Clinical trials: Diagnostic Imaging Utilization
Patient Education, Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality in Imaging Review for Cancer Patients
Patients with cancer and their caregivers may have difficulty understanding the site and extent of their disease. Poor comprehension may negatively impact patients and caregivers, leading to increased anxiety, reduced compliance…
- Conditions
- Patient Education, Virtual Reality, Diagnostic Imaging, Cancer Patient
- Trial name
- NCT04469478
- Testing
- Survey and interview
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Cocaine Use Disorder
Imaging CRF X NOP Interactions in CUD
This study uses [11C]NOP-1A positron emission tomography (PET) and a hydrocortisone challenge to image the interaction between nociceptive opioid peptide (NOP) receptors and cortisol/corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) in…
- Trial name
- NCT05008146
- Testing
- Baseline [C-11]NOP-1A PET Scan, Hydrocortisone, Post-hydrocortisone [C-11]NOP-1A PET Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rajesh Narendran
Healthy Volunteers, Musculoskeletal Complication
Use of Specially Designed Pediatric MR Coils on Clinical Scanners
The purpose of this research study is to test the use of new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) coils. An MRI takes pictures of body parts using a large magnet and a computer.
- Trial name
- NCT01795989
- Testing
- 1.5T MRI Elbow Coil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Alzheimer Disease
Study of Tau Imaging With the Use of [18F]MK-6240 Tracer
The recent development of a PET tracer,[18F]MK-6240(an[18F]tau imaging agent,CerveauTechnologies)that has high affinity for the human phosphorylated tau deposits in AD brain offers new opportunities to investigate tau pathology.
- Trial name
- MKADAD (NCT04104659)
- Testing
- MK 6240
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tammie L. S. Benzinger, MD, PhD
Fibroid Uterus, Endometriosis
ICG to Assess Ovarian Perfusion
To assess the feasibility of using intravenous ICG to characterize the vascular perfusion of ovaries during gynecologic surgery
- Conditions
- Fibroid Uterus, Endometriosis, Uterus Myoma, Uterine Fibroid
- Trial name
- NCT03927651
- Testing
- ICG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Healthy
Use of [18F]FECNT in Positron Emission Tomography
This study will examine the use of a new radioactive tracer called [18F]FECNT in positron emission tomography (PET) scanning for measuring dopamine transporter (DAT) in the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT00083629
- Testing
- PET
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Diagnostic Imaging Utilization
Effect of Diagnostic Imaging Utilization Reports
Diagnostic imaging (DI) tests (for example, x-ray tests, ultrasounds, CT scans, or MRIs) are used by health care providers to help diagnose patient illness, but decisions regarding when these tests should be ordered are…
- Trial name
- NCT02917837
- Testing
- Usual QCNL DI utilization report, New DI utilization report, Detailing
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
Impulsive Behavior
Examination of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound on Brain Activity in Adults
The investigators aim to examine the immediate effect of transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) on brain activity in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT06477029
- Testing
- tFUS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mary Phillips, MD MD (Cantab)
Healthy
A Study to Evaluate Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging to Assess Changes in Chemical Agent-Induced Skin Blood Flow in Healthy Participants (MK-0000-420)
Pain is a significant issue and there is a need for better treatments for pain management. Local changes in skin blood flow can be used as an indicator of pain in the body.
- Trial name
- NCT06809569
- Testing
- Allyl Isothiocyanate (AITC), Capsaicin, Vehicle for AITC
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Alcohol Use Disorder
Brain Connectivity Between Networks Implied in Inhibition and Cue-reactivity in Alcohol Use Disorder
Research about patients with alcohol use disorder has shown that task-related brain activation patterns as well as resting-state connectivity (measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging) change with clinical parameters…
- Trial name
- NIQA (NCT05843435)
- Testing
- Go-Nogo-task during functional magnetic resonance imaging, Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Paraesophageal Hernia
Fundoplication in Laparoscopic PEH Repair Based on FLIP
Prospective randomized controlled trial to identify a sub-set of patients that do not benefit from the routine addition, and added morbidity, of a fundoplication during laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair.
- Trial name
- PEHFLIP (NCT05807763)
- Testing
- Laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair without fundoplication
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Foundation for Surgical Innovation and Education
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Diffusion MRI in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
diffusion MRI in evaluates and predicts prognosis in CSM
- Trial name
- NCT04952831
- Testing
- diffusion MRI (dMRI)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University Third Hospital
Alcohol Use Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Imaging Traumatic Stress and Alcohol Use Disorder With [18F]Bavarostat
The overall objective of this study it to use Positron Emission Tomography (PET) brain imaging and a radiotracer that measures the epigenetic marker Histone Deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) to examine HDAC6 expression in people with…
- Trial name
- NCT06371404
- Testing
- Bavarostat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Alcohol Use Disorder
[C-11]PiB PET Imaging in Alcohol Use Disorders
To determine whether alcoholics (AUD) have a greater rate of amyloid positivity (ABeta+) compared to an age-matched cognitively normal control group (HC).
- Trial name
- NCT03746366
- Testing
- [C-11], Pittsburgh Compound B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Skin Care
Study to Assess the Cosmetic Changes in the Facial Skin After Use of a Topical Retinoid Product in Participants With Moderate to Severe Photodamage
This study will assess the cosmetic changes of a cosmetic topical retinoid product in participants with moderate to severe photodamage utilizing non-invasive in vivo skin imaging instrumentation.
- Trial name
- NCT03302559
- Testing
- Retinol Complex 0.5, Facial cleanser, Moisturizing lotion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allergan
Procedural Anxiety, Procedural Pain
Stress Ball and Empathic Verbal-Tactile Interventions for Reducing Anxiety and Pain in Mammography and Breast Ultrasonography: A Randomized Trial
This prospective, randomized controlled trial aims to determine the effects of stress ball use and empathic verbal communication with therapeutic touch on anxiety and pain perception in women undergoing mammography and breast…
- Conditions
- Procedural Anxiety, Procedural Pain, Breast Imaging
- Trial name
- NCT07562828
- Testing
- Stress Ball, Empathic Verbal-Tactile Intervention
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Sickle Cell Anemia
Establishment of Functional MRI Imaging Parameters for Use in the Evaluation of Sickle Cell Disease
Patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) are at an increased risk for damage to brain tissue due to their disease. The investigators are interested in how blood flow and cerebral inflammation are different in SCA patients and how…
- Trial name
- NCT02445144
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Drug Abuse, Nicotine Dependence
Advanced Functional and Structural MRI Techniques for Neuropharmacological Imaging
Background: Functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques have allowed researchers to map and study how the brain works when at rest and when engaged in specific tasks.
- Trial name
- NCT01036581
- Testing
- MagPro X100 Magnetic Stimulator, Transcranial Rotating Magnetic Stimulator, Magnetom Prisma Fit 3T Scanner
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
E Cigarette Use
Novel Pulmonary Imaging of Lung Structure and Function in E-cigarette Smokers
This is a longitudinal study of the long-term health impact of e-cigarette smoking on the lungs. Participants will be followed over a period of 5 years, and impacts of e-cigarette smoking on the lungs will be measured with…
- Trial name
- NCT04616313
- Testing
- Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 MRI of the lungs, Computed Tomography (CT), Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Inhalant Use Disorder
Brain Imaging Studies of the Effect of Inhalant Use Disorder
Inhalants substance misuse is an important public health problem whose prevalence is approximately 1% in the general population and 7% among high school students in Mexico.
- Trial name
- NCT02188914
- Testing
- Positron emission tomography scan, Magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Miguel Ángel Mendoza Meléndez