Clinical trials: Computed Tomography Scan
Osteoporosis, Low-energy Trauma Fracture
3D Imaging of the Hip Using DXA
The study aims to determine the efficacy and best methods for predicting hip fractures and diagnosing post-menopausal osteoporosis using three dimensional structural engineering models (SEMs) of proximal femoral bone produced…
- Trial name
- 3DScans (NCT00666640)
- Testing
- DXA scan of hip, CT scan of hip
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location of Appendix
The Image Characteristics of Adult Appendix on Computed Tomography
A retrospective analysis of CT images from adult patients who underwent scans for reasons unrelated to appendicitis. The study period will span from January 2010 to August 2024.
- Trial name
- NCT06712589
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Lung Cancer
Image Discovering Early Lung Cancer Project
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death in Taiwan and world wide. The application of low dose helical computed tomography (CT) has been the milestone of lung cancer screening.
- Trial name
- IDEALCAP (NCT01914458)
- Testing
- Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cathay General Hospital
Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD), Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD)
Heart Rate Control Before Cardiac Computed Tomography in Adults for the Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to describe which type and dose of commonly used heart rate reducing drugs (metoprolol, atenolol, or ivabradine) has the swiftest heart rate reduction from baseline in patients aged 30 to 80…
- Trial name
- HEART-BEAT (NCT07268170)
- Testing
- atenolol, Metoprolol tartrate, Ivabradine
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gødstrup Hospital
Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation
The Effect of Electrode Implantation for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) on Brain Function Using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) With Technetium-99m-ethyl Cysteinatedimer (Tc-ECD)
The goal of this study is to explore the effect of subthalamic nucleus (STN)-DBS surgery and stimulation in PD (Parkinson's disease) patients on regional cerebral blood (CBF) flow during cognitive task performance or at rest.
- Trial name
- NCT01037686
- Testing
- Injection of 15mCi of Tc-ECD and scanning by SPECT camera, Semantic verbal fluency task performance, Turning off the stimulator
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
Atrial Fibrillation (AF), CT
Cardiac CT Evaluation of EAT in AF vs. Non-AF Subjects
The goal of this cross-sectional study is to explore the relationship between atrial structural characteristics (such as epicardial adipose tissue infiltration and atrial size) and atrial fibrillation (AF), as well as the…
- Trial name
- CCT-EAT-AF-NA (NCT07320261)
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- xiaoya wang
Coronary Angiography, Chest Pain
Coronary Computed Tomography for Systematic Triage of Acute Chest Pain Patients to Treatment (CT-STAT)
This is a prospective, randomized multicenter trial comparing MSCT to standard of care (SOC) diagnostic treatment in the triage of Emergency Department (ED) low to intermediate risk chest pain patients.
- Trial name
- CTSTAT (NCT00468325)
- Testing
- Multi-slice computed tomography, Rest-stress Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corewell Health East
Coronary Atherosclerosis, Diabetes Mellitus
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography and SPECT in Asymptomatic Diabetes
The purpose of this study is to compare the difference of diagnostic efficiency between coronary CT angiography and myocardial perfusion single photon emission computerized tomography in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes…
- Trial name
- NCT00431717
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Adrenal Incidentalomas, Thoracic CT-scan
Artificial Intelligence Used in Screening Adrenal Nodules
By collecting chest low-dose spiral CT plain scan images, extracting effective features from the adrenal gland regions, training and validating an artificial intelligence-based automatic diagnostic algorithm for adrenal nodules…
- Trial name
- NCT07198152
- Testing
- None intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University First Hospital
Lung Cancer, Cancer of the Lung
Implementation and Effectiveness of the BJC-Pink and Pearl Project on Lung Cancer Screening
The investigators proposal is ripe for executing as the investigators seek to leverage this "natural experiment" initiated by the BJC health system to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pink \& Pearl Campaign as an implementation…
- Trial name
- NCT06898333
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 279 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Post-Acute COVID-19, Post COVID-19 Condition
Ventilatory and Perfusion Abnormalities in Individuals With Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Prospective cohort study to evaluate the utility of quantitative CT analysis to assess ventilation and perfusion defects in patients with Post-acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) and functional limitations
