Clinical trials: Cardiac Imaging
Heart Failure, Iron Overload
Evaluation of Myocardial Iron Deposition in Patients of Heart Failure Using T2* MR Imaging
Heart failure from myocardial iron deposition is a severe complication for patients with hematological disorders who need repeated blood transfusions.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Iron Overload, Cardiomyopathies
- Trial name
- CHFIRONMR (NCT02527330)
- Testing
- MR T2* imaging
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, Healthy
Understanding the Mechanisms of Diastolic Dysfunction
Heart failure is a clinical syndrome marked by breathlessness, even at low levels of exertion, general fatigue, and fluid retention and is estimated to affect 5.1 million people in the United States.
- Trial name
- NCT03340233
- Testing
- MRI (cardiac) off-label use gadolinium contrast (IND exempt), MRI (cardiac)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Heart Failure, Diffuse Fibrosis
Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Tissue Characterisation and Wearable Technology to PREDICT Clinical Outcomes, Response to Therapy and Arrhythmias in Hospitalised Heart Failure Patients
150 patients admitted to University Hospital Southampton with heart failure will undergo comprehensive Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) imagining during their admission and continuous heart rhythm monitoring using wearable…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Diffuse Fibrosis, Focal Fibrosis, Arrythmia
- Trial name
- PREDICT-HF (NCT03689426)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Chest Pain, Severe Aortic Stenosis
Myocardial Flow Reserve in Severe AS Without Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
Exertional angina is common symptom in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Trial name
- NCT02575768
- Testing
- Adenosine-stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Cardiomyopathies
Body Surface Area Prediction Impacts on Ventricular Dilatation Prevalence
The goals of this observational study are to investigate the accuracy of different predictive equations for body surface area (BSA) estimation and to evaluate the impact of different BSA normalizations on ventricular dilatation…
- Trial name
- NCT06939205
- Testing
- Assessment of body surface area and assessment ventricular dilatation prevalence
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Turin, Italy
Atherosclerosis, Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)
Non-Invasive Assessment of Atherosclerosis in Patients With CGD and Other Disorders of the Immune System
Background: Atherosclerosis, the arterial plaques or blockages that cause heart disease, develops in many people by the time they are in their mid-20s.
- Trial name
- NCT01063309
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Coronary Artery Disease
Combined Supine/Prone Acquisitions in Stress-First/Stress-Only Myocardial Perfusion Imaging to Reduce Equivocal Results
Participants are being asked to participate in this research study because the participant's doctor has ordered a myocardial perfusion SPECT (Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography) scan to look at the blood flow in the…
- Trial name
- SFSO-MPI (NCT02576886)
- Testing
- Gamma Camera, Prone Imaging
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 490 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Myocardial Lipid
Myocardial Lipid and Creatine of Heart Failure on MRS
The objective of this 3-year project is to develop myocardial MRS, in particular lipid (triglyceride) and creatine resonances, as imaging biomarkers for patients with heart failure (HF).
- Trial name
- NCT02378402
- Testing
- Proton (1H-) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Type 2 Diabetes
Impact of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Endothelial Function in Type 2 Diabetes
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is a widely used and well-established noninvasive medical diagnostic imaging tool. By using a static and a gradient magnetic field in combination with a radiofrequency field (RF), MR provides…
- Trial name
- NCT02001753
- Testing
- CMR
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiang Guang-da
Heart Diseases
Transesophageal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Conjunction With Lipid Lowering Measures
This research is being done to investigate the ability of an experimental imaging method - transesophageal magnetic resonance imaging (TEMRI), to detect the change in aortic atherosclerotic plaque burden and morphology between…
- Trial name
- NCT00125060
- Testing
- Simvastatin (20mg versus 80mg/day)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Pathophysiology of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
This will be a cross-sectional, observational study. Null hypothesis: There is no difference in the amount of extracellular volume (ECV or scarring) in the hearts of patients with heart failure as compared to control subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT02001961
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Ischemia, Myocardial Infarction
Evaluating a New Echocardiography Imaging Procedure for Evaluating Heart Function
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and echocardiography are two imaging methods that are used to obtain pictures of the heart and assess heart function.
- Conditions
- Ischemia, Myocardial Infarction, Ischemic Heart Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00661323
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Cardiac Disease, Heart Failure
Interactive Guided Ultrasound Examinations Done by Non-experts of Ultrasound Imaging
This prospective study is a pilot study for evaluating a guidance system that aims to facilitate high-quality echocardiographic acquisitions.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Disease, Heart Failure, Cardiac Ischemia
- Trial name
- EPISODE (NCT03642730)
- Testing
- TransThoracic Echocardiography imaging
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philips Healthcare
Danon Disease, Fabry Disease
Precision Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of Rare Cardiomyopathies Based on Novel Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Techniques
What is this study about? This research is focused on improving the care for people with rare heart muscle diseases, known as rare cardiomyopathies.
- Conditions
- Danon Disease, Fabry Disease, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Noonan Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT07336394
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital
Positron-Emission Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Early Diagnosis of Therapy-associated Cardiotoxicity Basing on Multi-tracer Multimodality PET/MRI
Using Multi-tracer to early diagnosis of therapy-associated cardiotoxicity using multimodality PET/MRI.
- Trial name
- NCT04555642
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute
Tetralogy of Fallot
Analysis of RV-Dysfunction in Fallot Patients
In the presented study TDI will be used as a modern technique to characterize RV-function in Fallot patients at rest and during different exercise conditions.
- Trial name
- Fallot (NCT03835494)
- Testing
- Transthoracic echocardiography at rest, during PLR, HG and CPX (including blood gas analysis in both groups). Additionally Fallot patients will undergo routine blood testings.
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie
Premature Ventricular Contractions
Use of MIBG Scan Images in PVC Ablations
The purpose of this study is to assess if Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) demonstrating cardiac innervation can be integrated into current electrophysiology voltage mapping system and provide improved guidance…
- Trial name
- PVC-MIBG (NCT02279030)
- Testing
- MIBG nuclear scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
if Aortic Stiffness, Myocardial Wall Strain
RITHM - Resonance Imaging Trial for Heart Biomarkers in Adolescent/Young (AYA) Cancer Survivors
Cardiovascular events are the leading non-cancer cause of mortality after childhood cancer, occurring at a significantly younger age than in the general population.
- Trial name
- NCT01719094
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Heart Failure
A Phase 1 Trial to Determine Dosimetry, Biodistribution and Safety of LMI 1195-101 in Healthy Subjects and Patients With Heart Failure
The purpose of this clinical study is to estimate the safety and radiation dosimetry of a single dose of LMI1195 in healthy subjects and heart failure patients undergoing positron emission tomography (PET)
- Trial name
- NCT00891241
- Testing
- LMI 1195-101
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lantheus Medical Imaging
Coronary Artery Disease
A Phase I Study to Evaluate BFPET as a Potential Myocardial Perfusion Imaging(MPI) Agent for PET
Safety and dosimetry of BFPET™ will be evaluated in healthy volunteers and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) patients , male or female and of age ranging between 20-80 years old.
- Trial name
- NCT00733460
- Testing
- BFPET
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fluoropharma, Inc.