Clinical trials: Cervical Elastography
Preterm Birth
Prediction of Spontaneous Preterm Birth by Cervical Elastogram
Background: Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality in multiple pregnancies. The medical and educational expenditure and lost productivity associated with preterm birth is very high.
- Trial name
- NCT03601195
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Comparison of the Efficacy of Kinesio Taping and TENS Therapy in Patients With Cervical Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Cervical MPS is a condition of pain, weakness and loss of function caused by trigger points located in the tense bands in the muscles in the neck and upper back.
- Trial name
- NCT07770308
- Testing
- home-based exercises, TENS, kinesiology taping
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research and Training Hospital
Adenomyosis
Evaluation of the Relationship Between Adenomyosis and Elastographic Properties of the Cervix
This study aims to evaluate the potential of cervical elastography, a non-invasive method, in the accurate diagnosis and clinical course of adenomyosis.
- Trial name
- NCT06223464
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Head and Neck Cancer (H&Amp;Amp;N), Lymph Nodes
The eValuation of Sources of vIBRAtioN for Vibrational Shear Wave elasTography
Patients suffering with Head and Neck Cancer often must wait 3 months or more to know if their treatment has been effective, which can be very stressful.
- Trial name
- VIBRANT (NCT07098819)
- Testing
- Vibrational Shear wave elastography algorithm
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom
Myofascial Pain Syndromes, Myofascial Trigger Point Pain
Kinesio Taping for Upper Trapezius Myofascial Trigger Points
Myofascial pain syndrome is one of the most common causes of musculoskeletal pain, and the upper trapezius is the muscle most frequently affected in the neck and shoulder region.
- Conditions
- Myofascial Pain Syndromes, Myofascial Trigger Point Pain, Neck Pain
- Trial name
- NCT07790042
- Testing
- Kinesio Taping (muscle inhibition technique)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
Obstetric Labor, Labor Onset
The Prognostic Value of Cervical Elastography for Identifying Patients at Risk for Preterm Delivery
The hypothesis tested is that the physical changes associated with cervical ripening result in a detectable decrease in rigidity.
- Conditions
- Obstetric Labor, Labor Onset, Obstetric Labor, Premature
- Trial name
- ElastoMAP (NCT02021539)
- Testing
- Cervical ultrasound +elastography 1, Vaginal fibronectin measurement, Tocolytic treatment for 2 hours
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Thyroid Nodules
Elastography Interest in the Management of Thyroid Nodules
Define an ultrasound/elastography benignity criteria in strategy management of a patient population carries one or more thyroid nodules.
- Trial name
- SWETHY (NCT01335828)
- Testing
- Medical ultrasound device (ShearWave system)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- AdministrateurCIC
Malignant Thyroid Gland Neoplasm, Thyroid Gland Nodule
Ultrasound Elastography in Imaging Patients With Thyroid Nodules
This clinical trial studies how well ultrasound elastography works in assessing the cancer status of potentially malignant thyroid nodules.
- Trial name
- NCT03174925
- Testing
- Siemens Acuson S3000 ultrasound system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Neck Pain
Effectiveness of Radial Pressure Waves Therapy in the Treatment of Non-Specific Neck Pain (rPWT)
The present study aims to know the effectiveness of radial pressure wave therapy in the treatment of people with nonspecific neck pain.
- Trial name
- rPWT (NCT04758065)
- Testing
- Radial pressure waves Therapy, Therapeutic Exercise and Manual Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Myofascial Trigger Points of the Levator Scapulae Muscle
Chronic neck pain (CNP) is considered one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders worldwide and myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is the most prevalent musculoskeletal disorder in the majority of the population.
- Trial name
- NCT05776199
- Testing
- Sonoelastography, tensiomyography and mechanosensitivity
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Católica de Ávila
Dizziness, Neck Pain
Cervical Dizziness in Patients With Acute Non-specific Neck Pain
Acute non-specific neck pain (ANSNP) is one of the causes of cervicogenic dizziness (CD).To investigate the severity of CD in patients with ANSNP and to determine the efficacy of the treatment and follow-up.
- Conditions
- Dizziness, Neck Pain, Elastography
- Trial name
- dizziness (NCT06866587)
- Testing
- exercise therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- Yuzuncu Yil 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
Nodular Goiter, Thyroid Cancer
Elastography in Thyroid Nodules
Nodular goiter is a highly prevalent disease in iodine-deficient areas. Usually nodule assessment includes ultrasonography (US) and fine-needle aspiration (FNA), but some benign nodules can hardly be distinguished from…
- Trial name
- NCT01102127
- Testing
- Elastography
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Castilla-León Health Service
Thyroid Nodules
Realtime-Elastography (RTE) and Thyroid Nodules
The study is an open, prospective multicenter study. According to the statistical sample size calculation 593 patients with thyroid nodules ≥ 5mm in size will be included in the study.
- Trial name
- NCT01609946
- Testing
- Realtime-Elastography, linear ultrasound probe, Hitachi EUB-900, Japan, Cytology (FNAB) or Surgery
- Where
- 10 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 602 people
- Sponsor
- Johannes Vermehren
Oral Cancer
Relationship Between Mouth Opening and Masseter Elasticity in Oral Cancer
The study aims to assess the hardness of masticatory muscles in post-surgical oral cancer patients using strain elastography ultrasound, calculating the masseter elasticity index and exploring its association with maximum…
- Trial name
- NCT06941727
- Testing
- ultrasonographic imaging
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Thyroid Nodule
Utility of Contrast-Enhanced Sonography and Shear Wave Elastography
Our overall hypothesis is that Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) will allow for high diagnostic accuracy of benign and malignant thyroid nodules, which will correlate with and complement the…
- Trial name
- NCT04614389
- Testing
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound, Shear Wave Elastography, Sequoia System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Head and Neck Cancer
Study to Explore Post Surgical Outcomes Using Point-of-Gaze, Electromyography and Elastography of the SCM
The side effects following post surgical neck dissection treatment for tumours in the head and neck (HN) region are weakness of the shoulder and neck muscles, numbness and reduced sensation around the neck and shoulder region and…
- Trial name
- NCT05059340
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Thyroid Nodule
Shear Wave Ultrasound Elastography in Noninvasive Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules
Shear wave ultrasound elastography is a new technique of finding the softness or hardness in tissue by applying a "push" generated by the machine.
- Trial name
- NCT01757834
- Testing
- SWUS Elastography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Chronic Neck Pain
Longitudinal Stripping Massage vs. Percussion Device for Neck Pain: Ultrasound Study.
This study evaluates whether a single session of percussion therapy can reduce muscle tension and increase blood flow in the transverse cervical artery in individuals with neck pain.
- Trial name
- NCT07630142
- Testing
- Percussion Therapy, Longitudinal stripping masage
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Poznan University of Physical Education
Thyroid Nodules
Patients Who Underwent Thyroid Ultrasonography at Our Institution Were Selected for Shear Wave Elastography of Thyroid Nodules, and the Maximum and Mean Values of the Modulus of Elasticity of the Nodules in Transverse and Longitudinal Sections Were Analyzed.
The objective of this observational study was to evaluate the effect of transverse and longitudinal sections on the measurement of thyroid nodule stiffness by shear wave elastography.
- Trial name
- SWE (NCT06007859)
- Testing
- section orientation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Ma Zhe