- Conditions
- Post-Acute COVID-19, Post COVID-19 Condition, Post Viral Fatigue, Dyspnea
- Trial name
- PASC VQ (NCT05866952)
- Testing
- Computed Tomography of the Chest
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts Medical Center
Obesity
Cerebral Blood Flow Changes in People With Obesity After Glucose Consumption
This study evaluates the hypothesis that a meal constituted of only glucose produces differences in the brain blood flow in people with obesity that are not observed in people without obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT02072694
- Testing
- 75 grams of glucose plus water solution, Pure water
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Lung Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
Optimised Lung Cancer Screening to Prevent Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases Coupled With Primary Prevention
This project aims to implement a health prevention program for smokers or former smokers including early detection of lung cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Trial name
- SMAC-1 (NCT04315766)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Coronary Artery Disease
Early Detection of Coronary Artery Disease by Polygenic and Metabolic Risk Scoring
The overall goal of this study is to develop a combined polygenic risk score (PRS) and metabolic risk score (MRS) and determine its impact on selecting community members for CCS.
- Trial name
- EDCAD-PMS (NCT04604353)
- Testing
- Polygenic Risk Score, Coronary Calcium Score
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 1,059 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Radiation Injury
Effect of Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography on the Blood Reactive Oxygen Species Level
The clinically widely used X-ray computed tomography examination has a low-grade radiation effect and recently has attracted much attention concerning the possible adverse effects of radiation on human body [ref. 1-5].
- Trial name
- NCT00815230
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Osteoporosis, Liver Steatosis
China Action on Spine and Hip Status
1. To determine the prevalences of osteoporotic fracture in elderly Chinese population. 2. To determine the prevalences of osteoporosis in elderly Chinese population using QCT BMD measurement. 3.
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Liver Steatosis, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity
- Trial name
- CASH (NCT01758770)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,457 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Jishuitan Hospital
Pancreatic Cancer, Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm
Artificial Intelligence-powered Low-Dose Computed Tomography for Screening of Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a poor prognosis, with early diagnosis crucial for improving survival. Due to the absence of effective screening methods, most patients are diagnosed at advanced stages.
- Conditions
- Pancreatic Cancer, Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm, High-grade Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, PDAC - Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
- Trial name
- AI-LDCT-PC (NCT07117045)
- Testing
- Diagnostic Evaluation for Positive AI Findings
- Where
- 5 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 400,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Changhai Hospital
Visceral Obesity, Atherosclerosis
Abdominal Fat and Imaging Measurements of Heart Disease
Although it is frequently mentioned in the media that overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions worldwide and in this country, some Canadians are perplexed and sometimes confused about the role of obesity in…
- Conditions
- Visceral Obesity, Atherosclerosis, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT01447745
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 357 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laval University
Immediate Implant Placement, Bone Regeneration
Simvastatin Around Immediate Implant
The study evaluated the effect of local application of simvastatin around immediate implant on the amount of gap fill, ridge dimensional alterations and bone density in humans.
- Conditions
- Immediate Implant Placement, Bone Regeneration, Alveolar Bone Resorption
- Trial name
- NCT04803500
- Testing
- Simvastatin
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Type2 Diabetes, Atherosclerosis
Coronary Artery Plaque Burden and Morphology in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Unstable plaque, the primary cause of myocardial infarction, is characterized by distinct a morphology including positive remodeling (PR), low attenuated plaque (LAP), napkin ring sign (NRS), and spotty calcifications (SC) The…
- Conditions
- Type2 Diabetes, Atherosclerosis, Plaque, Atherosclerotic, Plaque Vulnerability
- Trial name
- CARPEDIEM (NCT03016910)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Svendborg Hospital