CT Applications
Radiation dose reduction has been a primary driver of technology development in multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT). The optimization of radiation dose for patient and task specific computed tomography (CT) applications…
- Trial name
- NCT03429712
- Testing
- Dual-source multi-detector computed tomography (DSSE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Metastatic Neuroblastoma
A Phase I/II Study of [124I]mIBG PET/CT in Neuroblastoma
This study aims to show that 3-dimensional PET/CT imaging with a new novel PET tracer (called [124I]mIBG) can detect as many or more sites of neuroblastoma (a type of childhood cancer) compared to the recommended 1-dimensional…
- Trial name
- NCT02043899
- Testing
- [124I]meta-Iodobenzylguanidine
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Cancer Research UK