Clinical trials: Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Aortic Stiffness, Oxidative Stress
Relationship Between Oxidative Stress and Aortic Stiffness
The goal of this clinical trial is to search about if there is any relationship between the aortic stiffness and oxidative stress response in adolescent football players.
- Conditions
- Aortic Stiffness, Oxidative Stress, Football Player
- Trial name
- NCT06590792
- Testing
- exhaustive exercise training session
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Obesity (Disorder)
JOULE - Metabolic Adaptation to Weight Loss in Response to a Behavioural Lifestyle Program With or Without Semaglutide in Adolescents With Obesity
The Joule MARS study is a single center, randomized, open label clinical trial aiming to explore the metabolic adaptations that occur in response to weight management in adolescents with obesity.
- Trial name
- JOULE-MARS (NCT06852391)
- Testing
- Semaglutide Pen Injector, Behavioural Lifestyle Program (BLP)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Thyroid Nodule
Elastography in Thyroid Nodules
Thyroid nodules are a common finding in the general population,however, they are mostly unpalpable and usually discovered either during neck ultrasound (US) examination or by pathological examination at autopsy.
- Trial name
- NCT04312646
- Testing
- Elastography .
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Juvenile Hallux Valgus, Ultrasound
Investigation of the Effects of Exercise in Individuals With Juvenile Hallux Valgus
This study aims to evaluate the short- and long-term effects of toe spread-out exercises, performed under supervision for 3 months, on the angular severity of deformity and the electromechanical activity, stiffness, and thickness…
- Conditions
- Juvenile Hallux Valgus, Ultrasound, Shear Wave Elastography
- Trial name
- NCT07827846
- Testing
- Toe Spread Out Exercises
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Surgery, Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Transient Elastography in Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
The purpose of this study is to determine whether liver transient elastography performed before the surgical procedure is able to predict liver failure in patients undergoing hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Trial name
- NCT01441453
- Testing
- FibroScan (Transient Elastography measurement)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Liver Stiffness, Spleen Stiffness
Normal Pediatric Liver and Spleen SWE
This observational study aims to determine normal liver and spleen stiffness values in healthy children using shear wave elastography (SWE).
- Conditions
- Liver Stiffness, Spleen Stiffness, Shear Wave Elastography in Healthy Children, Normal Organ Elasticity
- Trial name
- SWE (NCT06930066)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 434 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Liver Cirrhosis, Esophageal Varices
Two-dimensional Shear-Wave Elastography Evaluate Esophageal Varices Bleeding Risk of Liver Cirrhosis
The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of 2D-SWE for predicting the presence of esophageal varices and high-risk varices in patients with liver cirrhosis.
- Conditions
- Liver Cirrhosis, Esophageal Varices, Liver Stiffness
- Trial name
- NCT03989973
- Testing
- Gastroscopy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- West China Hospital
Thyroid Nodule
B-mode Ultrasound, Sono-Elastography, and Diffusion-weighted Imaging MRI in Thyroid Nodules
To compare the accuracy of the conventional Ultrasound 'TI-RADS', US elastography, DWI MRI, and its ADC value in characterization and differentiation of thyroid nodules.
- Trial name
- NCT06029946
- Testing
- elastography, ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Endometrial Cancer
Strain-elastography in Endometrial Cancer
Strain elastography is a novel, non-invasive, easy applicable method to determine the tissue characteristics of benign or malign lesions in various organs.
- Trial name
- NCT06623916
- Testing
- Endometrial Cancer Survivors
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Alper seyhan
Muscle Spasticity, Gait Disorders, Neurologic
Ultrasonographic Assessment of Muscle Morphology, Function, and Clinical Findings in Spastic Cerebral Palsy
This study focuses on children with spastic cerebral palsy and aims to examine how muscle morphology and tissue characteristics, as assessed by ultrasound, may relate to functional motor abilities.
- Conditions
- Muscle Spasticity, Gait Disorders, Neurologic, Cerebral Palsy, Spastic
- Trial name
- US-sCP (NCT07118228)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Kocaeli University
Liver Fibrosis
Rapid Breath-hold Quantitative Macromolecular Proton Fraction Imaging for Liver Fibrosis
Chronic liver disease is a major health problem worldwide. Liver fibrosis is a key feature in most chronic liver diseases. When identified early, liver fibrosis may be reversible.
- Trial name
- NCT04429100
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Preliminary Study of Pediatric Diaphragmatic Elastography
This diaphragmatic elastography study is a preliminary pilot study to have first values of diaphragmatic stiffness in patients with a history of diaphragmatic hernia and to estimate the difference in stiffness compared to a group…
- Trial name
- ECHODIA (NCT06666140)
- Testing
- Ultrasonic elastography
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Rectal Neoplasms, Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Shear Wave Elastography of Rectal Adenomas and Cancer
The diagnosis of rectal lesions is a challenging task, and the accuracy of the primary staging is important preoperatively. A relatively novel technology makes it possible to measure the tissue stiffness during endorectal…
- Trial name
- NCT04409990
- Testing
- Shear Wave Elastography
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 164 people
- Sponsor
- Vejle Hospital
Malnutrition in Children, Liver Stiffness
Effect of Malnutrition on Liver and Spleen Stiffness in Children
This prospective observational study aims to evaluate the effect of malnutrition on liver and spleen stiffness in children using shear wave elastography.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition in Children, Liver Stiffness, Spleen Stiffness, Shear Wave Elastography
- Trial name
- SWE (NCT06932445)
- Testing
- Shear Wave Elastography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mehmet Akif AĞIR
Fontan Operation
Stage 3 Fontan Operation Liver Ultrasound Study
The purpose of this study is to compare the liver stiffness, which can be caused by congestion and fibrosis in pediatric patients before and after a Fontan heart operation.
- Trial name
- NCT02269709
- Testing
- ARFI Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Cerebral Palsy
Can Gait Analysis and Ultrasound Detect a Change in Calf Musculature in Children With Cerebral Palsy?
ORLAU is a clinical department of the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital. We treat patients with a wide range of movement disorders affecting their walking or arm function.
- Trial name
- NCT04290689
- Testing
- Botulinum Toxin-A injection, Serial casting stretching
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District NHS Trust
Prematurity
Preterm Neonates Brain Ultrasound With CEUS and Elastography
The aim of the study is to investigate levels of brain perfusion and elasticity in preterm neonates when they reach the estimated due date and to compare the data with magnetic resonance imaging at term.
- Trial name
- NCT05694611
- Testing
- Brain contrast enhanced ultrasound, brain ultrasound elastography, Sulfur Hexafluoride
- Where
- Finland
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Liver Disease
Magnetic Resonance Elastography in Infants
MRI \& MRE in infants
- Trial name
- MREI (NCT02201472)
- Testing
- MRI with MRE
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Rheumatoid Arthritis
SonoElastography of Median Nerve in Rheumatoid Arthritis
To assess the role of ultrasonography and SE in detecting the median nerve changes before progression to CTS in patients with RA.
- Trial name
- NCT06135129
- Testing
- Sonoelastography
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Obesity Prevention, Pediatric Obesity
Relationship Between Eating Patterns, Body Composition and the Detection of Fatty Liver in Children and Adolescents With Trisomy 21: LiverTy Project
Childhood obesity is a growing public health issue affecting millions of children worldwide, increasing the risk of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in adulthood.
- Conditions
- Obesity Prevention, Pediatric Obesity, Trisomy 21, Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
- Trial name
- LiverTy (NCT06888570)
- Testing
- To evaluate fat liver content in the cases/controls population.
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IMDEA Food